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Philippines' Festivals
Filipinos love to have fun, and it is obvious in the way they celebrate fiestas or festivals. Fiestas or any community celebration
usually feature music, dancing, and food feasts, and they are considered special opportunities for people to extend hospitality and
friendship to one another.
The fiesta is part and parcel of the life of the Filipino who knows instinctively how to enjoy himself and sets about doing just that.
In fact, you name it and there is probably a fiesta to celebrate it.
 Sinulog is a dance ritual in honor of the miraculous image of the Santo Niño
The most popular includes:
♦ Ati Atiham in Panay and Sinulog in Cebu (January)
♦ Mariones Festival (March/April)
♦ Santacruzan (May)
♦ Fluvial River Festival, Bocaue (July)
♦ Penafrancia Fluvial Festival (September)
♦ Feast of Lanterns Festival, especially in San Fernando, North of Christ the King (October)
♦ Undas (November)
♦ and the Manila (Christmas)
 The Philippines' parades
Holidays 2012
MANILA, Philippines - President Benigno Aquino III has declared a total of 16 official holidays for 2012, Malacañang announced.
Aquino signed Proclamation 95, which designated 10 regular holidays next year, five special non-working days and one special holiday. The proclamation was in accordance
with Republic Act 9492, known as the "Holiday Economics," which was made into law in 2007.
Chinese New Year, which will fall on January 23, 2012, may be declared as a special non-working day without detriment to public interest, the proclamation said.
The Chinese New Year is “one of the most revered and festive events celebrated not only in China but also in the Philippines by both Chinese Filipinos and ordinary
Filipinos as well; and the joint celebration is a manifestation of our solidarity with our Chinese Filipino brethren who have been part of our lives in many respects as
a country and as a people, it added.
November 2, 2012 will be declared as a special non-working day “to give full opportunity to our people to properly observe All Saints’ Day with all its religious fervor which invariably requires them to travel to and from different regions in the country.”
Traditionally, only November 1 (All Saints’ Day) is declared a holiday.
Footnotes:
 The MassKara Festival of Bacolod, Philippines (The Festival of Smiles)
Every year, during the third week of October, the city of Bacolod, in the Philippines, celebrates the MassKara Festival
and decorates its streets with smiling faces. These faces symbolize the resilience and strength of the community. The festival features a street dance competition where people
from all walks of life troop to the streets to see colorfully-masked dancers moving to the rhythm of Latin musical beats. The major activities of the festival are diverse and
include the MassKara Queen beauty pageant, drum and bugle corps competitions, food fairs, sports events, musical concerts, agriculture-trade fairs and garden shows.
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