| Festival |
Duration
| Place |
Description |
| STO. NIÑO
FESTIVAL |
January | Nationwide
|
A grand procession of over two hundred
well-dressed images of the Child Jesus. |
| BULAKLAKAN FESTIVAL
|
January 1 | Muntinlupa
City, Metro Manila |
Annual procession,
parade of flowers and costumes |
| ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVAL
2006 |
January 1- January
15 | Kalibo, Aklan |
Scene of a yearly
celebration in honor of Sto. Nino held every third week of January,
popularly known worldwide as Ati-Atihan. So called because Aklanons,
domestic and foreign tourists, wipe soot on their faces and
done ethnic paraphernalia and masquerade around town as Negritos
and make merry and dance in the streets to the beat of ambulant
ethnic troubadours. |
| AGUMAN SANDUK
|
January 1 | Minalin,
Pampanga |
Description The
Aguman Sanduk of Minalin is celebrated in the afternoon of January
1, while the rest of the country takes a break from the previous
night''s New Year revelry, and there''s no one to catch the
boys and men of this sleepy fishing town wear their mother''s
lipstick and put on their wive''s dresses |
| FEAST OF THE THREE
KINGS |
January 2 | Gasan,
Marinduque |
A feast honoring
the three kings who are visiting houses around the Poblacion
of Gasan |
| BAILES DE LUCES
|
January 5 | La
Castellana, Negros Occicental |
The town’s
celebration of Charter Day and a befitting culmination of the
Christmas season, the festival is conceptualized as a festival
of hope and thanksgiving. Thanksgiving for all the blessings
received in the year that was and hope for a prosperous new
year. Its unique feature is the use of lights or “luces”
as props and adornment and its nocturnal festivities and streetdancing. |
| SINULOG FESTIVAL
2006 |
January 5- January
20 | Cebu |
Cebu’s biggest
and most popular festival in honor of the Holy Image of Senyor
Sto. Niño |
| KURALDAL |
January 6 | Sasmoan,
Pampanga |
The Kuraldal of
Sasmuan occurs during the week of the town fiesta on January
6, when Kapampangans from neighboring towns gather in front
of the chapel of St. Lucy and dance for favors all night |
| KADAYAW FESTIVAL
|
January 7 | Pambujan,
N. Samar |
Thanksgiving for
the blessings received by the municipality |
| BANDI FESTIVAL
& BAYLUHAY FESTIVAL |
January 8- January
15 | San Joaquin, Iloilo |
Festivals featuring
the biggest “bandi” (sweet delicacy) in Western
Visayas and the Reenactment of the Barter of Panay. |
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