The image of the Virgin is paraded around town in a colorfully-decorated carriage, which resembles a ship. The image is believed to be miraculous and ensures a safe voyage to anyone who prays to it. This is an annual celebration that takes place every year.

The festival is itself the foundation anniversary of Sorsogon. The festival’s name means “prosperity and happiness.” This is a weeklong celebration that takes place each year.

Calbayog City. This is a religious celebration of thanksgiving and the joyous pageantry of dancing devotees of San Rafael. This is an annual celebration that takes place every year.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte. The feast is in honor of San Isidro Labrador with street dancers dressed up in various banana-like costumes. This is a 2 days celebration with vibrant activities and events.

Camiguin Island. The festival is held to celebrate the abundance of lanzones fruit on the island marked by a street dancing competition involving the youth all dressed up in lanzones leaves or fruits. The lanzones are one of the island’s most important crops. This is a weeklong celebration each year.

Virac, Catanduanes. This festival commemorates the province’s independence from Albay. This is an annual celebration that takes place every year.

This annual festival, which is similar to Brazil’s Rio Carnival, literally translates to “many faces,” and is celebrated every October in Bacolod.

Siquijor is popularly known throughout the country for “witchcraft”. This is an annual celebration that takes place every year.

San Carlos City. This festival is marked by a street-dancing involving the pintados or dancers with tattoos or flowers on their bodies. This is a 2 days celebration with vibrant activities and events.

Cebu City. This re-stages the Filipino tradition of visiting relatives to lovingly remember departed loved ones. This annual festival is a big celebration in the Philippines.

Oroquieta, Misamis Occidental. This is held in honor of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary. This is an annual celebration that takes place every year.

Calapan, Oriental Mindoro. This festival reenacts the first contact between the natives of Mindoro and traders from China. This is an annual festival. The Sandugo Festival is an annual historical celebration that takes place every year.