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Due to the thousands of town, city, provincial, national, and village fiestas in the country, the Philippines has traditionally been known as the Capital of the World's Festivities. [citation needed] The majority of festivals in the Philippines may have their own peryas (trade fairs with temporary amusement parks).
Ninoy Aquino Day is a national non-working holiday in the Philippines observed annually on August 21 commemorating the assassination of former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr., the husband of Corazon Aquino, who later became the eleventh Philippine President. His assassination led to the downfall of the tenth president, dictator, and ...
In the Philippines, Christmas ( Filipino: Pasko; [pɐsˈkɔʔ]) [ a] is a major annual celebration, as in most countries of the Christian world. It is celebrated as a public holiday in the country on December 25, concurrent with other countries . As one of the two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia (the other one being East Timor ), the ...
Ends. Easter Sunday. Frequency. Annual. Holy Week ( Filipino: Mahal na Araw; Spanish: Semana Santa) is a significant religious observance in the Philippines for the Catholic majority, the Iglesia Filipina Independiente or the Philippine Independent Church, and most Protestant groups. One of the few majority Christian countries in Asia ...
For many years, Loboc has the music capital of the province. During this festival, local religious musical activities were exhibited where drums and gongs are played in various forms and rhythm. Calamay Festival. April 27–28. Jagna is Bohol's Calamay capital, which is also the province's most iconic pasalubong.
A working holiday which was first observed in 2020. This holiday aims to promote, protect, and safeguard the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression, speech and of the press in the Philippines especially in school campuses. July 27. Iglesia ni Cristo Day.
Metro Manila Film Festival - an annual film festival which focuses on locally produced films. Sapatero Festival - an annual shoe festival showcases the different shoes produced in the Shoe Capital of the Philippines, Marikina. Marikina Christmas Festival - an annual Christmas festival in Marikina showcasing bazaars, amusement parks, concerts ...
Dec. 16—One writer called them "dances of mystery" — public performances cloaked in a sense of privacy. The traditional cultural dances performed by many of New Mexico's pueblos around ...