EVENTS & FESTIVALS

This is a thanksgiving festival for a bountiful harvest highlighting the culture of the Sama, the indigenous people of Samal, as shown in the indigenous sports, and other culture-based competitions.

The Mercedes Kadagatan Festival is a fishermen’s holiday celebration held in Mercedes, Camarines Norte, every August 6-11, in which said festivity is dedicated as a time of annual thanksgiving for […]

The Ibálong, also known as Handiong or Handyong, is a 60-stanza fragment of a Bicolano full-length folk epic of the Bicol region of the Philippines, based on the Indian Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. The epic is said to have been narrated in verse form by a native bard called Kadunung. It […]

“Pasaka,” the native word for Assumption, is a street spectacle in honor of Our Lady of Assumption. The festivity is annually held on August 14. “Pasaka” is a Waraynon word and […]

This week-long festival in Agusan del Norte features socio-cultural shows and fairs involving indigenous groups.

This is a gathering of Mindanao ethnolinguistic groups like the Bagobos and Manobos. This is highlighted by a horse fight and a Manobo wedding. The Kalibongan Festival is held annually […]

Buyogan focuses on the bee locally known as “buyog” from which the town’s name originated.

In the town of Lucban, Quezon, townsfolk trot out their beloved Gigantes or giants. Measuring about 14 feet tall, the giants come in pairs, the mag-asawa or couple, a giant man dressed in the […]

This is an annual boat racing contest celebrating the feast of Nuestra de Salvacion, the town’s Patroness.

Kadayawan is a native expression in Dabawnon tongue, which means “anything excellent that brings great fortune” from “dayaw” (good), describing a thing that is valuable and superior.

The event honors Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte’s patron saint St. James.

This festival is highlighted by street dancing participated in by contingents from schools and civic organizations.