Calendar of Philippine Festivals and Monthly Observances / Theme

Celebration of the province’ anniversary and tribute to its founder. The festival’s major component is the International Surfing Competition at Puraran, Baras, Catanduanes.Other activities include: street dance “Pantomina”, beauty pageant, agro-industrial fair, grand parade. and surfing competition.

A festival showcasing the culture of Basud. The highlights include the Grand Rahugan ParadeBikol Floksong Singing Competition, among others.

Held to coincide with the Feast of the Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, the festival aims to forge unity and cooperation among the local community, promote culture and arts, which are all geared towards advancement and economic growth of the town.

A celebration held to coincide with the town fiesta. It features the town’s cultural heritage through the conduct of various activities which include Street Dancing, Cultural Presentation. Sports fest and many more.

A 12–day celebration done simultaneously with the Feast of Our Lady of the Pillar. It showcases the town’s cultural heritage and the growing aspirations of its people. During this event. families, relatives and friends get together, renew kinship and enjoy the festivities.

“Unod” Festival expresses thanksgiving of the people of Castilla, a celebration of the bountiful harvest of root crops of the town and the value of being industrious people.· The festival’s highlight is the street dancing competition.

A festival celebrated by people of Duhaylungsod Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur who are well known  for their peace-loving nature. Through the years, the Subanen’s main source of living is planting rice which is an important aspect of their culture. For the Subanen, harvest season is a time for merrymaking where they come together as one, family and friends, not only for the harvest but also sharing of bountiful blessing, singing, dancing, chanting and feasting altogether on home-made delicacies and ‘pangase’, a rice wine fermented through a traditional process kept and handed down through ancestral lines. The celebration happens every October in time for the harvest season.

This festival highlights the performance of the history and culture of Capizeños during pre-Hispanic times.

The festival involves children of locals, dressed in costumes of UN member countries, parading around the city.

This is a grand Bacoleño celebration marked by carnivals, fairs and masked street dancers.

The Zamboanga Hermosa Festival or Fiesta Pilar is an annual celebration in honor of the patroness of the City of Zamboanga -Our Lady of the Pillar. The Zamboanguenos are known for their fervent devotion to Our Lady of the Pillar or better known to them as ‘”Nuestra Senora La Virgen del Pilar” because of the miracles believed she performed as inscribed in history books on Zamboanga.  The Spaniards enshrined her image at the elevated part of the frontispiece which used to be the entrance of Real Fuerza de Senora Virgen del Pilar, a fort-turned-shrine in Her honor. People gather to pay homage especially on her feast day October 12.

The Kasanggayahan Festival is largest celebration for the whole province of Sorsogon. It commemorates the dedaralion of Sorsogon as a province. This festival is included in the Department of Tourism’s list of festivals and celebrations in the Philippines. Wrth the term “kasanggayahan· meaning prosperity, the festival showcases the local products including products from the pili tree and other agricultural products.

The Pantomina sa Tinampo is one of the features of the Kasanggayahan Festival that makes it different from the other thanksgiving festivals in the country. Pantomina sa Tinampo is a native regional dance, which is the dance of the doves. This pantomime (pantomina) dance of love and courtship is done on the streets (tinampo). because of which it was month-long celebration commemorating Sorsogon·s Foundation Dav.

The image of the Virgin is paraded around town in a colorfully-decorated carriage, which resembles a ship. The image is believed to be miraculous and ensures safe voyage to anyone who prays to it.

This is a religious celebration of thanksgiving and joyous pageantry of dancing devotees of San Rafael.