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Sinulog Festival
The word Sinulog comes from the Cebuano adverb sulog which is
"like water current movement," which describes the forward-
backward movement of the Sinulog dance. The dance consists
of two steps forward and one step backward, done to the sound
of drums. The dance is categorized into Sinulog-base, Free-
Interpretation. Buy Now |
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Ati-atihan Festival
Kalibo, Aklan, An incredible party of heavy drinking, dancing
and singing in the streets headed with participants on their uniquely decorated tribal costume. Buy Now
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| Tinagba Festival An ancient Bicolano first-harvest offering, Tinagba Festival is a reenactment held every February 11 coinciding with the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. The festival features a caravan of bull carts
decorated gaily and fully laden with fresh farm products. It also
features revelers in Mardi-gras and native costumes dancing and parading around the city streets ending at the Grotto for the offering. Buy Now |
 | International Bamboo Organ Festival The final result conforms very closely to the classic Mediterranean organ, built in a style that essentially looked backward to the eighteenth century. It has one manual, divided registers with separate knobs for the bass and treble, horizontal trumpets in the facade, a few short pull-down pedal notes plus of course a few of the favorite effects: Pajaritos and the Tambor. Buy Now
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| Edsa Revolution Manila A commemoration of Filipinos love for Peace and harmless battle for freedom. For three days, men, women and children filled the streets of EDSA holding on frail hope. For those brief moments, they feared for their security, their lives, their future. Buy Now
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 | Baguio City Flower Festival A host of activities make Panagbenga something to remember: the people, sounds, sights, touch, smells of the Festival. It begins with "Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom", which captures the community spirit and sets the tone that echoes throughout the Festival. Then, the Floral and Float Parades resonate with feet dancing to gongs echoing sounds of long ago. At the same time, bands play the Festival hymn as floats fashioned with flowers glide down the parade route. Buy Now
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 | Kaamulan Festival Bukidnon The name Kaamulan is Binukid for "social gathering." There are eight indigenous groups in Bukidnon: the Matigsalug, Umayamnon, Ilianon, Pulangihon, Talaandig, Tigwa Manobo, Western Bukidnon Manobo and the Higaunon who are also found in the hinterlands of Agusan del Sur, Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte. Comparative linguistic studies have shown that their languages, along with other Manobo languages of Mindanao, are daughter languages of an earlier parent language called Proto Manobo Buy Now
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 | Sandugo Festival The Sandugo Festival is a yearly historical event that takes place every year in the island province of Bohol. This festival honors the celebration of a local Philippine leader Datu Sikatuna's blood compact and association or treaty of friendship with the Spanish king conquistador, Captain General Miguel López de Legazpi in March 16, 1565. Buy Now
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 | Kadaugan Sa Mactan The festival of Kadaugan sa Mactan is known to be celebrated in Cebu, Philippines in the month of April as the defeat of Magellan by Lupa Lupa is re-enacted annually at the beach of Barangay Mactan where the event had actually taken place (Mactan Shrine). This is a major attraction for the tourists and the locals in the city and draws a lot of crowd. Buy Now
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 | Flores De Mayo Flores de Mayo is a Catholic festival held in the Philippines in the month of May. It lasts for a month, and is held in honor of the Virgin Mary. The Santa Cruzan is a parade held on the last day of Flores de Mayo in honor of Reyna Elena. Buy Now
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 | Magayon Festival Albay A festival in the merry month of May, showcasing Albay as it comes to age, its cultural heritage, trade, travel and tourism beyond Majestic Mount Mayon. The festival includes various activity such as beauty pageant, photo/art exhibit, street parade, trade fair, sports fest, guided tours, etc. Buy Now
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 | Pahiyas Festival This festival is honoring San Isidro Labrador for a bountiful harvest
through out the year. During the Pahiyas Festival in Lucban all the homes in the procession’s itinerary are decorated with fruits, vegetables, agricultural products and kiping. The kiping is a leaf-shaped wafer made of rice (similar to tacos of Spain) and dyed in bright colours. No one really eats kiping anymore and it is solely used as a decoration. Buy Now
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 | Taong Putik Festival A religious event where town folks wear coconut or banana leaves
and vines, on their mud-covered bodies. June 24 marks the observance of the feast day of Saint John the Baptist. This is the day when dousing water on unwary people is an excuse to engage in revelry. Buy Now
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 | Parade of Roast Pig Balayan, Batangas once again attracted visitors from far and near to witness their lively town fiesta, where the lechon was the “bida” and Juan Bautista was the “santo.” Held every 24th of June, Batangeños bring out their creativity and ingenuity as the different barangays come together to dress up their own lechon, or roast pig, for the much anticipated Parada ng mga Lechon. Buy Now
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 | Pintados Festival This festival is celebrated with colorful street parade of painted
participants. The Pintados festival of Tacloban City is a Filipino festival with its own unique flavor. This Pintados festival recalls Pre-Spanish history of the native Leytenos from wars, epics and folk religions.
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 | Lubi-Lubi Festival A celebration in Calubia, Leyte that features the importance of coconut, its different uses and products. Dancers from Glan School of Arts & Trades perform Monday, October 8, on the way to winning 1st Place in the annual Lubi-Lubi Festival street-dancing competition. The same group also swept all minor awards in choreography, performance and costume at Glan’s major showcase on its 93rd foundation anniversary. Buy Now
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 | Kadayawan Festival An annual festival in the city of Davao in the Philippines. Its name derives from the friendly greeting "Madayaw", from the Dabawenyo word "dayaw", meaning good, valuable, superior or beautiful. The festival is a celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest and serenity of living. Buy Now
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 | Kansilay Festival A festival named after a tree with purple pink flower. The festival focuses on Kansilay street dance. Kansilay Festival is Silay City's festival about a folktale showing the bravery of beautiful Princess Kansilay who offered her life for justice and freedom. The dance-drama is the highlight of the week-long city fiesta that ends on November 13. Buy Now
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 | Feast of San Clemente Its town fiesta honoring their patron saint. The “higante” tradition began last century, when Angono was a Spanish hacienda. The hacienda owners concerned about costs prohibited all celebrations except for one annual fiesta. The townspeople concerned about enjoyment decided to make the best of a bad situation. Buy Now
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 | Grand Cordillera Festival Festival of the Cordillera region’s traditional dances, music, arts etc. Festival of the Cordillera regions’s traditional dances, music, arts and crafts, to introduce the tribes’ ancient traditions. These shows are mostly held in Baguio City’s Burham Park. Buy Now
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 | Dinagyang Festival
A religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines held on the fourth Sunday of January, or right after the Sinulog In Cebu and the Ati-Atihan in Aklan. It is held both to honor the Santo Niño and to celebrate the arrival on Panay of Malay settlers and the subsequent selling of the island to them by the Atis.
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