ANGEL FESTIVAL

Place: San Rafael, Bulacan

Date: September 29

An extravagant parade where thousands of young people dance on the

streets as "angels dressed in colorful and magnificent costumes" and as symbol of
the choirs of angels coming down from heaven to walk on the streets traversed by
man. It is held every September 29, the feast day of the town's patron saint, San
Rafael Archangel. Year 2002 when the festival started, the event never fails to
draw the attention of a massive crowd to witness the angels dance. The annual
celebration not only adds meaning to the rich cultural heritage of the town of San
Rafael but also intensifies and deepens the devotion of people towards the Divine
Healer and Guide of the Christian pilgrim.
 BARONG AT SAYA FESTIVAL
Place: Pandi, Bulacan
Date: September 12 - 17

Started on 2012. Celebrated every April 12-17, alongside for the

commemoration of the separation of Pandi from the town of Bigaa (now
Balagtas). High quality barong tagalog and gowns are Pandi's primary products
and are thus the center of the celebration.
 BULAK FESTIVAL
Place: San Ildefonso, Bulacan
Date: January 23

Bulak is the cotton plant that grows abundantly in the heart of the town
(hence called Barrio Bulak); it is now called Poblacion. Bulak Festival is a showcase
of its town’s identity, value system, ecological concern and love of God and
neighbor. Bulak Festival is San Ildefonso's official town festival. Primarily, the
festival is celebrated in honor of the town's patron, San Ildefonso but it also gives
honor to the "kapok" plant, also known as "bulak" which played a very important
part in the town's history. BULAK is actually San Ildefonso's old name when it was
still just a barrio under the neighboring town of San Rafael.
 BUNTAL HAT FESTIVAL
Place: Baliwag, Bulacan
Date: May 26

Held every 26 of May. This festival which lasts for 1 week has various
activities. There are job fairs, concerts and painting contests, also a Buntal Santa
Cruzan, street dancing parades and a beauty contest called Lakambini ng Baliwag
are also added to the festivities. An exhibit of the products made from woven
buntal fibers are enjoyed by the tourists and the locals. This festival also helps the
local community preserve the weaving of buntal into various products like hats.
You can even witness huge buntal hats during the festivities. These huge hats are
beautifully and artistically woven by the local weavers.
 CARABAO FESTIVAL
Place: Pulilan, Bulacan
Date: May 14

Pulilan has been celebrating Carabao Festival for several years now to the
delight of Catholic Filipinos and travelers from Metro Manila and nearby
provinces.
In Bulacan, the festival is more of a thanksgiving to San Isidro Labrador for a
bountiful harvest throughout the year.
Carts are usually big enough to carry the town’s muse or the image of the
patron saint. The carts more aptly called floats are dressed up to depict farm life.
An assembly of dancers follows the cart during the parade.
 CASAY FESTIVAL
Place: Norzagaray, Bulacan
Date: August 13

Celebrated every August 13 as part of the Foundation Anniversary of the

town. Casay was the former name before it became a separate town from Angat.
Casay is a Kingfisher a species of bird with a blue feather, this kind of birds can be
found in the mountainous area of the town. One of the highlight of this Festival is
the colorful street dancing parade and showdown, where the dancers from the
participating schools are wearing a bird costume depicting the Casay and
performing or moving like a bird. This festival is celebrated every year thru the
effort of the Norzagaray
 CHICHARON FESTIVAL
Place: Sta. Maria, Bulacan
Date: First Thursday of Febuary

This festival was not meant for the weak of heart. The Chicharon Festival
was staged to celebrate one of Santa Maria’s leading industries. Fortunata
Lorenzo, municipal planning and development officer, said the chicharon was
cooked in a vat of two large cans of lard. Chicharon was also a major part of
costumes worn by participants in the street dancing competition. A festival of
dishes using chicharon as an ingredient was among the highlights of the
celebration. It is celebrated every month of February as part of the town fiesta.
 HALAMANAN FESTIVAL
Place: Guiguinto, Bulacan
Date: January 23

Halamanan is a festival which celebrates in their adoration for plants, of

trees, and of blossoms since these manifestations of nature give them a decent
method to bring home the bacon. It praises the integrity gave to them by Mother
Nature. This celebration additionally commended the establishment day of
Guiguinto. There is a considerable measure for fun exercises and occasions amid
this celebration. There are scene show, cultivating expos, seedling spreads,
blossom cuttings, bloom arrangements, plant developing, inside and outside
improvements.
 HALAMANG DILAW FESTIVAL
Place: Marilao, Bulacan
Date: May

Halamang Dilaw belongs to the family of Zingiberaceae. During the 1800's

Halamang Dilaw was often mentioned by Father Joaquin Martinez De Zuñiga in
his book: Status of the Philippines. According to him, Halamang Dilaw can be seen
upon entering the Town, the reason why the natives named it Marilaw.
Halamang Dilaw Festival is celebrated annually, during the month of May.
In Central Luzon, Bulacan's twin offerings from its regional Singkaban are the
Halamanan Festival of Guiguinto and the Halamang Dilaw Festival of Marilao,
which pay tribute to nature.
 HORSE FESTIVAL
Place: Plaridel, Bulacan
Date: December 29 – 30

A fiesta for horse lovers is the popular two-day celebration called “Pintakasi
ng mga Caballero” held before New Year’s Eve in Plaridel, Bulacan. Its main
attraction, however, is held on Dec. 29a colorful parade of cocheros, jockeys and
other equine aficionados, followed by a tilbury race (horse-drawn chariots for
two), whose participants include movie stars (particularly members of the clan of
the late former Bulacan Governor Jose Padilla, I), luminaries of the province and
government officials.
 LIBAD FESTIVAL
Place: Calumpit, Bulacan
Date: June 23

A fluvial procession of well-decorated pagodas is held on the river every

23rd of June right before the annual town fiesta in honor of St. John the Baptist.
Town folks gaily sing, dance and frenzy douse water to "baptize" passers-by -
prepare to get wet.
Governor Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado, said Libad is only one of the popular
tourist attractions. It honors St. John the Baptist, the patron saint of the San Juan
Bautista Church, the oldest church in Bulacan.
Historians said that the church has witnessed the Filipinos’ struggles against
Spanish, American, and Japanese govern.
MINASA FESTIVAL
Place: Bustos, Bulacan
Date: January 10 – 20

During the month of January, people of Bustos Bulacan are celebrating

"Minasa Festival". Minasa Festival is showcasing the town's delicious delicacies
Minasa Cookies and locally made food item as well as other items, for example,
the dry-like wafer fresh Barquillos. This event demonstrates their way of life and
their convention through this Minasa celebration. This celebration proceeds for
seven days. At the time of celebration, a considerable measure of nourishment
slow down and bazaar is composed which offer diverse stock like garments,
embellishments, toys and lot more.
 OBANDO FERTILITY RITES
Place: Obando, Bulacan
Date: May 17 – 19

The Obando Fertility Rites are a dance ritual, initially an Anitist ritual, and
later also became a Catholic festival celebrated every May in Obando, Bulacan,
Philippines. Locals and pilgrims, sometimes dressed in traditional costume, dance
and sing in the town's streets to honour and beseech Obando's three patron
saints: San Pascual (Paschal Baylon), Santa Clara (Clare of Assisi) and Nuestra
Señora de Salambáo (Our Lady of Salambao). The fertility rites were initially made
in honor of the anito Diyan Masalanta, the Tagalog goddess of love, Lakapati, the
Tagalog fertility deity, and Bathala, the supreme god of the Tagalog people.
 PAGODA SA WAWA FESTIVAL
Place: Bocaue, Bulacan
Date: Every 1st of Sunday

Every First Sunday of July, the town of Bocaue in the Province of Bulacan
celebrates the fluvial pagoda festival, the Pagoda sa Wawa, which commemorates
the discovery of the miraculous cross floating on the Bocaue river 200 years ago.
A replica of the cross on which Jesus was crucified is paraded on a pagoda
adorned with magnificent trimmings and guided by by colorful bancas. Hundreds
attend the procession for a nine-day novena, during which they feast and
celebrate the legendary rescue of the Holy Cross from the Bocaue River
 PALAISDAAN FESTIVAL
Place: Hagonoy, Bulacan
Date: July 24

The Municipal Government formally introduce last July 24, 2015. It is a

month-long celebration in honor of the town's patroness, Saint Anne, and the
founding anniversary of Hagonoy as a pueblo way back 1581. The celebration
usually starts when the image of St. Anne visits places around Hagonoy or even
outside the town. The processional image is then brought back to the shrine to
formally open the festivity for the 9-days novena, followed by the fluvial parade
or pagoda in the river systems of Hagonoy. Indak-kalye or street dancing is also
one of the highlights of the festival, where the traditional “Disposorio” is danced
to the tune of Lerion hymn.
 PASTILLAS FESTIVAL
Place: San Miguel, Bulacan
Date: May

Pastillas Festival is celebrated during the month of May in San Miguel,

Bulacan. The festival is tribute to one of the town's famous sweets- Pastillas de
Leche. Among the events in the festival are demonstrations on Pastillas cooking
and the craft of making Pabalat, the lacey Pastillas wrappers made of rice papers.
 SINGKABAN FESTIVAL
Place: Malolos, Bulacan
Date: 3rd Week of September

Singkaban Festival is an annual provincial event of Bulacan where

Bulakenyo culture and arts are featured in a week-long celebration. It showcases
the traditional arts of the literary form “Balagtasan,” folk dances, and traditional
songs known as “kundiman.” The main focus though, is on the singkaban, a
Bulakenyo art of creating an entrance arch and other decorative materials mainly
from bamboo. The main event of the festival is the street dance and float parade
where representatives from different Bulacan towns, as far as San Jose del Monte
in the southeast and San Miguel in the north, travel to Malolos during the festival
season.
 SUGURAN FESTIVAL
Place: Meycauayan, Bulacan
Date: October 4

Held every 4th day of October as part of the feast of the town patron Saint
Francis of Assisi. Suguran is a re-enactment based on the legend of how a place
brimming with bamboo was discovered in the midst of a fight between the tribes
of Rajah Sugod and Sultan Yantok, where the battle ended into a place was later
on called "Meycauayan". This re-enact also shows how the Francisan Missionaries
Fray Juan de Plasenscia and Fray Diego Oropeza reached the town to spread the
Christianity.
 SUKANG SASA FESTIVAL
Place: Paombong, Bulacan
Date: July 23 - 25

Fiestas are normally characterized by smiling faces, but in this town,

residents can contort their faces all they want as they celebrate the first Sukang
Paombong Festival today.
"We will have a mukhasim vinegar-tasting contest as one of our activities
for the day-long celebration," Mayor Donato Marcos said.
There will also be street-dancing competitions, suka and tuba cooking
contests, exhibits, and pagtutuba demonstrations.
The first of its kind, the festival was conceived to help preserve and
promote the naturally fermented nipa palm vinegar that has made this town
famous.

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