1. ThePhilippineFestivalsand
Theatrical Forms
Content Standards:
The learner demonstrates understanding of
theater and performance as syntheses of arts
and significant expressions of the celebration
of life in various Philippine communities.
Essential Understandings:
Students will understand...
appreciation and exposure to the arts
of the people in the Philippines into
these cultures and the human
experience in general.
Essential Questions
In what way does appreciation to the arts
of the people from Philippine helps us
gain insight into these cultures and the
human experience in general?
2. What is the name of
the festival in your
town or city?
3. “It’s more fun in the Philippines”
🞇 is a popular government slogan you must have
heard or read.
What readily catches your attention
when you attend a celebration or a
festivals?
7. 🞇Philippine festivals are
famous for their colorful and
artistic costumes, masks,
and props.
🞇The art elements like color, lines, and
textures are considered, and their
principles like repetition and balance
are used to come up with good designs.
9. 🞇Ati-Atihan
Place: Kalibo, Aklan
Date: Every 3rd Sunday of January
🞇Sinulog
Place: Cebu City
Date: Every 3rd Sunday of January
🞇Dinagyang
Place: Iloilo City
Date: Every 4th week of January
10. 🞇Moriones
Place: Marinduque
Date: Every Holy week- March or April
🞇Carabao Festival
Place: Pulilan, Bulacan
Date: Every 14th -15th of May
🞇Pahiyas
Place: Lucban, Quezon
Date: Every 15th of May
11. 🞇Higantes
Place: Angono, Rizal
Date: Every 23rd of November
🞇Fertility Dance
Place: Obando, Bulacan
🞇Santacruzan
- Is a religious parade by the Catholic
devotees of St. Helena. It is held on the last
day of the Flores de Mayo
13. 🞇Panagbenga
Place: Baguio City
Date: Whole month of February
🞇Kadayawan
Place: Davao City
Date: Every 3rd week of August
🞇Masskara
Place: Bacolod City
Date: Every third weekend of October
🞇Giant Lantern
Place: San Fernando, Pampanga
Date: Every Christmas Eve
15. 🞇Komedya or Moro-Moro
Date: During All Saint’s Day or at other
religious festivals
🞇Cenaculo
Date: During Holy Week
🞇Zarzuela
It performed by well-known theater groups
in the CCP (cultural Center of the
Philippines)