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Lunar new year celebrations in Filipino-Chinese communities Festival of Hearts [32] [31] February (month long) [32] Tanjay City [32] [31] The Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF) [31] February (whole month) [31] nationwide [31] Sumilang Festival: Feb 1 to Feb 2: Silang, Cavite: Honours Our Lady of the Candles: Pedrista Festival (Feast ...
The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.
Working holiday by Filipino Muslims marking both the Islamic calendar date for the Crossing the Red Sea and in commemoration of Husayn ibn Ali (a grandson of Muhammad) and the fallen of the Battle of Karbala (680 CE). Celebrations of the latter are marked only by expatriate Shia Muslims in the country. November 27 (2025) Thanksgiving Day
September 17 to 23: Deaf Dog Awareness Week, National Farm Animals Awareness Week, Sea Otter Awareness Week September 17 to 24: National Rehabilitation Awareness Week Monthly Observances in ...
President Rodrigo Duterte declared September 3 of every year a special working public holiday in the whole Philippines commemoration of the surrender of Japanese military forces led by Army General Tomoyuki Yamashita at the end of World War II. Republic Act 11216, which makes the holiday official.
International Bamboo Organ Festival - A ten-day series of cultural events and music festival, with a focus on the unique bamboo-made organ made by Fray Diego Cera found only in Las Piñas. Chinese New Year - a recent national holiday most celebrated with great revelry in Binondo district, the world's oldest Chinatown. Celebrations are held in ...
It is normally only a school holiday for the schools near the processional route, but for the first time in the city's history, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada in 2014 declared the day a special non-working holiday due to the impassability of some thoroughfares and projected congestion in others. His successors as City Mayor kept the practice.
In the Philippines, the occasion is more popularly known as Ghost Month, as it affects the entire seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar around August to September. The month-long observances are mostly traditionally practiced and originated by Chinese Filipinos which its observance has since spread to other Filipinos that have become ...