G8_Philippine Festivals

It is held every third Sunday of January in Cebu City.

• Ati-atihan Festival

• Sublian Festival

• Sinulog Festival

• Masskara Festival

Kadayawan is a festival celebrated in _______.

• Aklan

• Batangas

• Cebu City

• Davao

Pahiyas Festival is celebrated in Lucban, Quezon to honor their patron saint ________________________.

• Santo Nino

• San Isidro Labrador

• San Lorenzo Ruiz

• Saint Paul

Which festival uses this costume?

• Masskara Festival

• Sinulog Festival

• Pahiyas Festival

• Ati-atihan Festival

Which festival highlights the decoration of houses with colorful materials?

• Masskara Festival

• Sinulog Festival

• Pahiyas Festival

• Ati-atihan Festival

A religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines held on the fourth Sunday of January. 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.

• Dinagyang

• Ati-atihan

• Panagbenga

• Sinulog

A Bukidnon ethnic-cultural festival that takes place from the last week of February to the first week of March. It can mean a datukship ritual, a wedding ceremony, a thanksgiving festival during harvest time, a peace pact, or any number of these together.

• Kaamulan

• Maleldo / Cutud Lenten Rites

• Turumba

• Carabao

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

A week-long festival held each year in Bacolod City, the capital of Negros Occidental province. The festival features a street dance competition where people from all walks of life troop to the streets to see colorfully-masked dancers gyrating to the rhythm of Latin musical beats in a display of mastery, gaiety, coordination and stamina.

• Penafrancia Fluvial

• Pahiyas

• Higantes

• MassKara

The Festival which coincides with the Feast of Saint Clement, the Patron Saint of Angono. These are made of paper-mache and measures four to five feet in diameter and ten to twelve feet in height. Traditionally, it began in the last century when Angono was a Spanish hacienda.

• Giant Lanterns

• Higantes

• Turumba

• Carabao