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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.
First time. 1968; 56 years ago (1968) 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. [1][2]
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 ...
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)
October 26 (2025-10-26) 2026 date. 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 ...
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 festival is viewed by some people living outside the Philippines, notably Filipino-Americans who call themselves "Filipinx", as "controversial", allegedly for the use of blackface. [ 5 ] [ 9 ] This has been disproved, as the coloring of the face and body of non-natives is an Ati-atihan tradition that predates the blackface phenomenon in the ...
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.