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Cebu

Sikoy-Sikoy Festival

Sikoy-Sikoy Festival is a cultural and religious festival San Fernando, Cebu, Philippines every May 15. It pays homage to fisher folks and their way of life and it is likewise organized as a public expression of devotion to St. Isidore the Laborer, the patron of the town. It is one of the cultural fests that […]

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Cebu

Lapayahan Festival

Lapayahan Festival is a cultural and religious festival in the town of San Remigio, Cebu, Philippines every May 16. It is conducted as a platform to promote its white sand beaches as well as a simultaneous celebration of the fiesta of the patrons of the town, St. Isidore the Farmer and St. John Nepomucene. It […]

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Cebu

Sanggi Festival

Sanggi Festival is a harvest and religious festival in the town of Tabogon, Cebu, Philippines every May 20. It celebrates agriculture which is one of the main sources of livelihood of the people in Tabogon. Its schedule is also held in conjunction with the feast of the town’s patron, St. Isidore the Laborer. It is […]

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Cebu

Rosquillos Festival

Rosquillos Festival is a cultural, religious, and food festival in Liloan, Cebu, Philippines every May 30. The annual fest is a display of devotion to the town’s patron, San Fernando El Rey, and a means to promote its product, the disc-like cookies called rosquillos. It is one of the cultural fests that participate in Pasigarbo […]

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Cebu

Kuyayang Festival

Kuyayang Festival, previously Pintos Festival, is a cultural and religious festival in Bogo City, Cebu, Philippines every May 26. Its schedule coincides with the feast of the city’s patron, St. Vincent Ferrer. Kuyayang Festival is one of the participants in the annual Pasigarbo sa Sugbo every August. History of Kuyayang Festival The original annual celebration […]

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Batangas

San Jose Founding Anniversary

San Jose Founding Anniversary is observed in the municipality of San Jose, Batangas, Philippines every December 11. In previous years, it was fixed at April 26. The change of date was finalized by virtue of the official confirmation on the founding of the pueblo according to a research released by the National Historical Commission of […]

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Cebu

Kaplag Buwad Festival

Kaplag Buwad Festival, also known as Kaplag Festival, is a cultural, historical, seafood, and religious festival in Barangay San Nicolas, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines every April 28. It is an annual commemoration of the finding of the image of Sto. Niño in a hut in Cebu by a Spanish colonizer who was part of the […]

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Davao del Sur

Pista sa Kinaiyahan

Pista sa Kinaiyahan is a cultural and environmental festival in the municipality of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, Philippines every first week of April. The town also celebrates the Araw ng Sta. Cruz every October. Etymology Pista sa Kinaiyahan comes from the words pista, meaning feast, the preposition sa (of), and kinaiyahan, meaning nature. Taken […]

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Negros Occidental

Pasalamat Festival in La Carlota City

Pasalamat Festival is a cultural and thanksgiving festival in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, Philippines every Sunday closest to the first of May. It celebrates the “end of harvest and milling season. Etymology Pasalamat Festival comes from pasalamat, a Hiligaynon word that means thanksgiving or an expression of gratitude. History of Pasalamat Festival Pasalamat Festival […]

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Cebu

Katubhan Festival

Katubhan Festival is a cultural, harvest and religious festival in the town of Medellin, Cebu, Philippines every April 27. It gives a toast to the sugar industry of the town and is an expression of devotion to Sto. Niño, the titular of the parish in Medellin. It is one of the cultural fests that participate […]