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Festival on a Bountiful Harvest: Pangisdaan Festival

by Jane Dacumos on May 24, 2012
Give way to the city of Navotas, the “Fishing Capital of the Philippines”, as it marks its annual celebration of Pangisdaan Festival. It is the most anticipated and grandest event in the city. Held every 16th of January, the revelry is a tribute to every bountiful catch of fish in the city.
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Kannawidan Ylocos Festival: Pride of the Ilocano Culture

by Jane Dacumos on May 25, 2012
Ilocos Sur is a beautiful province located in the northern part of Luzon. It is a province rich in culture that represents the ancient Spanish and Filipino heritage. To show and share their treasures to the whole world, the locals conceived a festival that highlights these cultural traditions and they called it the “Kannadiwan Festival”.
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Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival: The Mangyan Heritage

by Rosevie Decio on May 24, 2012
Festivals are already ingrained in the Filipino culture. One of them is Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival – the one and only festival that combines the music, arts, culture, and nature for celebration – celebrated in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, on March 2-4 annually.
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Panaad Festival: The Mother of all Festivals in Negros Occidental

by Kheem Caparas on May 23, 2012
Panaad Festival is an annual celebration of festivals every April in Bacolod City. It is a week-long summer event that brings together the towns and cities of the province of Negros Occidental.
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Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival: Flooding the Streets with an Avalanche of Colors

by Angel Bonifacio on May 29, 2012

The Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival is a blast of joyful cultural-religious events held in Tacloban, Leyte during the whole month of June. The climactic highlights are celebrated on the last week, in time for the feast day of Señor Santo Niño, the patron saint of Tacloban.

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San Pablo City’s Best: Lovely Adventure of Coconut Festival

by Jane Dacumos on May 25, 2012
Let’s play a riddle game! “Sky above, sky below! Ocean in the midst of it all!” Yes, the answer is Coconut! It is because the sky represents the thick white meat of the large hard-shelled oval nut which is filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk (ocean).
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Shariff Kabunsuan Festival: Mindanao’s Richest Cultural Festival

by Jane Dacumos on May 31, 2012
Every 15th of December, Cotabato City holds a very significant religious event filled with colorful presentations in honor of the arrival of Arab Missionary, Shariff Kabunsuan. It is a week-long celebration where thousands of local and foreign tourist visit during this holiday celebration.
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Moriones Festival of Marinduque

by Jhaypee Guia on May 22, 2012
The Moriones is an annual festival held on Holy Week on the island of Marinduque, Philippines. The "Moriones" are men and women in costumes and masks replicating the garb of biblical Roman soldiers as interpreted by local folk. The Moriones or Moryonan tradition has inspired the creation of other festivals in the Philippines where cultural practices or folk history are turned into street festivals.
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The Reenactment of Historical Significant Event in the Kadaugan sa Mactan Festival

by Kheem Caparas on May 25, 2012
Kadaugan sa Mactan (Victory at Mactan) is also called Bahugbahug sa Mactan or “Melee at Mactan”. It is the reenactment of the epic “Battle of Mactan”, which happened on April 27, 1521. It was the battle between the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and Mactan Island Chieftain Lapu-Lapu.
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Kinulob Chicken at its Finest in Kinulob Festival

by Kheem Caparas on May 24, 2012
Kinulob Festival is celebrated yearly every month of April with no definite date. Kinulob is one way of cooking a chicken. It is not as popular compared to other Filipino chicken recipe, though it is not about the popularity but the flavor and the taste that it offers.
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