MUSIC and Arts 7

PHILIPPINE
FESTIVALS JERWIN A. CLAVERIA

COMPETENCIES
MUSIC
1. Describe the origins and cultural background of selected Philippine

festival/s.
2. Describe how the music contributes to the performance of the musical

production.
ARTS
3. Identify the festivals and theatrical forms celebrated all over the country
throughout the
year.
4. Discuss the elements and principles of arts as seen in Philippine Festivals.
5. Design the visual elements and components of the selected festival or

theatrical form through
costumes, props, etc.
PHILIPPINE FESTIVALS
Music plays a major role in the celebration of

festivals. It accomplished the whole activities in
connects participants through singing, instruments
playing, dancing and most especially, praying.
ATI-ATIHAN
• Ati-atihan is one of the most colorful events in

Kalibo, Aklan Province.
• It is being celebrated to recall the peace pact

between the Negritos and the Malays who were
the primary migrants to the island of Panay.
ATI-ATIHAN
• It is expressed through a mix of parades,

procession, and street dancing of the
participants who paint their faces black and
wear costumes to emulate the Ati, Panay’s native
people.
• They are accompanied by the rhythm of the
indigenous drums or the rhythmic sounds from
improvised drums made from metal or wood.
KADAYAWAN
The Kadayawan Festival is a celebration of good harvest of

fruits and orchids in Davao every third week of August. It is a long
week celebration and thanksgiving of their bountiful harvest for the
people of Davao. It is a parade of floats, of fresh flowers and fruits.
Singing, dancing, and offerings to their deities are the highlights of the
festival.
MORIONES FESTIVAL
• The Moriones Festival, is an old tradition that is observed during

the Holy Week in the island of Marinduque.
• It is said that the island of Marinduque is the “Lantern capital of
the Philippines” because of the faithful celebration of the Morion
in the said occasion.
MORIONES FESTIVAL
• The participants wear colorful warrior costumes with finely

carved masks portraying the violent Roman soldiers of Christ’s
time.
• These are performed to show the story of Longinus, the centurion
who stabbed Jesus’ side and his subsequent beheading.
SINULOG FESTIVAL
The sinulog, also known as Santo Niño, is the most

impressive festivals in the Philippines. It is held every third
Sunday of January in Cebu City in the honor of the Santo
Niño. It came from the Cebuano word sulog that means
“the forward-backward movement of dance”.
SINULOG FESTIVAL
It is a dance ritual that recalls the Filipino people’s

pagan past and their discussion on Christianity. Cebuanos
celebrate this festival with the grandest parade, a fluvial
procession. The participants in colorful costumes, dancing
in two steps forward and one step backward, perform to
the sound of the drums.
IBALONG FESTIVAL
The Ibalong Festival is an epic story about three
legendary heroes lik e Baltog, Handyong and Bantog, and
other early heroes. The participants portrayed the classic
battles about these heroes by wearing masks and costumes.
H
They parade in the street with accompaniment of a
marching or brass band. It is celebrated every August in
Legazpi City, Albay.
SUBLIAN FESTIVAL
The Sublian Festival is a two-week celebration held on July

23,1988 in Batangas. It is a devotion to the town’s patron, the Holy Cross.
It is performed through a Batangas folk dance, the subli. It is a traditionally
performed with a chant accompaniment and the beating of the drums. It is a
combination of music, movement, and poetry. Participants come in native
attire with ornamented subli had to symbolize batangueño characteristics
and customs.
ARTS
RELIGIOUS AND NON

RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS
RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS
A religious festival is a time of special

importance marked by adherents to that religion.
Religious festivals are commonly celebrated on
recurring cycles in a calendar year or lunar calendar.
PAHIYAS
Every May 15, the people of Lucban, Quezon
celebrate this colorful feast in honor of an Isidro de
Labrador, patron saint of farmers. Traditionally, it is a
way of thanksgiving by the farmers for a bountiful
harvest with grand display of kiping, fruits, vegetables,
and handicrafts adorning every house.
FERTILITY DANCE
One of the well-known dance rituals in the
country, is the sales of band or that is celebrated every
year during the month of May. It follows the tune of
musical instruments made of bamboo materials.
MORIONES
SINULOG
ATI ATIHAN
DINAGYANG FESTIVALS
• It is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo city,
Iloilo held every fourth Sunday of January. It is held
in honor of the Santo Niño and to celebrate the
arrival of the Panay settlers in the island.
FLORES DE MAYO AND SANTACRUZAN
Every month of May, Catholics and Aglipayans
celebrate this religious festival called Flores de Mayo
(Spanish for “Flowers of May”). Santacruzan, on the
other hand, represents the pageant on the last day of the
Flores de Mayo. This festivity honor, St. Helena, locally
known as Reyna Elena and her son Constantine the
Great in finding the True Cross. The True Cross is
believed to be the cross upon which Jesus was
crucified.
FLORES DE MAYO AND SANTACRUZAN
• In the province of Bulacan, especially in the town of

San Ildefonso, as part of the Flores de Mayo festival
• Children are gathered every afternoon, encouraged
by the early lead over flowers or locally called pag-
aalay to the Virgin Mary after the Novena prayer in
the afternoon.
• Usually on the last Sunday of May, Santa Cruz and
is celebrated as the locals like to call it: sagala.
NON RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS
The Philippine culture reflects our
nation’s complex yet interesting history. It is
blend of various cultures or groups from
Malayo-Polynesians, Hispanic cultures,
Chinese, American, in other countries as
well. Prior to the Spanish colonization, the
Filipinos had their own culture, particularly
in the field of visual arts and festivities.
PANAGBENGA FESTIVAL - the month-long
flower festival in Baguio, Panagbenga means
“season of blooming”.
Usually, this festival is held in the summer
capital of the Philippines during the month of
February as their tribute to the “City of
Flowers” and has their way of showing to the
people that they can rise up after the
devastating 1990 Luzon earthquake.
MASSKARA FESTIVAL
• Bacolod’s Festival is held yearly every third weekend
of October nearest October 19, the city’ Charter
anniversary.
• Since they are known as the “City of Smiles, they
came up with a feast festival called Masskara.
• This festival declares that the people in their place
are tough and can cope from those tragic
experiences.
• They believe that Bacolod City can pull through,
survive, and can succeed amidst all trials.
KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL
• The yearly Davao Festival, started as a
celebration known as “Apo Duwaling”
Festival from a government-initiated project
called “Unlad Proyekto Davao” in the late
1980s.
• It was planned to unite the venue after the
Marshall lawyers and to exhibit the city as a
peaceful, colorful, and culturally laden place
to visit and to invest business in.
KAAMULAN FESTIVAL
• The Malaybalay ethnic Cultural Festival, is held
annually from the second half of February to March
10, the anniversary date of the foundation of
Bukidnon as a province in 1917.
• It is a celebration of culture and tradition of the
following original settlers of the region. The cultural-
linguistic groups includes Bukdinon, Higaonon,
Talaandig, Manobo, Matigsalug, Tigwahanon,
Umayamnon.
• It was on May 15, 1974 that Kaamulan was initially
celebrated. It coincides during the Fiesta celebration
of the municipality of Malaybalay.
Have a nice day!
God bless
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PHILIPPINE

FESTIVALS JERWIN A. CLAVERIA

1. Describe the origins and cultural background of selected Philippine

2. Describe how the music contributes to the performance of the musical

4. Discuss the elements and principles of arts as seen in Philippine Festivals.

5. Design the visual elements and components of the selected festival or

Music plays a major role in the celebration of

• Ati-atihan is one of the most colorful events in

• It is being celebrated to recall the peace pact

• It is expressed through a mix of parades,

The Kadayawan Festival is a celebration of good harvest of

• The Moriones Festival, is an old tradition that is observed during

• The participants wear colorful warrior costumes with finely

The sinulog, also known as Santo Niño, is the most

It is a dance ritual that recalls the Filipino people’s

The Sublian Festival is a two-week celebration held on July

RELIGIOUS AND NON

A religious festival is a time of special

• In the province of Bulacan, especially in the town of

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