BOHOL FESTIVALS

Bohol Festivals - List of Bohol Festivities for the Year

Bohol is full of surprises, from the Tarsier to the Loboc River to the Adventure and mystery of the Chocolate hills.. Here are other reasons to visit bohol! Bohol Festivals and Fiestas for the Year! Sandugo Festival (July 1-31) This annual festival of the province commemorates the sandugo or blood compact between Datu Sikatuna and Miguel López de... [Read more of this review]

Sandugo Festival of Tagbilaran Bohol

Planning a trip on the month of July? Why not go to Bohol? Besides the loads of places and things to do, they are also celebrating the SANDUGO FESTIVAL! Enjoy the Festive atmosphere as Bohol celebrates a historical event, the blood compact.. Datu Sikatuna’s blood compact and association or treaty of friendship with the Spanish king conquistador,... [Read more of this review]

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DAVAO FESTIVALS

Kadayawan Festival of Davao City - Kadayawan sa Dabaw

The Festival Kadayawan Festival is a celebration of thanksgiving for bountiful harvest. This weeklong event is celebrated every 3rd week of August which is the season of good harvest of fruits and orchids. Floats of fresh flowers and fruits are found in the streets as participants in colorful costumes does the street dancing, or in native tounge, the... [Read more of this review]

Davao Festivals and Fiestas - Madayaw Dabaw!

Kadayawan Festival - 3rd week of August a weeklong celebration and thanksgiving for nature’s bountiful harvest that happens on the 3rd week of August. Musikahan Festival of Tagum City Musikahan Festival of Tagum City is a distinct cultural event that celebrates the Filipino excellence in Music composition. Caracoles Festival Caracoles... [Read more of this review]

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PAMPANGA FESTIVALS

International Hot Air Balloon Festival Clark Field Pampanga

The Festival Known as the Philippinesí largest aviation sports event, the Hot Air Balloon Festival is held at February 9-11 at OMNI Aviation Complex in Clark Airfield Pampanga. It features multicolored hot air balloons with a large number of pilots from around the globe and expected to haul in a lot of foreign and local guests and spectators. This... [Read more of this review]

Sinukwan Festival of San Fernando, Pampanga

The Sinukwan Festival relives the Kapampangan spirit with a week-long calendar of cultural revivals capped by a grand street-dance parade in the streets of San Fernando, with towns outdoing each other to the tune of “Atin Cu Pung Singsing.” Organized annually by the Save Pampanga Movement, the festival memorializes Aring Sinukwan, god of the ancient... [Read more of this review]

Via Crusis Festival - The Way of the Cross

The Festival A religious event where devotees especially in Cebu and Pampanga, and the neighboring cities and towns do penitential procession through the streets as a reenactment of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ on his way to Golgotha. In Cebu, the Stations of the Cross is played on 12 hectares of rolling hills, and the life-size images of the fourteen... [Read more of this review]

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BICOL FESTIVALS

Magayon Festival - tragic and heroic tale of two lovers

The History The legend of Daragang Magayon is a tragic and heroic tale that told the story of two lovers who come from rival tribes. Pressured by the bloody feud between their families the lovers decided to end their lives. From where they ended their tragic lives rose the most beautiful volcano in the whole world - Mayon Volcano. Her beauty is shadowed... [Read more of this review]

Ibalong Festival of Albay, Legaspi - To immitate the appearances of the heores and the villains

IBALONG FESTIVAL The Festival Relive the epic story of the ancient heroes is the theme of the Ibalong Festival, a feast that is celebrated every second week of October, and last for days, in Legaspi, Albay. People involved in this clamorous merriment parade in the streets wearing masks and costumes to immitate the appearances of the heores and the... [Read more of this review]

Feast of Our Lady of Penafrancia - Viva la Virgen

The Feast of Our Lady of Penafrancia - Naga City Celebrated on the second Friday of September, the Feast of Our Lady of Penafrancia (which is believed to be bestowed with miraculous powers) is considered to be the biggest and the most popular religious event in the country. The feast is kickstarted with the virgin’s image (which is a copy of the... [Read more of this review]

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