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RIGION 1
Pamulinawen festiva
Pamulinawen festival, came from the name of a woman made
popular in the popular Ilocano folk song Pamulinawen. The festival is celebrated in the city of Laoag, Ilocos Norte to promote camaraderie and sportsmanship.
The festival is celebrated in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines to
commemorate the city's patron saint Saint William every first week of February for one whole week. From a simple celebration of the Feast Day of Saint William, it became an extravagant festival that features the culture and heritage of the city with a variety of activities. The celebration of the feast of Saint William in the city of Laoag dates back to the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. The feast of Saint William was celebrated marking the conversion of the Ilocanos to Christianity. RIGION 2 Bambanti Festival
Bambanti Festival comes from the word bambanti, the word in
the Ilocano language for scarecrow. The first Bambanti Festival was launched in 1997. It was created under the leadership of Benjamin Dy to celebrate the founding of Isabela.
Festival celebrating the use of bambanti or scarecrow by the
Isabelinos in their vast farmlands to protect its crops is highlighted by an agro-industrial trade fair participated by the 34 towns and three cities of Isabela. A bambanti village is set up to house all the activities during the festival to include agri- ecotourism exhibits, bambanti installations, Isabela Singing Idol and Glee, festival street dance competition with Festival King and Queen. RIGION 3 Pawikan Festival The Pawikan Festival aims to draw awareness for the pawikan and its nesting site in Morong, Bataan. The pawikans only return to their place of birth to lay eggs. If they are hindered or unable to do so, they will stop laying eggs! So preserving their natural birthing place is extremely important. Otherwise, their species might go extinct.
The festival is celebrated with Sand Sculpture Contests, Paddle
Painting Contests and a Street Dancing Competition. There are even Zumba exercises early in the morning, Walk For a Cause event, and you can even buy local produce at the fair. At night, there is a beach party where local artists and bands play to celebrate another successful and safe hatching. As a final culminating event, the Pawikan Conservation Center releases the newly hatched baby turtles out to sea. It’s so cute to see the baby pawikans racing across the beach to get to the great ocean. RIGION 4A Banana Festival Banana Festival is an agricultural and religious festival in the town of La Castallena, Negros Occidental, Philippines every first week of April 1 to 5. It is the biggest celebration in the town and participated by constituent barangays. With a five-day calendar, it showcases varieties of banana, local products, and creativity of its people.
Banana Festival in La Castellana, a municipality situated in the
foothills of Mt. Kanlaon, was first held in 1998. It gives the limelight to the farming of banana, specifically around twenty varieties of the crop including latundan, balangon, and cardaba or sab-a in the local language. Banana is mainly produced by the villages of Cabagnaan, Lalagsan, Mansalanao, Masulog, and Sag- ang; it is likewise ubiquitous as it is found planted everywhere.