GOOD MORNING

CLASS!!
Learning Competency;

Identifies the festivals and theatrical forms

celebrated all over the country throughout the
year (A7EL-IVa-1 ) and researches on the history
of the festival and theatrical composition and its
evolution and describe how the townspeople
participate and contribute to the event (A7EL-
IVb-2).
Classroom Rules!!
A – active and be polite
R – respect and be
responsible always
T – time bound
S – set your goals/skills
REVIEW! REVIEW!
REVIEW!
LET’S HAVE AN ACTIVITY
CALLED “PICTURE
PERFECT!”
Direction: Identify the
following pictures of festivals
celebrated in the Philippines.
 Festival and
Theatrical Forms
Teacher: MA. ANGELICA Q. CANCERAN
FESTIVAL
Philippine festivals are town fiestas
celebrating moments in history that
defined identity, community and locality.
The festival celebrated all over throughout
the year are divided into two, RELIGIOUS
and NON-RELIGIOUS or cultural festival.
RELIGIOUS
FESTIVALS
ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVAL
 ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVAL
The mother of all Philippine Festivals,
the Ati-atihan festival is widely known
not just in the Philippines but across
the world. Ati-atihan festival meaning
is “to be like atis or Aetas” (Aklan
Province’s natives)
Place: Kalibo Aklan
Date: Every 3rd Sunday of January
Sinulog Festival!
 Sinulog Festival!
The Festival is the first of most
popular festivals in the Philippines,
with every celebration of the
festival routinely attracting around
1 to 2 million people from all over
the Philippines every year.
Place: Cebu City
Date: Every 3rd day of January
DINAGYANG FESTIVAL
 DINAGYANG FESTIVAL
The most awarded festivals in the
Philippines, it is also the most
awarded festival in the country,
because of its legacy, popularity, and
innovation.
Place: Iloilo City
Date: Every 4th week of January
Moriones Festival
Moriones Festival
-The Moriones is a costume worn by
marinduquenos on the western side of
Marinduque. Morion means “mask” or
“visor”, that covers the wearer’s face,
which is part of the medieval Roman armor
worn in biblical time.
Place: Marinduque
Date: Every Holy week- March or April
Pahiyas Festival
Pahiyas Festival
An extravagant and colorful affair in the quiet
town of Lucban, held in honor of San Isidro
Labrador and is the farmers’ thanksgiving for a
rich and bountiful harvest. The townspeople
prepare many things for the festival, among
them is the all-important, kipling.
Date: Lucban, Quezon
Place: Every 15th of May
Higantes Festival
Higantes Festival
The hallmark of this festival has to
be parades of towering giants
made of paper rmache, some as
tall as fifteen feet. The use of
paper-mache is a reflection of the
town’s artistic streak.
Place: Angono, Rizal
Date: Every 23rd of November
Fertility Dance
 Fertility Dance
Feasts are a huge part of parish life in
the Philippines, still, in Obando, a town
on manila Bay, one church’s feast is
famous for an unusual element, a
fertility dance that serves as a form of
prayer for
couples who are hoping to conceive a
child. Place: Obando, Bulacan
SANTACRUZAN
 SANTACRUZAN
-The Santacruzan is the ritual
pageant held on the last day of
the Flores de Mayo. A religious
parade by the catholic
devotees of St. Helena. It is
held on the last day of the
Flores de Mayo.
NON-RELIGIOUS
FESTIVALS
PANAGBENGA FESTIVAL
 PANAGBENGA FESTIVAL
-Held in the Baguio, in the summer capital of the
Philippines, Its English name is the blooming
flowers festival, which means, “season of
blooming”, is month long annual celebration of a
tribute to the city’s beautifully grown flowers, and
is celebrated in the month of February.
Place: Baguio City
Date: whole month of February
KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL
 KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL
A festival of thanksgiving for the gifts
of nature, the wealth of culture and the
bounties of harvest and serenity of
living that is derived from the
Dabawenyong word, “madayaw” or
good, valuable and superior in English.
Place: Davao City
Date: Every 3rd week of August
MASSKARA FESTIVAL
 MASSKARA FESTIVAL
emphasizes just that during the celebrations, from the
combination of the English word “mass” and Spanish word,
“kara” (which means face), this festival is celebrated every
third weekend of October, or on the closest weekend to
October 19, it dramatizes the steadfast character of the
Negrenses and symbolizes what the city of Smiles, Bacolod
City, do best, putting on a smiling face even when faced
with challenges.
Place: Bacolod City
Date: Every third weekend of October
GIANT LANTERN FESTIVAL
GIANT LANTERN FESTIVAL
Giant Lantern Festival is an annual
Christmastime festival held in the city of San
Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines from every
December 17 to January 1 of the next year. It
is also called Ligligan Parul, which is a
Kapampangan phrase that means lantern
contest or lantern showdown .
Place: San Fernando, Pampanga
Date: Every Christmas Eve
 Philippine
Theatrical Forms
 KOMEDYA OR MORO-MORO
Some elements of the “classic”
komedya are retained such as the sing-
song delivery (diccio or dicho) of lines
written in verse, and the story having
romance and battle dances (batalya).
Date: during all Saint’s day or at other
religious festivals.
 CENAKULO
Cenaculo is a staged re-enactment of Christ’s
passion and death. It is also known as pasyon y
muerte, passion play, centurion, hudyuhan,
tanggal, and pamalandong. The word “cenaculo”
is derived from Spanish and describes the place
where Jesus and his disciples celebrated the Last
Supper. Senakulo is a nationwide event that
helps devout locals relieve biblical events
pertinent to the life, tribulations and ultimate
sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Date: during Holy Week
 ZARZUELA
Zarzuela is a Spanish musical theatre
genre that combines spoken and sung
scenes, often with a satirical or topical
theme. Zarzuelas originated in the 17th
century as a form of entertainment for the
royal court. They typically feature stock
characters, traditional scenes, operatic and
popular songs, and dance.
 WHERE DO I BELONG?
Directions: This game is similar to a
multiple-choice type of test, but with an
added twist. The teacher will give the
name of the festival, and all you have to do
is choose whether it is a religious or non-
religious festival by falling in line with your
chosen answer. Wait until the teacher says
1, 2, 3 GO!
 “Q AND A”
1. What are the two types of festival, again?
2. What is religious and non-religious festival,
again?
3. What are the example of religious festivals?
4. What about the non-religious festivals?
5. How will show your appreciation in the different
festivals celebrated here in the Philippines?
6. What about the different types of theatrical
forms?
 “WHAT AM I?”
1. A lenten festival held annually on Holy Week on
the island of Marinduque.
2. Its a Festival held annually in January in honor
of the Santo Niño in several towns of the province
of Kalibo Aklan.
3. A festival held every fourth Sunday of October
in Bacolod, Philippines
4. These Festival come from the word " season of
blooming"
5. This is the annual festival of Davao City.
THANK YOU!!