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The Ati-Atihan Festival is believed to have started in the year 1212 when Borneans, led by the ten datus, traveled on balangays and crossed the Sulu Sea to land in Panay, making it the oldest festival in the Philippines. Ati-atihan Festival was included as one of the "World's Best Festivals" by Fest300, [38] dubbed as the "Grand Daddy of ...
There are more than 42,000 known major and minor festivals in the Philippines, the majority of which are in the barangay (village) level. 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.
The Hermosa Festival, also known as Zamboanga La Hermosa Festival, popularly known as Fiesta Pilar, is a month-long festival held annually in Zamboanga City, [1] Philippines. [2] It is one of the oldest festivals in the country and the most awaited event in the region.
It has inspired many other Philippine Festivals including the Sinulog Festival of Cebu and Dinagyang of Iloilo City, both adaptations of the Kalibo's Ati-Atihan Festival, and legally holds the title "The Mother of All Philippine Festivals", being the oldest festival in the Philippines and in spite of the other Sinulog and Dinagyang festivals ...
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.
Manila Carnival was an annual carnival festival held in Manila during the early American colonial period up to the time before the Second World War.It was organized by the American colonial administration to showcase the economic development of the Philippines.
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The Wattah Wattah Festival, also known as the Basaan Festival (lit. ' dousing of water ' ), is the feast of John the Baptist , the patron saint of San Juan, Metro Manila , and many other communities across the Philippines.