Sinulog Festival and Panagbenga Festival - FG PDF

Preview

Summary

Word Formatting...

Description

TOP 10 FESTIVALS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Sinulog-

name

Santo Niño Festival

Also called

Sinulog

Observed by

Cebu City

Type

Religious / Cultural

Date

Third Sunday of January

SINULOG

Official

FESTIVAL

SINULOG FESTIVAL

Cebuanos are set to celebrate the 36th year of Sinulog, one of the grandest festivals in the Philippines. Usually attracting more than a million attendees annually, Sinulog has long cemented its spot as one of the biggest festivals in the Philippines. Head down south to the Queen City and experience this fiesta in the Philippines that celebrates Cebu’s patron saint— Santo Niño. This is a week-long event that is done with processions, parties, concerts, colorful and lively street dancing,

HISTORY Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan arrived in Cebu (then called Zebu) on April 1521. One of his goals was to introduce Christianity to the inhabitants of the island. Cebu’s Rajah Humabon, along with his wife Hara Amihan and subjects, were baptized and converted to the Christian faith by Father Pedro Valderama, the expedition’s priest. Magellan then gave an image of the Child Jesus to Amihan – christened as Juana to honor the Charles I's mother – as a baptismal gift, according to the journal of Antonio Pigafetta. The same image can now be found at the Basilica Menore de Santo Niño in Cebu. 1

TOP 10 FESTIVALS IN THE PHILIPPINES MEANING OF SINULOG

“SUL OG” “SULOG” Sinulog comes from the Cebuano word “sulog” which means “like water current movement” which depicts the forward-backward step of Sinulog dance.

FESTIVAL DATE 3rd Sunda y of Sunday Sinulog Festival is held every third Sunday of January. For 2021, it falls on the 17th of January. However, the 2021 Sinulog Festival physical and virtual celebrations are postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Santo Ni in the co the Phili and his w April 7, 1 religious bulletpro Niño.

2

TOP 10 FESTIVALS IN THE PHILIPPINES VIVA PIT SENYOR

Viva Pit S !

The word “viva” is a Spanish word that means long live while the word “pit” is shortened version of the Cebuano word “sangpit,” which means to call. The word “senyor” refers to the Santo Nino or the Holy Child. So, when someone says Viva Pit Senyor during the festivities, it means “Long live, call on the Holy Child Jesus.” These three words show the zeal and deep devotion of the Santo Nino devotees.

ONE OF THE MOST ATTENDED FESTIVALS IN THE PHILIPPINES CELEBRATED FESTIVAL MOST CELEBRA TED FESTIV AL IN THE From being a small gathering of Cebuano residents to celebrate its rich history, Sinulog has become a famous festival which draws people from different places not just in the Philippines but also around the world. The number of people flocking to the Queen City of the South for Sinulog have reached over a million in recent years. In 2015, an estimated 1.8 million people joined the procession for the festival despite coinciding with Pope Francis’ visit in Manila. This year, organizers are expecting the number to

3

TOP 10 FESTIVALS IN THE PHILIPPINES increase as the International Eucharistic Congress will be held in Cebu days after Sinulog.

Panagbenga

name

Festival

Also called

Blooming Flowers Festival

Observed b

Baguio City

y Type

Cultural

Date

Every February

PANAGBENGA F PANAGBENGA

Official

Panagbenga festival makes all roads lead to Baguio City as it is the time of the year where fragrant flowers bloom all around the City. The highlands of Baguio City in the Philippines have been known as the country’s Summer Capital. It is a month-long annual flower occasion occurring in Baguio. The festival also includes street dancing, presented by dancers clad in flower-inspired costumes, that is inspired by the Bendian, an Ibaloi dance of celebration that came from

HISTORY The Baguio Flower Festival started when lawyer, Damaso E. Bangaoet, Jr., John Hay Poro Point Development Corporation (JPDC) Managing Director for Camp John Hay, presented to the Board of Directors of JPDC the idea to lead the holding of a flower festival in Baguio. The Board, then led by the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA)

TOP 10 FESTIVALS IN THE PHILIPPINES Chairman Victor A. Lim and JPDC President Rogelio L. Singson, approved the project immediately. It was also decided that the Festival will be held every February. JPDC presented the idea to the various sectors of the community. Their response was warm and immediate. The idea had fallen on fertile ground and well-received by the community, thus making the Baguio Flower Festival happen.

MEANING OF PANAGBENGA

“P “PANAGBENGA ANAGBENGA” ANAGBENGA ” The term “Panagbenga” comes from a Kankanaey term meaning “a season for blossoming, a time for flowering.” This Baguio festival reflects the history, traditions, and values of the city and the Cordillera.

FESTIVAL DATE FEBRU AR Y FEBRUAR ARY The month-long annual festival formally opens every February 1 with the two major crowd-drawing grand events -street dancing and float parades -happening on the third weekend of February.

FUN FACT! As part of the contingent’s criteria for judging, they should have at least 95% of natural flowers as part of their paraded floral floats. The remaining 5% can be used for other materials other than natural flowers.

DID YOU KNOW? This festival was conceptualized way back in 1995 by Atty. Damaso Bangaoet and his team to bring back Baguio’s reputation as one of the country’s premier vacation spots and to move forward and to boost its tourism again from the Luzon Killer Earthquake in 1990.

5

TOP 10 FESTIVALS IN THE PHILIPPINES

FLOWER PARADES

Grand Two parades represent the Panagbenga festival's main event, held towards the end of the month-long celebration period. In the Grand Street Parade, costumed revelers and lively dancers weave their way down the route, with marching bands heralding the parade’s presence. The dance groups compete for cash prizes. This parade starts at Panagbenga Park and ends at Baguio Athletic Bowl near Burnham Park. During the Grand Float Parade, visitors can see about two dozen flower-covered floats going down Baguio’s main streets, sponsored by companies and local city organizations. Beginning at the Department of the Interior and Local Government on Upper Session Road, the route terminates at the Melvin Jones Football Grounds.

BIGGEST AND GRANDEST FESTIVAL IN BAGUIO COLORFUL FESTIVAL GRANDEST AND COL ORFUL FESTIV AL IN As the Panagbenga Festival evolves, new activities and initiatives were done. Tourists are delighted with what Baguio has to offer. The Cordillerans’ creativity, unity, culture, and traditions were highlighted and appreciated. Cordillerans showcase their creativity by building giant flower floats. These will be paraded on the streets of Baguio during the 6

TOP 10 FESTIVALS IN THE PHILIPPINES Grand Float Parade. Along with this is a lively, colorful, and cultural street dance performed by the locals, mostly students. Many activities were also celebrated on the duration of the month. But the most crowdgenerating events were in the last week of the festival, the Street Dancing and Float Parade, after it, Session Road was closed for a week for exhibits. Simulcast, Wright Park honors their pony boys and horse trainers. The festival was a result of people’s desire to have a festival of their own, a festival that was uniquely Baguio. sinulog links https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/fast-facts-sinulog-festival http://www.peanutbrowas.com/blog/10-facts-about-the-sinulog-festival thephilippines.ph/articles/history-culture/sinulog-festival-cebu-guide https://guidetothephilippines.ph/articles/history-culture/sinulog-festival-cebu-guide https://www.zenrooms.com/blog/post/festivals-in-the-philippines/#Panagbenga-FestivalBaguio-City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinulog

panagbenga links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagbenga_Festival https://panahon.tv/beta/v2/web/blog/2017/03/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-thepanagbenga/ https://www.zenrooms.com/blog/post/baguio-flower-festival/ https://turistaboy.com/5-things-panagbenga-festival/ https://lovepilipinas.com/event/panagbenga-festival/ https://www.tripsavvy.com/panagbenga-the-baguio-flower-festival-philippines-1629218

hello heheh eto yung mga links heheh thank you!...