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1920's - present. The Binalbal Festival is an annual festival held on the first of January in Tudela, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. [1] It is a unique celebration of welcoming the new year for the townsfolk of Tudela. An entry of Tudela Binalbal Festival called the "Black Knights" (Photo: Mamre Lim)
Jun 24[82] Manila City[82] Commemorates the proclamation of Manila as the capital of the Spanish colonial administration in the Philippines. Taong-putik Festival[82] Jun 24[82] Aliaga, Nueva Ecija[82] honors St. John the Baptist. Devotees dress up in banana leaves and mud as is tradition.
A festival was held in Vigan City in the last week of April in 2013. The dominant view is that the 2013 festival in Vigan was the first world costume festival, although there is a report of a similar costume festival that was held in Davao City in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao in 2001. [9]
Tagalog maginoo (nobility) wearing baro in the Boxer Codex (c.1590). Baro't saya evolved from two pieces of clothing worn by both men and women in the pre-colonial period of the Philippines: the baro (also barú or bayú in other Philippine languages), a simple collar-less shirt or jacket with close-fitting long sleeves; [5] and the tapis (also called patadyong in the Visayas and Sulu ...
Blaan people. A Blaan woman from Sarangani playing the jew mouth harp. The Blaan people, [9][a] are one of the indigenous peoples of Southern Mindanao in the Philippines. Their name could have derived from "bla" meaning "opponent" and the suffix "an" meaning "people". According to a 2021 genetic study, the Blaan people also have Papuan admixture.
The Binirayan Festival commemorates the legend of the arrival of the ten Bornean datus on the island of Aninipay now known as Panay. (See the legend of Maragtas.)As Governor Evelio B. Javier, the Father of Binirayan Festival, reminded the Antiqueños during the earlier celebrations, "let us gather the strands and memories of our past, as we look back with pride, that we may look ahead with ...
e. A folk costume, (also known as regional costume, national costume, traditional clothing, traditional garment or traditional regalia), expresses a national identity through clothing or costume, which is associated with a specific region and time period in history. Furthermore it can indicate social, marital, or religious status.
October 25. (2026-10-25) First time. October 19, 1980. The MassKara Festival (Hiligaynon: Pista sang MassKara, Filipino: Pista ng MassKara) is an annual festival with highlights held every 4th Sunday of October [1][2] in Bacolod, Philippines. The festival sites include the Bacolod Public Plaza, the Lacson Tourism Strip and the Bacolod City ...