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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)
The SumBingTik Festival is an annual cultural festival held on December 1 in Cainta, Rizal.The festival starts on the feast day of Cainta's first patron saint, Saint Andrew the Apostle, on November 30, and continues on the day of the town's founding anniversary and feast of Our Lady of Light, the principal patron saint of the town, which is celebrated on December 1. [1]
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.
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.
Filipino rituals are often shown in dance, because for Filipinos, dance is the highest symbolic form. It transcends language and is able to convey emotions, collective memory, and articulate their purpose. Dance in this case, is the fundamental expression of their complex message and intention.
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 ...
Suman, or budbud, is an elongated rice cake originating in the Philippines. It is made from glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, often wrapped in banana leaves, coconut leaves, or buli or buri palm (Corypha) leaves for steaming. It is usually eaten sprinkled with sugar or laden with latik. A widespread variant of suman uses cassava instead of ...
The World Costume Festival is an international fashion festival held every two years in the Philippines city of Vigan City in Ilocos Sur. The event showcases indigenous and modern costumes geared towards live performances, such as drama, festivals, events, as well as multimedia presentations.