The best Philippine festivals in the Philippines

 Philippine festival Ati-Atihan festival the best party in the country

A great Philippine festival the Ati-Atihan festival

the best party in the country where thousands of people converge at the island of Kailbo for what is also known as the mardi gra of the Philippines held during the third week of January. Ati_Atihan festival a three day party of explosive fireworks, and parades where loud music colourful costumes fill the street from early in the morning until late at night locals and visitors alike can join in the fun by dancing with the bands. This festival started as a peace treaty between two local tribes. On the last day thousands turn out for the mass offering the town major and bishop lead the town in cheers to the Santo Nino and the singing and dancing continuous until the celebrations and festival ends in a magnificent mass display of fire worksCustoms and traditions play an important part in Filipino life
Since Most Filipinos are Roman Catholics, many religious festivals revolve around Christian holidays.The tradition of the Philippine festivals dates back to the time of Spanish rule. Every province every town have a fiestas or festival at least once a year. This is usually a feast to honour the Roman Catholic patron saints all to celebrate traditions before the Spanish arrived. Parades re-enactments of historical events Church ceremonies are some of the ways in which Celebrations are enjoyed. For example the Sinulong festival is a nine day event held at Cebu city every January Honours Santo Nino the child Jesus it includes a religious procession on the Saturday Dancers in colourful costumes who move to the beat of the drums. There are also giant papier- mache figures floats and puppeteers
May Many Filipino favorite festivals fall in the month of May one of the most Famous is the SANTACRUZAN the queen of Maytime festivals. 　Santacruzan or the festival of the holy cross is a nine day event honouring the holy cross of Jesus. Legend has it that Queen Helena the mother of roman emperor Constantine found the cross on which Jesus was crucified. 　The legend is remembered by a procession of biblical and historical characters. Some young women dress as the Virgin Mary and the younger girls dress as angels. The main attraction of the procession is Queen Helena she is followed by a boy who portrays the young Constantine.

Pahiyas

On the fifteen day of May the agriculture communities of Quezon in Manila a province of Luzon. Pahiyas festival, or the feast of San Isidro the Filipinos give thanks to god for the past harvest and seek god’s blessing for the next planting season. San Isidro a statue of him is parade through the streets the patron saint of the occasion a farmer from the town of Madrid, Spain. 　Families display the best of the last harvest outside of their homes each display reflects the occupation of the house hold Framers display their best fruits and vegetables a baker will display his best bread. 　

　　

Higantes festival

Higrantes festival is sometimes the most visited festival in the Philippines the main attraction is the higantes that are actually giant puppets, up to four meters tall fourteen feet the head is made out of papier Mache or fiberglass the body made from Bamboo and fabric. The puppeteers stand inside the lower part of the giant puppet using poles to make the higante dance. Often the Higantes look like national heroes all farmers. 　Higantes Festival, also known as the Feast of San Clemente, is celebrated on November 23 in the town province of Angono, Rizal. The Higantes Festival is part of a two-week long celebration in honor of San Clemente, the patron saint of fishermen. His image is carried by male devotees during a parade accompanied by "pahadores" The traditional parehadoras are group of young girls holding paddles and wearing bakya or wooden slippers and dressed in a colorful costumes which joins the procession in the feast day of St. Clement Before, Angono town fiesta features a "Mag-anak" (family) Higantes consists of three figures, the father, the mother and the son. In 1987, Mr. Perdigon Vocalan visualized the idea of having a Higante Festival wherein all the barangays in Angono(13 of them) are to be represented by two to four Higantes symbolizing the industry or the personality of the barangay. This idea materialized with funding given by the Dept of Tourism and the Provincial Tourism Office so in the first year after a seminar and a workshop in Higante Making, the parade had thirty-nine different Higantes.

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