panagbenga festival in baguio philippines
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Panagbenga Festival in Baguio Philippines
It used to be that February was Baguio City’s least favorable
month, experiencing a doldrum in the number of visitor
arrivals that usually peak in December for the holiday
season! and "arch or #pril for the $enten %eason!, on top of
the summer months& 'owever, with the introduction of the
(anagbenga Festival, February became a time of pageantry,
fun and merrymaking in Baguio City as the city becomes
covered with the most beautiful )owers in the region&
*ogether with its blooms, (anagbenga also showcases the
di+erent cultures of its tribes such as the Igorots and the
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Ibalois& In fact, the street dance of the (anagbenga features
dances that are inspired by these cultural tribes&
-hy you should be there. %imultaneously get a taste ofBaguio’s tribal culture and the *ournament of /oses parade&
Fertility Dance at Obando
Couples who wish to have a child flock to Obando, Bulacan, and
every May 17 to 1 to !oin the street dance in "onor of #anta Clara$
%he street dancing is said to be a prayer &ade by the couple$ %he
belief ste&s fro& early practice and is said to be effective, as so&e
have been &iraculously blessed with an offspring soon after they
!oined the dancing$
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'hy you should be there( %he benefits are obvious if you are
childless, but for other people, the Obando dance is only one of the
very few religious )u*on festivals that featured street dancing on a
&a!or part of the area$
Bangus Festival
+agupan is known as the Bangus Capital of the Philippines, and the
City lays its clai& to this by holding the Bangus Festival for 1 days
in pril, cul&inating on pril -.$
%he bangus, or &ilkfish, festival pays tribute to the City/s biggest
industry and features various activities that center on the fish$ Fro&deboning to eating, fro& the longest to the heaviest and even to the
&ost beautiful, each year atte&pts to put out a record with its
bangus co&petitions$
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'hy you should be there( side fro& being there while the City or
its citi*ens bag a possible 0uinness 'orld ecord, the festival also
features street dancing contests, the search for the Bangus 2ueen 3a
beauty pageant4, fluvial parades, and a citywide sale for theshopaholics on a budget5
Pagoda sa Wawa
Festivals are a ti&e for celebration, but it is also a ti&e for food$
Bocaue, Bulacan/s Pagoda sa 'awa co&bines both$
%he river festival is held every 6uly, when a barge carrying a huge
decorated float is released along the Bocaue iver$ %his is where
do*ens and possibly hundreds of people partake on good food and
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great &usic$ %he floating feast actually co&&e&orates 'awa/s "oly
Cross, which was first found floating on the Bocaue iver$
'hy you should be there( 8perience a one9of9a9kind river feast$fter a tragedy left do*ens of people dead a few years ago, the
'awa festival has been closely scrutini*ed to ensure the safety of
future pagoda riders$
Bacao Festival
Bacao Festival 3nglish( Corn Festival4 is a week9long annual corn
festival occurring in town of chague :sabela, the 2ueen %own of
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:sabela Province$ %he ter& ;Bacao< is of Yogad origin, &eaning
;corn>?, chague began its Bacao Festival in celebration of the
feast day of #aint 6oseph the 'orker, in honor of Patron #aint of
chague$
%he festival attracts over thousands of visitors fro& all over :sabela
and other neighboring provinces$%he event also features &otocross racing, longest corn grilling, and
others$
%he festival includes banners that are decorated using different
parts of the corn plant like corn and corn leaves$ %he festival also
includes street dancing, presented by dancers clad in corn9inspired
costu&es, that are presented by different institutions governed by
the town of chague$ &ong these participants are co&ing fro& thecade&ic :nstitutions 3College, "igh #chool and le&entary
#tudents4, )ocal 0overn&ent @nit, Philippine r&y, Private #ectors
and other co&&ercial establish&ents$
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$u0on
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