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		<title>Philippine Holidays - List of regular yearly holidays in the Philippines</title>
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List of regular yearly holidays in the Philippines 2009
listed below are the yearly and regular Philippine Holidays for 2009.

New Year’s Day - January 1
Edsa Revolution Day - Febuary 24
Araw ng Kagitingan - April 9
Good Friday - April 10
 Labor Day -  May 4
Independence Day - Monday          [...]


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		<title>PISTA&#8217;Y DAYAT - Thanksgiving for bountiful harvest and abundant fishing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PISTA’Y DAYAT
The Festival
A thanksgiving festival in honor of the bountiful harvest and abundant fishing, Pista’y Dayat is a sea festival celebrated annually on the 20th of April to the 1st  day of May at the historic Lingayen Beach in the town of Lingayen in Pangasinan. Thousands of tourists are drawn to the Coastal City to [...]


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		<link>http://www.philippinefiestas.com/pistay-dayat-thanksgiving-for-bountiful-harvest-and-abundant-fishing/</link>
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		<title>Lami-lamihan Festival - rekindles the native Yakans culture and diversity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Festival
A yearly festival celebrated n the town of Lamitan in Basilan Province and showcases the traditional Yakan customs and traditions, music, dances, and crafts that has long been preserved.
Celebration of the event rekindles the native Yakans culture and diversity, the gentle people of province of Basilan, south of the Philippines. Townspeople are dressed in [...]


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		<link>http://www.philippinefiestas.com/lami-lamihan-festival-rekindles-the-native-yakans-culture-and-diversity/</link>
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		<title>Pasungay Festival - festival of bullfights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Festival
Held every second Saturday of January in San Joaquin, Iloilo in the Philippines, the Pasungay is the festival of bullfight, a feature during the San Joaquin fiesta and one of the thrilling festivals in Western Visayas, in honor of the Holy Child Jesus. The fighting bulls raised in town and the neighboring areas are [...]


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		<link>http://www.philippinefiestas.com/pasungay-festival-festival-of-bullfights/</link>
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		<title>Flores De Mayo - Queen of Filipino Festivals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Festival
The month of May is known to be the month of fiestas in the Philippines, honoring the different patron saints in celebrations of merriment and jollity that includes processions, beauty pageants, and band music, and also the month for the Catholics for the veneration of the Virgin Mary.
After the long dry season, rain pours [...]


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		<link>http://www.philippinefiestas.com/flores-de-mayo-queen-of-filipino-festivals/</link>
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		<title>Pataltal sa Guimaras - reenactment of the sufferings of Jesus Christ on the way to the Calvary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Festival
A reenactment of the sufferings of Jesus Christ on the way to the Calvary, the Ang Pagtaltal sa Guimaras is a procession of devotees and flagellants garbed in biblical attire held every Good Friday in the municipality of Jordan and ends in Balaan Bukid in the island province of Guimaras, where a huge cross [...]


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		<link>http://www.philippinefiestas.com/pataltal-sa-guimaras-reenactment-of-the-sufferings-of-jesus-christ-on-the-way-to-the-calvary/</link>
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		<title>Feast of Our Lady of Candles - Nuestra Senora dela Candelaria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Festival
In Jaro Iloilo in the Philippines, the Feast of Our Lady of Candles (Nuestra SeÒora dela Candelaria) is held every second day of February. Most granduous religious event in Western Visayas, the celebration of the festival of Our Lady is a blessing through procession of candles followed by a pageantry with the fiesta queen, [...]


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		<link>http://www.philippinefiestas.com/feast-of-our-lady-of-candles-nuestra-senora-dela-candelaria/</link>
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		<title>Kaamulan Festival of Bukidnon - celebrating the culture and tradition of the seven ethnic tribal groups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Festival
Each year, Bukidnon, the Pineapple Capital of the Phlippines,  is celebrating the Kaamulan Festival during the month of March. An ethnic-cultural festival, the Kaamulan, Binukid term for ìsocial gatheringî, is held in Malaybalay City celebrating the culture and tradition of the seven ethnic tribal groups, the Bukidnon, Higaonon, Talaandig, Manobo, Matigsalug, Tigwahanon, and Umayammon, [...]


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		<link>http://www.philippinefiestas.com/kaamulan-festival-of-bukidnon-celebrating-the-culture-and-tradition-of-the-seven-ethnic-tribal-groups/</link>
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		<title>Higaonon Dance Festival of Cagayan de Oro City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Festival
The Higaonon Dance Festival, a yearly event held every August in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, is a street parade and a narrative dance competition portraying the inherent tradition of the Higaonon tribe of Mindanao. The parade starts in the morning in a route that leads to the venue of the dance showdown. Contingents dance [...]


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		<link>http://www.philippinefiestas.com/higaonon-dance-festival-of-cagayan-de-oro-city/</link>
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		<title>Buyogan Festival of Abuyog Leyte - Unique Bee Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
BUYOGAN FESTIVAL
The Festival
Tacloban City of Leyte celebrates Buyogan Festival in Abuyog on the 28th of August every year. The locally known “buyog” or the bees is the center of the feast, where the name of the town is originated from. The Buyogan Festival is a choreographed dance patterned to the movements of the bees.
This unique [...]


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		<link>http://www.philippinefiestas.com/buyogan-festival-of-abuyog-leyte-unique-bee-festival/</link>
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