Blog Posts on fiestas
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Festivals of the Odd by Stella Arnaldo's Blogspot on Mar 26, 2012Taong Putik festival in Nueva Ecija. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP via Daily Telegraph) It’s definitely more fun in the Philippines—to quote the Department of Tourism’s new marketing slogan—because... You and your man; tickle your palate; tra...
Sagay's Sinigayan Festival by Housewife @ Work on Mar 26, 2012The SINIGAYAN FESTIVAL in Sagay City, Negros Occidental is held every 19th day of March. This festival is the City's way of preserving the heritage of her people. The gentle, joyful and hardworking Sagaynon whose name God chose to be symbolized by th...
Tabaco Albay's Tabak Festival by Housewife @ Work on Mar 26, 2012Begun in 2002, the year after the creation of the City of Tabaco by virtue of Republic Act 9020, the TABAK FESTIVAL, is an annual celebration of everything Tabaknon every March. Through its Tabak Festival street dancing, the prestigious Mutya ng Taba...
Baco's Banana Festival by Housewife @ Work on Mar 26, 2012BANANA FESTIVAL is being held every March 18 to 19 in Baco, Oriental Mindoro. It is a celebration for the abundance of bananas. It showcases the different varieties of banana like the Senorita, the Latundan, the Lacatan and the Saba. It also features...
Bongabong's Sulyog Festival by Housewife @ Work on Mar 26, 2012The "SULYOG FESTIVAL" is a combination of the Mangyan term “suli” meaning banana and the Tagalog word “niyog” for coconut. Said products are the main agricultural crops of the municipality Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro. Presented in a street da...
Babaylan Festival @ Bago, Negros Occidental by Housewife @ Work on Feb 26, 2012BABAYLAN FESTIVAL is a newly conceptualized activity by the City of Bago, Negros Occidental. It is being celebrated during the Charter Anniversary every 19th of February. The festival is based on the rituals performed by the Babaylans, like rituals o...
Sibunag, Guimaras Balsahan Festival by Housewife @ Work on Feb 26, 2012BALSAHAN FESTIVAL is being celebrated every 20th day of February by the municipality of Sibunag in Guimaras. It is Sibunag’s way of immortalizing the mystical Sibunag River which makes its way thru most of the town’s barangays. It is a majo...
Parañaque's Sambalilo Festival by Housewife @ Work on Feb 19, 2012City of Parañaque celebrates “SAMBALILO FESTIVAL” every February 13. The term “sambalilo” originated from the Spanish word “sombrero,” which means hat. It signifies the costume of hardworking Parañaqueños during the era of salt-making,...
Miagao, Iloilo's Salakayan Festival by Housewife @ Work on Feb 19, 2012Salakayan, coined from a Hiligaynon term “salakay” or “to attack,” is a street dance-drama that merges arts, lore and customs of the town. It tells of personal power and daily activities of the people. The main theme depicts the victorious ba...
Pabalhas sa Tablas Festival of Candoni by Housewife @ Work on Feb 19, 2012“PABALHAS SA TABLAS” is an annual festival of Candoni, Negros Occidental being celebrated on February 11. The concept originated from the actual history of Candoni where a group of settlers (composed of Isabeleños, Hinigaranon, Ilonggo, etc.) de...
