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Festivals in the Philippines can be religious, cultural, or both. Several of these are held to honor the local Roman Catholic patron saint, to commemorate local history and culture, to promote the community's products, or to celebrate a bountiful harvest.
The Moriones Festival is a lenten and religious festival held annually on Holy Week on the island of Marinduque, Philippines. The "Moriones" are men and women in costumes and masks replicating the garb of biblical Imperial Roman soldiers as interpreted by locals. The Moriones tradition has inspired the creation of other festivals in the ...
Anniversary of Cry of Pugadlawin - A historical event celebrated yearly with a civic parade at 6:00 am followed by a flag-raising and a wreath-laying ceremony in Quezon City. Pinaglabanan Day - celebration of the Battle of Pinaglabanan, a historic event in San Juan which sparked the Philippine Revolution of 1896.
March 31, 2021 – Commemoration of the first Mass in the Philippines. [15] April 4, 2021 – Official kickoff of the quincentennial celebrations, coinciding with Easter Sunday. [16] April 14, 2021 – Commemoration of the first Christian baptism in the Philippines in Cebu City. [17] A re-enactment of the event saw 500 people with special needs ...
"The unique and varied observance of Holy Week in the Philippines". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. April 18, 2011. "Good Friday traditions, solemn rites held today". Manila Bulletin. April 21, 2011. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014 – via Yahoo News. Hermoso, Christina I. (March 29, 2013).
On March 4, 2014, a replica of the Nazareno from Quiapo Church arrived at the Old Chapel of St. Rock the Healer Mission Center, Bishop's Compound, Brgy. Cawayan, Catarman, Northern Samar. Since then, many devotees across Northern Samar came to venerate the sacred image, especially on Fridays. At that time, the said mission center was ...
Pigafetta narrated on his account the events happened from March 16, 1521, when they first saw the Island of the Philippine group up to April 7, 1521, when the expedition landed on Cebu. On March 16, 1521, there was a "high land" named "Zamal" that was sighted by the Magellan's expedition which was some 300 leagues westward of the Ladrones Island.
March or April The Dinamulag Festival also known as the Zambales Mango Festival is an annual festival held in the province of Zambales in the Philippines to celebrate or encourage bountiful harvest of the province's mangoes.