What are the main festivals of Philippines and How are it celebrated ???

The Philippines celebrates fiestas all year round. That is because the different towns and barrios are mostly named after saints such as San Pedro, San Jose, Santa Maria and so on. Foremost amongst the saints is San Isidro, the patron saint of the farmers and the fisher folks. And since the Philippines is an agricultural islands as well as an archipelago conducive to fishing, the country is most festive on the 15th of May, the feast of San Isidro. We have the kneeling carabaos in Pulilan, Bulacan, the kiping or rice flakes festivities in Quezon, the caracao dance in Cavite, and many more. The fiestas are very colorful with banderitas or small flags hanging on the streets. Won't be complete without the bands and the procession and the feast in every home.

Hello mdvarghese. I am glad that an Indian like you is curious about our culture. Why is that so? Anyway, we are celebrating a lot of festivals in our country and it depends on the province you are residing. In my case, i live in the city. And i think the nly festival around this area is The feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo. It is one of the miraculous Saints here in the country and is very famous among devotees and Catholics. Furthermore, if you want more information about the festivals of our country, you could check out this website. I think it has complete details of what you are asking about. http://www.philippinecountry.com/festivals.html Happy mylotting!

Kadayawan in Davao City is the very known festival here in the Philippines, it is celebrated every August 16 every year, another festival also celebrated in Cebu City every January. Some cities also have their own festivals. Hope you can visit us here so that you can witness the prestigious festivals in our country.

Hi there, Oh I can't really count how many festivals we have here in our country for almost every region celebrates their own festival on a certain month. I can describe one of the biggest festivals we have here though. Here in my city, every year we celebrate the "Flower Festival" wherein dancing marching bands from different places and schools come to join the celebration. The bands will perform all the way in our main city road going to the main park or stadium and there,each band will be given the chance to show-off their special dance while playing their instruments. It's more like the rose parade but it is with no doubt more lively. The parade with the marching bands will last for one day and then the next day the Float parade comes. All the materials used to decorate the floats are different kind sof flowers,from roses to daisies to sunflowers andmany more. The float parade is really colorful and many foreigners come here in our city just to witness the big event. The "Flower Festival" is celebrated here for the whole month of February,but sometimes because tourists still come here even if the event is almost over,our city mayor sometimes extends the celebration for a week or two. We also celebrate the Christmas and New Year here in our country. These Holidays are the most celebrated ones in here and every Filipino family makes sure they prepare lots of cuisines and presents when these Holidays come.

Glad to hear about your interest in our culture. Anyways, I live in Davao City and we have this festival known all throughout the country. It is called Kadayawan Festival, which aims to celebrate and commemorate the rich culture of the city and the abundance of all produce. After all, MIndanao (where Davao City is located) is considered as the country's food basket due to the abundance of produce, such as fruits, vegetables, among others. It also aims to commemorate the different tribes that make up the city.

Most of Philippine festivals are in accordance with religious beliefs. As predominantly catholic practitioners festivities are so emersed in religious practice of the people. Fiestas are well celebrated through out the country.And each place has different patron or patroness.There are too many to mention. The most recognized would be Sinulog of Cebu, Atiatihan festival,Penafrancia of bicol, Moriones of Marinduque, Black Nazarene of Quiapo, Pahiyas of Quezon and many more.Dancing all night long,eating, drinking, parades of beauties etc complete any fiesta celebrations.

One of the famous Festivals here in the Philippines is the Moriones Festival. It is done every April here in the Philippines. It is a somewhat like a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus. Morion means "mask" or "visor." It is really fun. Come and experience it.