Philippine Festivals

Philippine Festivals
Ati-Atihan
 Ati- Atihan Festival

The Ati-Atihan festival is celebrated every January,

culminating on the month’s third Sunday. 800
years old, the festival is known as the oldest
festival in the country and the precursor to both 
Cebu’s famous Sinulog festival and Iloilo’s
Dinagyang — all of which are held today in honor
of the Santo Niño (a statue of The Child Jesus).
But despite its Catholic affiliations today, the roots
of this festival had nothing to do with religion at
all.
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KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL
Kadayawan Festival
 The festival’s name is derived from the Mandaya
word “madayaw,” meaning treasured or valuable, as
the locals use this time to give thanks for the
season’s bountiful harvest. Back in the day, the
ethnic tribes of Davao would come together to
celebrate abundant crops, performing rituals that
paid tribute to the nature gods.
They used to display fruits, vegetables, flowers, rice,
and corn grains on their mats and at the front of
their houses as a sign of respect for the great year
they’ve had. They used to sing and dance as well,
much like what they do today.
The Kadayawan festival was previously held every
third week of August, highlighting the 11 tribes of
Davao City. In 2019, the usual week-long celebration
will be held for a whole month in 2019, from August
1 to 31.
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Sinulog
 Sinulog Festival

A yearly celebration every 3rd Sunday

of January in Cebu City where Sto.
Niño is the center of the festivity
 Sinulog Festival

This festival dramatized the arrival

of the Spaniards and the
presentation of Sto. Niño to Queen
 Sinulog Festival

The first Sinulog Parade was

held in 1980
 Sinulog Festival

Sinulog came
from the Cebuano
word ”sulog”
which means
“water current
movement”
 Sinulog Festival

-Current
-
movement of water
 back and forth
 Sinulog Festival

It describes the
forward and
backward step of
the Sinulog
dance.
 Sinulog Festival

Dance steps: Two steps forward and

one step backward.
 Sinulog Festival

They dance to the

rhythm of drums
and gongs

Sinulog 2017, Lanao del Norte, Best in

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Moriones
 Moriones Festival

It is an annual and
colorful festivity
during Holy Week
at the island of
Marinduque.
 Moriones Festival

Morion means
“mask”or
“visor”, a part
of the
medieval
Roman armor
that covers
 Moriones Festival

 1870 by the parish
priest of said town, Fr.
Dionisio Santiago
 Moriones Festival

It also celebrates the life of

Longinus. They march around town
for seven days searching for him.
 Moriones Festival

 The re-enactment of the

beheading of Longinus
 Moriones Festival
Longinus is
the centurion who
pierced the side of
Our Lord while He
was hanging on the
Cross. Longinus,
who was nearly
blind, was healed
when some of the
blood and water
 Moriones Festival

Most of Moriones
music is fast in
tempo that
 Moriones Festival

They use big drums

and other percussion
instruments to form
music that suits the
 Moriones Festival

 It does not only serve as a

tourist attraction, but also a
good way to remember the
suffering of Jesus Christ.
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Sublian
 Sublian Festival

The Sublian festival is a two

week long celebration which
culminates every year on the
23rd of July in Batangas.
 Sublian Festival

It coincides with the city’s founding

anniversary.
 Sublian Festival

It is rooted in the Batangueños

devotion to the town’s patron: the
Holy Cross in Bauan and Agoncillo,
and the Sto. Niño in Batangas City.
 Sublian Festival

Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha

July 23, 1988.
 Sublian Festival

A religious devotion translated

to a dance from indigenous to
Batangas: the Subli.
 Sublian Festival

-The name Subli is actually

derived from the tagalog
words subsub and bali. Subsub
is bent (someone with an
 Sublian Festival

 Traditionally performed to the

accompaniment of drums and
chanting.
 Sublian Festival

It is performed with the

accompaniment of kulatong or
tugtugan, a dried hollow wood
covered by skin of forest lizard.
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Sinulog Festival
Moriones Festival
Sublian Festival
 Quiz

1. A Philippine festival held in Cebu. This refers

to water current movement.

a. Moriones Festival c. Sinulog Festival

b. Sublian Festival d. none of these
2. A Philippine festival held in Batangas. It is
derived from the word subsub and bali.

a.Moriones Festival c. Kadayawan Festival

b.Sinulog Festival d. none of these
3. It is the center of Moriones Fesival

a. Marinduque c. Batangas
b. b. Cebu d. none of these
4. Identify the festival shown in the video.

a. Sinulog c. Moriones
b. Sublian d. none of these
 ASSIGN PERFRMANCE TASK
Group presentation of
assigned festival with revised
simple costumes, props,
music and choreography.