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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 .
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 ...
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 .
Flores de Mayo (Spanish for "flowers of May") is a festival held in the Philippines in the month of May. It is one of the May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary and lasts for the entire month. The Santacruzan (from the Spanish santa cruz, "holy cross") is the ritual pageant held on the last day of the Flores de Mayo.
The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...
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The first Metro Manila Pride was held in 1996. This edition is often regarded as the first ever pride parade in the Philippines, with the 1994 Stonewall Manila parade by the MCC and Progay and the Lesbian March of 1993 as contenders for this recognition. The 1996 march banks on having relatively more larger amount of attendees.
In California, Filipino American History Month was first recognized statewide in 2006, when the California Department of Education placed it on its celebrations calendar. [11] In 2009, California State Senator Leland Yee introduced a resolution, which was passed, that recognizes October as Filipino American History Month. [ 12 ]