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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) intangible cultural heritage elements are the non-physical traditions and practices performed by a people. As part of a country's cultural heritage, they include celebrations, festivals, performances, oral traditions, music, and the making of handicrafts. [1]
Due to the thousands of town, city, provincial, national, and village fiestas in the country, the Philippines has traditionally been known as the Capital of the World's Festivities. [citation needed] The majority of festivals in the Philippines may have their own peryas (trade fairs with temporary amusement parks).
The Binirayan Festival is an annual month-long cultural festival in the province of Antique, Philippines, held every December. The festival commemorates the arrival of Malay migrants prior to the Spanish conquest, as documented in Maragtas , a compilation of legends and oral history by Pedro Alcantara Monteclaro.
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.
The Philippines is a member of the committee on intangible cultural heritage since 2016, and will end its term in 2019. In 2017, the Ambassador of the Philippines to France and UNESCO urged the Philippine government to nominate the Metal and wood craftsmanship of the Maranao of Lanao in the list in need for urgent safeguarding for 2018.
The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines, held annually on the fourth Sunday of January in honor of Santo Niño, the Holy Child. It is one of the largest festivals in the Philippines, drawing hundreds of thousands to over a million visitors every year.
Pages in category "Cultural festivals in the Philippines" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The rites, especially the fertility dance, are popular with pilgrims from all over the Philippines, most of whom supplicate the triad of saints for a child, a spouse, or general good fortune. Throughout the three days, devotees joyously dance in the streets as a form of prayer, asking for the spirit of life to enter into the wombs of women.