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Tagalog maginoo (nobility) wearing baro in the Boxer Codex (c.1590). Baro't saya evolved from two pieces of clothing worn by both men and women in the pre-colonial period of the Philippines: the baro (also barú or bayú in other Philippine languages), a simple collar-less shirt or jacket with close-fitting long sleeves; [5] and the tapis (also called patadyong in the Visayas and Sulu ...
Kneeling Carabao Festival (Pulilan, Bulacan) - A religious festival held on May 14. The highlight of the event is the kneeling of carabaos as they pass in front of the town church. Pahiyas Festival (Lucban, Quezon) - A century-old cultural festival held every May 15. The highlight of the festival is a parade of colorful decorated carabao carts.
Pahiyas is held every May 15 to honor St. Isidore the Laborer, the patron saint of farmers and good harvest. A 6:00 AM Mass at the church marks the start of the colorful Pahiyas Festival every May 15; at 7:00 AM, a procession leaves the church carrying the images of San Isidro Labrador and Beata María de la Cabeza on a route around the town.
The usual male headdress was the pudong, a turban; though in Panay, both men and women also wore a head cloth or bandana called saplung. Commoners wore pudong of rough abaca cloth wrapped around only a few turns so that it was more of a headband than a turban and was therefore called pudong-pudong – as the crowns and diadems on Christian ...
There are more than 42,000 known major and minor festivals in the Philippines, the majority of which are in the barangay (village) level. 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 .
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity.
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