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 Ibon-Ebon Festival - The Fabulous Fiesta

Ibon-Ebon Festival - The Fabulous Fiesta

by Jhaypee Guia on May 31, 2012

Ibon-Ebon festival, also called “Birds and Eggs Festival,” is a celebration held during the first and second days of February in Candaba, Pampanga. It was first celebrated on February 1 and 2 in 1998 and has been running successfully up to now. This festival is also a celebration for another year of bountiful harvest. The main features of the festival are the migratory birds.


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Ati-Atihan: The Mother of All Philippine Festivals

Ati-Atihan: The Mother of All Philippine Festivals

by Kheem Caparas on May 26, 2012

Ati-Atihan, considered as the Mother of All Philippine Festivals, is one of the most colorful merrymaking events in the country. A combination of a religious tradition and cultural showcases, this festival will get you dancing in the streets with the loud drumbeats!


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Anilag Festival: Showcasing the Harvests of Laguna

Anilag Festival: Showcasing the Harvests of Laguna

by Rosevie Decio on May 29, 2012
aguna is known for its fine cuisines, products, and delicacies like espasol, buko pie, and cassava cake. Anilag Festival is the major and most colorful festival in Laguna. Through the festival, Laguna citizens celebrate the fruitful success of their land and give thanks to the mighty Provider for their bounty.
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Antique's Binirayan Festival

Antique's Binirayan Festival

by Jhaypee Guia on June 28, 2012
Every April, the people of Antique come alive and celebrate a momentous festival of dancing, parades and revelry, drawing locals and visitors alike to the colorful Binirayan Festival.
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Cry of Pugad Lawin Monument: The Beginning of the Philippine Revolution

Cry of Pugad Lawin Monument: The Beginning of the Philippine Revolution

by Jhaypee Guia on August 7, 2014
The Cry of Pugad Lawin Shrine was developed by virtue of the Pugad Lawin Historical Committee created in 1983 to locate the residence of Juan Ramos, son of Melchora Aquino.
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Manggahan Festival: The Sweet Celebration of Guimaras

Manggahan Festival: The Sweet Celebration of Guimaras

by Jhaypee Guia on June 30, 2012
The Manggahan Festival of Guimaras is an identity festival commemorating the anniversary of the province as being an independent province.
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Pasalamat Festival: A Thanksgiving Celebration

Pasalamat Festival: A Thanksgiving Celebration

by Jhaypee Guia on July 7, 2012
La Carlota City in the southwestern part of the central Negros Island lies at the foot of sacred Mt. Kanla-on, the highest peak in Central Visayas. It is home to one of the oldest and most prominent sugar mills in the province, producer of the fierce fighting cocks, a dreamland for nature lovers, and a birthplace of the three world boxing champions.
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Taste the World's Tastiest Milkfish in Bangus Festival

Taste the World's Tastiest Milkfish in Bangus Festival

by Kheem Caparas on May 30, 2012

Bangus Festival is a yearly celebration in Dagupan City and it is claimed as the longest running festival in the country, held for one whole month beginning on April 1 to May 1 at Pangasinan’s traditional Pistay Dayat or Sea Festival. It highlights the local industry of bangus or milkfish – the Philippine national fish. It also promotes Dagupan City as "Bangus Capital of the World" and establishes the city as a major tourist destination.


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The Pasayaw Festival of Canlaon, Negros Oriental

The Pasayaw Festival of Canlaon, Negros Oriental

by Rosevie Decio on August 17, 2012
A combined word of “Pasalamat Pinaagi sa Sayaw” (a thanksgiving through dance). This Pasayaw expresses the joys and jubilations in praise and thanksgiving to the Almighty God through the intercession of St. Joseph. The “Pasayaw Street Dancing & Parade” is participated in by 12 contingents from the 12 barangays.
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Panagbenga  Festival – The City's Biggest  Festival

Panagbenga Festival – The City's Biggest Festival

by Jhaypee Guia on May 22, 2012
Panagbenga Festival is also known as Flower Festival or Season of Blooming. This festival is yearly celebrated in Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines, during the months of February and March.
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