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The partial calendar list contains several of the oldest and larger religious and/or cultural festivals in the country. Each town, city, and village has a dedicated fiesta, resulting in thousands held throughout the year; a few are national in character. Some fiestas may contain multiple/conflicting dates and/or place entries.
A Sinulog Festival Queen carrying the image of Santo Niño, representing Toledo City in 2023. The street dancers performs at South Road Properties.. The Sinulog Festival (as known as Sinug and Sulog) is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, with the center of the activities being in Cebu City, and is the centre of the Santo Niño Christian ...
[6] Msgr. Jose Abriol, former Rector of Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene stated that January 9 was the chosen feast of the Nazareno because it is the ninth day of the novena in honor of the Most Holy Name of Jesus which starts on January 1 which according to the old General Roman Calendar is the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus and the ...
Filipinos commemorate the birth of John the Baptist, who cleansed and prepared the people for the coming of Jesus by baptizing them with water. Along with the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, John the Baptist's birthday is one of the few celebrated; most other saints are remembered on the day of their death or another significant date.
Kalibo Ati-Atihan Festival in the Philippines The Kalibo Santo Niño—Ati-Atihan Festival , [ 1 ] also simply called Ati-Atihan Festival , is a Philippine festival held annually in January in honor of the Santo Niño ( Holy Child or Infant Jesus ) in several towns of the province of Aklan , Panay Island .
Buling-Buling Festival is a religious and cultural event celebrated annually in Pandacan, Manila in the Philippines on the third Saturday of January, in time with the town's fiesta, to honor its patron, Santo Niño — a wooden image of child Jesus Christ. It is a festival of street dancing where its people, Pandaqueños who are well-dressed in ...
A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Tuesday in an annual procession in the Philippines’ capital that paraded a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Many said they ...
Aliwan Fiesta - held annually in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, it is a celebration of Filipino culture through dance parades, floats, and pageants. Aliwan Fiesta is organized by the Manila Broadcasting Company together with the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the city governments of Pasay and Manila. It is one of the ...