PHILIPPINE FESTIVAL - MUSIC

It is a festival in the Philippines where people shout and cheer "Hala Bira!" and " Viva Sto. Niño" to encourage enthusiasm and continous dancing to the performers.

• Sinulog Festival

• Dinagyang Festival

• Ati-atihan Festival

• Kadayawan Festival

A religious festival that features street dancing and singing of Filipino courtship songs. Performers are in trunk-forward-bend position to give impression of broken bodies as they dance to the song.

• Sublian Festival

• Moriones Festival

• Ati-atihan Festival

• Sinulog Festival

A festival dance performance that portrays how the epic heroes in Bicol Region defeated monstrous villains that tried colonizing the land.

• Moriones Festival

• Batlog Festival

• Ibalong Festival

• Kadayawan Festival

A religious festival that honors the Sto. Niño. Petitioners flock for prayer reuest and thanksgiving as they shout "Pit Senior."

• Ati-atihan Festival

• Sinulog Festival

• Moriones Festival

• Sublian Festival

An annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City, Philippines. The festival honors the child Jesus, known as the Santo Niño (Holy Child), patron of the city of Cebu.

• Ati-Atihan

• Dinagyang

• Panagbenga

• Sinulog

An annual festival held on Holy Week on the island of Marinduque, Philippines. The men and women in costumes and masks replicating the garb of biblical Roman soldiers as interpreted by local folks , a part of the medieval Roman armor which covers the face.

• Maleldo / Cutud Lenten Rites

• Turumba

• Pahiyas

• Moriones

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.

• Pintados

• Penafrancia Fluvial

• Kadayawan

• MassKara

It is celebrated to recall the peace pact between the Negritos and the Malays who were the 1st settlers in the island of Panay.

• Kadayawan

• Moriones

• Ati-atihan

_____________ is held every 3rd Sunday of January in Cebu in honor of Sto.Nino (baby Jesus).

This feast is about their devotion to their patron, The Holy Cross.

• Sublian

• Ibalong

• Sinulog