Festivals of Visayas (MAPEH 7)

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FESTIVALS OF

VISAYAS


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Sinulog Festival


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SINULOG FESTIVALCelebrated every 3rd week of January in Cebu

City.

This Philippine fiesta in Visayas regioncelebrates Cebu's patron saint, the Santo Nio

(Child Christ).

This week long event is marked byprocessions,street dancing and parades. This

fiesta is a local version of the Mardi gras (Brazil).


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Ati-atihan Festival


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ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVALAklan plays host to the annual Ati-atihan

festival, coinciding with the third Sunday of

January. Like the Sinulog Festival of Cebu, the

Ati-atihan celebrates the many miracles of the

Child Jesus or Santo Nino.

Ati-atihan means to be like aetasor make

believe atis. Aetas were the primary settlers in

the islands according to history books. They tooare the earliest settlers of Panay Island where

the province of Aklan is.


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The festival consists of tribal dance, music,

accompanied by indigenous costumes and

weapons, and parade along the street.

The festival is probably more well-known for theblack paint that most participants put on their

bodies. The black paint that covers the whole

body contrasts starkly with the colorful costumes

and ornaments.


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Dinagyang

Festival

Iloilo City


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DINAGYANG FESTIVALTheDinagyangis 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 Nio 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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BabaylanFestival


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BABAYLAN FESTIVALHeld every 19th of February in Bago City, Negros

Occidental.

The public gets a rare view into the simulatedrituals of mystics, ancient healers and priests in

various ceremonies such as marriage, healing

and harvest.


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Panaad sa Negros


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PANAAD SA NEGROSA weeklong celebration held in Bacolod City

every 2nd or 3rd week of April.

It's called the mother of festivals as it is a fusionof fiestas of 13 cities and 19 towns of the whole

province of Negros Occidental.

Expect a colorful display of parades, bazaars,cultural presentations, pageants, shows,

fireworks and more.


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Sandugo Festival


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SANDUGO FESTIVALSandugo Festivalwhich literally means "one

blood", celebrates the blood compact between

local chieftain Datu Sikatuna and Captain

General Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.

Sandugo Festival is a month long celebration

culminating at Tagbilaran City, Bohol on the 3rd

week of July.

The festival is celebrated with street dancing,

shows, trade fairs, beauty contest and other

activities.


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Masskara Festival


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MASSKARA FESTIVALBacolod City holds its Charter Day on the 19th of

October every year. Coinciding with its Charter

Day is the MassKara Festival, a week-long

activity that is currently dubbed as the Festival

of Smile, a take on Bacolods own monicker as theCity of Smiles.

Unlike other festivals in the Visayas, however,

the MassKara is not religious or tribal in nature.Instead, the Festival ironically traces its roots on

tragedy.


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The festival was first held in 1980, at a time

when sugar cane and sugar prices plummeted

and the livelihood of Bacolenos suffered.

It was also during that year that a terrible

maritime tragedy left more than 700 Negrenses

dead when the Don Juan and the tanker

Tacloban City collided with each other and sank.

To eclipse the tragedy and the sorrow, Bacolod

held its first MassKara Festival. The term

MassKarawas coined by Ely Santiago, meaningmany faces. It also became the festivals

trademark: smiling masks worn by the

participants.


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Pintado-Kasadyahan Festival

PINTADOKASADYAHAN


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PINTADO-KASADYAHANFESTIVAL

Lasting a whole month, Tacloban City holds thePintados-Kasadyahan Festival culminating on

June 29.

The festival commemorates and fleshes out howthe Spaniards saw the early Filipinos when they

arrived in Leyte: bodies filled with tattoos and

holding weapons which were previously heated in

open fire.

In fact, pintados is how the tattoo-covered natives

were called, and thats how the festival got its

name.


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Binirayan

Festival

San Jose,

Antique


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BINIRAYAN FESTIVALfiesta dates are from the 28th to the 30th of

December in San Jose Antique.

Ethnic pageantry reaches a new high on thebeaches of Maybato in San Jose and Malandong

in Hamtik, where the drama of the first Malay

settlement at Malandong is played out.


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Manggahan Festival

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MANGGAHAN

FESTIVALMonth long celebration of Guimaras rich culture,

and their feast of thanksgiving for having

bestowed a rich land where delicious mangoes are

being grown.

Originally, it was just a week-long celebration of

Guimaras as an independent province since May

22, 1992, but through the years, with all the

success that the province has attained,Manggahan Festival has evolved to a more

vibrant and fun- filled month long event.

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