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Festivities Held In The Philippines Part 2

February Festivities

1. The Tinagba Festival – this Philippines festival is held during February 11 at Camarines Sur,Iriga city. It is a thanksgiving festival for a bountiful harvest wherein native folk here process variety of foods and vegetables on a carabao cart.
2. The Serenata Festival – held also during February 11 but at Muntilupa Manila Philippines.It is a gathering of all bands in the Philippines holding a load and lyrical music concerts.
3. Suman Festival – the native rice delicacy of the Philippines –suman- is held as god in this celebration at Baler Aurora Philippines where houses were deck with lots of it and parade with different floats is held.This festival is held during February 17-19.
4. Itik-Itik Festival – held at Pasig city Manila Philippines. This festival is held for the “itik-itik” or brown ducks of the Philippines.It is held during February 23.
5. The Babaylan Festival – this festival is held Negros Occidental during February 19 based on the beliefs and traditions of the Babaylans.
6. Pinagbenga Festival or Flower festival – this a Baguio Philippines festival where all kinds of flower is the main cause of celebration and adoration.Thus it is called flower festival.It is being held from February 23 up to March 03.
7. The Kalilangan Festival – this festival celebrates the co-existent of the people of General Santos through merry-making like contests and presentations.This festival I held during February 27 at General Santos City Philippines.
8. International Bamboo Festival – this festival celebrates the usefulness of bamboo exhibiting crafts made in bamboo and some bamboo trade fairs and bamboo music competitions and displaying of the Saint Joseph Parish Church where a large bamboo organ can be found. This festival is held at Las Pinas City, Metro Manila.

March Festivities

1. Guling-Guling Festival – a celebration during Ash Wednesday where people of Paoay Ilocos Norte townsfolk and guest alike dressed in native costumes and dance and sing in the streets.
2. Bangkero Festival – it is a parade of boats at Pagsanjan River,Laguna Philippines.This is held during March 5 -9.
3. Kaamulan Festival – a festival that showcases ethnic and tribal dances,songs,games,crafts and rituals at Malaybalay City ,Buikidnon Philippines.
4. Arya Abra Festival – a festival about bamboo rafting at Calaba River.The natives of Abra calls this “Karerakit”.
5. Sandugo Festival – A festival that commemorates the blood-sealed peace treaty between Rajah Sikatuna and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi which marks the beginning of the Spanish colonization in the Philippines.This festival is held at Tagbilaran City,Bohol Philippines held at March 16.
6. Banana Festival – obviously this festival is about banana abundance; activities ,contest,parade and pageants is held in pertaining to banana.This kind of festival is held at Baco.Mindoro Oriental Philippines,during March 18-19. This Banana Festival is also held during April at the La Castellana, Negros Occidental Philippines during April 1-5.
7. Pasayaw Festival – a catholic thanksgiving dance feastival held at Canlaon City, Negros Oriental Philippines during March 18-19.
8. Rodeo Masbateno Festival - Philippine version of local cowboys pitting their brains against the bovine brawn in a western style rodeo event like bull riding and steer wrestling as well as the local carabao race.This festival is held during March 18-22 at Masbate City Philippines.
9. Alimango Festival – a celebration in honor of Alimango or Crab at Lala, Lanao Del norte held during March 22.

From the Philippines’ conglomerated culture into its division island per island, the Philippines sprang up a multitude of colorful variety of festivals within the entire archipelago. Each island and places in the Philippines are proud to have their respective colorful festivals they could contribute to Philippines’ culture and tourist’s attractions. Their respective festivals have sprung up in accordance to the culture they have influenced by the conquering foreigners then.

So therefore, if you are planning to discover what festal activities Filipinos are busy of Here are our lists of them that you could reckon.

January Festivities

1. First of All, the Sto.Nino Festival – this festival is held almost nationwide, however it is mostly revel at Cebu Philippines. In Cebu Philippines it is called Sinulog Festival. This festival is held by dressing a two hundred Sto.Nino statue (they called Child Jesus) in many different ways and parades them on the streets or held processions of them.
2. The Bulaklakan Festival – this Philippine festival is held during January 01 at Muntinlupa City Manila Philippines. It is a yearly parade of different flowers.
3. The Feast of the Black Nazarene – this feast is held at Quiapo Manila Philippines during January 09 at Quiapo church wherein a black Nazarene statue is being parade and millions of devotees of it flock into this statue to ask blessing. Believing that this black Nazarene statue have powers to heal and bless them once they touch it.
4. Biniray Festival – this Philippine festival is also called Ati-Atihan Festival. This festival is held every January 09 at Romblon Philippines. This festival is similar with Sto.Nino festival – a feast in honor of Sto.Nino. However, there are also similar festivals like this across the Philippines. That is, Ati-atihan in Aklan, Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo Philippines, Halaran Festival of Capiz Philippines, Binirayan Festival of Antique Philippines, and MassKara Festival of Bacolod Philippines. It seems they copied one another, but anyway it is still in the Philippines.
5. The Lingayen Gulf Landing Anniversary or Commemoration – this activity is held at Lingayen Pangasinan during January 09. This celebrates the return of General Douglas MacArthur at the shore of Lingayen on January 09, 1945.This historical return marks the liberation of Pangasinan Philippines from Japanese occupation.
6. Coconut Festival – this Philippine festival is held at San Pablo Laguna Philippines. It is celebrated in a “mardi-gras celebration” to pay tribute to Laguna Philippines’ main crop – the Coconut.
7. Caracol Festival – held every January 19 at Glorietta Makati city Philippines. This festival invites anyone to come out of their respective shell (Caracol : Spanish term for snail) and make revelry and merrymaking.
8. Chinese New Year – held at January 30 –February 2 at almost nationwide but basically at Binondo Philippines and at Chinese garden at Rizal Park at Manila Philippines.

February Festivities

1. National Arts Month –tribute to Filipino talents and creativity, held at Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila Philippines.
2. Kite Festival – held during February 02 at Dumaguete City Philippines in Mariano Perdices Memorial Coliseum. Every year a kite flying competition held here.
3. Pamulinawen – this festival is held in honor of Saint William the Hermit at Laoag city, Ilocos Norte Philippines during February 2 -11.
4. Chinese Food Festival – in celebration of Chinese New Year held at Makati city during February 03 -05.

Filipinos have so much to be proud of in terms of their Philippine tourism to their visiting Tourists or foreigners; there are a lot of beautiful and magnificent sceneries throughout within the country. Moreover, the Philippine Tourism Department is developing more and seeking more tourist spots throughout within the country to increase more of its revenues and to enhance more the Philippine Tourism Department of the Philippines. More Philippine resorts to erect, more Philippine beaches to discover like the Boracay beach resort which has become one of the world’s famous perfect island getaway for almost every nation of the world.

Actually, in the Philippines resorts are the most visited tourist spots by tourists throughout the country.For in it they could relax and have fun. Not only foreigners or tourists flocks into the Philippines resorts but also the Filipinos themselves patronize their own Philippines resorts. Beaches, bars, clubhouse, house grills, and other things related for fun and relaxation you could found in a resort, thus many flock into it no matter how expensive some resorts are. In the Boracay Philippines, not only white sand beach and crystal water it offers to your senses but also beautiful resorts, bars, clubhouse, hotels and other establishments and activities that will surely entertain your soul to fun and massage your body and mind into a relaxation mood, thus many flock into Boracay and thus it is one of the tourists favorite island getaway in the Philippines. In the list of Philippines beach, Boracay is the perfect and best Philippine beach.

However, there are also some other Philippine tourist spots which a tourist could visit aside from Philippines beach or aside from Boracay Philippines, though in the Philippines beach is the favorite destinations of some tourists.

There is the Ifugao Rice Terraces in Ifugao Mountain Province where you could relax and meditate, the Chocolate Hills in Bohol, the Hundred islands, the Intramuros in Manila, the stunning Maria Cristina Falls in the north-western part of Lanao at Mindanao region as well as the famous Pagsanjan Falls in Laguna which tourist also flocks, and so many tourist spots which the Philippines can be proud of.

Tourism is really a great help to generate revenues for local government of every nation, most especially the Philippines which was considered among the third world countries or underdeveloped countries. The Philippine Tourism Department has launched the “Wow Philippines” program to attract more tourist and foreigners to come and pay visit to the Philippines. This has been done through the means of creating a website for this project or program so that Philippines tourist spots can be spotted by many international internet users or by people on other countries and can be promoted world wide, perchance a foreigner will be attracted to pay a visit to the Philippines, thus creating revenues for the Philippine government.

There are also some other programs from this project, the free fare to travel program to the tourist spots one wants to visit, however I know this is just a temporary program just to educate more tourist, and as well as Filipinos about the beauty of their countries that they do not have to go into another countries to witness beautiful and extraordinary sceneries and landscape.

The Boracay Island: The White Sand Beach Getaway

How these perfect island getaways come into the sight of the world? According to the repots of its discovery, it was not the Filipino themselves who made this island come into now a hit and world- famous island beach resort, rather it was said that a foreign traveler who seeks scenes for their movie projects discovered this beautiful island. It was said that it was on the travel book of German author name Jen who bring tourist into the Boracay Philippines. Since then, it was history.

Boracay Philippines is an island and beach resort well known for its white sand seashores, crystal clear water ,with a 4-kilometer palm fringed coast., and the mostly visited tourist spot in the Philippines. Boracay Philippines or Boracay Island is situated at Panay Island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Boracay is basically an Aklan province at the Panay Island.

Actually Boracay resort is divided into two beaches: the White Beach and the Bulabog Beach, contrary to some who knew that when you say Boracay beach, it is not entirety of it.

However, not only two beaches located at Boracay Island but there other beaches also situated there. The White Beach and the Bulabog Beach are just the two primary beaches which tourists flocks.

The White Beach is dedicated for main beach activities, while the Bulabog beach is dedicated for windsurfing and kite boarding.

Aside from white sand and crystal clear water and beach activities Boracay is also an island buffeted with some weather disturbances like an ordinary country or region. Thus, Boracay is not an everyday Paradise which one or which a tourist dream of. There are two kinds of weather disturbances that struck this beautiful island, namely weather disturbances causes by the cool northeastern winds, and the hot southwestern winds, basically the easterly typhoons. Consequently, despite of these weather disturbances still more tourist flocks into it. During the cool and windy seasons, tourist could do windsurfing and kite boarding activities, while during the hot seasons; of course the White Beach is the main spot for tourist activities. Aside from windsurfing and kite boarding activities, there are also activities like diving, boat tripping, and imagine horseback riding on the White Beach. Moreover, there are also a snorkeling activities, as well as beach volleyball and massaging activities. You could check this up in full details at the web.

There are also of course events and festivities being held in Boracay. The Asian Windsurfing Competition, the Ati-atihan festival which is celebrated either at the second or third week of January on Boracay. The Philippine Dragon Boat Federation which held dragon boat races which is held annually during the month of April or sometimes the month of May.

If you are lured to get to Boracay and dive-in into its crystal clear waters and bathe your body with its white powdery sand, if you are from Manila just go onboard of the Philippine Airlines with a ticket flight to Kalibo, Aklan.It is only take a 50-minute to go there. Then, from Kalibo, ride a bus or jeepneys whose destination is to Caticlan, it is a two hour travel then. Then from there you will ride a boat toward the Boracay Beach itself. Have a Happy trip to Boracay Philippines.

Manila has many tourist spots that the Philippines can be proud of aside from what we have mentioned above. Like Intramuros which is beside the Rizal Park. In it lie a number of historical sites, namely, The Fort Santiago which was once a prison cell for Filipinos who fight against the Spaniards, the San Agustin Church, the Manila Cathedral, the Casa manila and the San Juan De Letran School.

In the Philippines there are many tourist spots not only in Manila, as well as in the Visayan and Mindanao region. Like the Chocolate Hills and beaches in Bohol. Bohol is in the Visayas region. Moreover, the famous El Nido resort in Palawan is also in Visayas region. The Beautiful beaches in Glan Sarangani bay. Sarangani is located in Mindanao region. The Diving spots in Batangas city like the, Layag Layag Point and Mapating Rock at the Maricaban Island.

So much of the tourist spots in the Philippines you can Google it anyway them in full details at Google Philippines. Let’s talk about the Philippines’ famous foods and dishes.

Have you ever taste the sweet and sour Mango fruit of the Philippines? Don’t you know that the Philippine Mangoes are one of the best mangoes in the world today? You can either enjoy the Philippines mangoes on raw or dried type.

The second fruit which the Philippines are proud about is the Durian fruit. The durian fruit is not as sweet as the smell of a mango fruit but it is the opposite of it, a stinky smell! However, it is not the smelly smell you are after why you buy this fruit rather its delicious mixed taste of sweet and sour taste.

Let’s go to the kitchen of a Filipino native, what Filipinos are burning in their stoves? Of course, rice will not be out from their table but mostly soup base food is Filipinos main dishes, like sinigang na baboy(or Baka) and Nilaga (both are pork or beef and vegetable soup, respectively),tinola (chicken and vegetable soup),Sinigang na Hipon( shrimp and vegetable soup),the famous Adobo dish ( a pork or chicken “ginisang”(on the oil of fried garlic and onions, and other fried optional spices) soup where soy sauce is the base),the Kare-kare ( a pork or chicken ginisang soup where peanut and aciete extracts is the soup base),and other delicious Filipino dishes. You could Google them on the net if you want a complete list of Filipino dishes as well as their complete recipes.

Among Philippines’s most favorite snacks are halo-halo, banana cue and of course, Fishballs is on the top of our list. You could check them up in the web anyway for complete information about them.

If you want to tour this country and get around in it, most of about Philippines means of transportation is by jeepneys, bus, train and tricycles and rarely taxis. However, if you want to travel the country in a larger scale, you have to get into domestic planes and ships to go about Philippines most tourist visited places and regions. And be yourself as the witness of the big tourist population Philippines have, adding more of you to the already large regional population Philippines have in every region.