Panagbenga
Cultural Background - The festival was created as a tribute to the city's flowers and as a way to rise up from the devastation of the 1990 Luzon earthquake.
Date of Festivals - 1st of February
Type - Non-religious
Place - Baguio City, Philippines
Sublian
Cultural Background - two week long celebration which culminates every year on the 23rd of July, is rooted in the Batangueños devotion to the town's patron: the Holy Cross in Bauan and Agoncillo, and the Sto. Niño.
Date of Festival - July 23
Type - Religious
Place - City of Batang@s
Sinulog
Cultural Background - Basically, the festival is done by a dance ritual, in which it tells the story of the Filipino people's pagan past and their acceptance of Christianity.
Date of Festival - 16th of January
Type - Religious
Place - Cebu City
Ati-Atihan
Cultural Background - The origin of the Ati-Atihan Festival started from an old couple who lives in the western part of Aklan. Msgr. Iturralde said that in the early-1700s, a fisherman went fishing in a river but caught a piece of wood instead.
Date of Festival - 3rd Sunday of January
Type - Religious
Place - Aklan, Panay Island
Kadayawan
Cultural Background - It is the celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, and bounties of harvest and serenity of living.
Date of Festival - 3rd Week of August
Type - Non-religious
Place - Davao City
