December Philippine Festivals Sched Part 2
COFFEE FESTIVAL
December 11- December 16 | Lipa City, Batangas
The coffee festival was conceived to showcase the long reign of Lipa as the coffee granary of the Philippines
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KASADYAAN FESTIVAL (MARDI GRAS)_
December 12 14 | Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental
Initiated by Foundation University to add color to the local community''s Christmas season. The fifty year old tradition is the longest established festival in negros Oriental. The celebration of merriment includes filed presentation, beauty pagents and frolics and culminates in Kasadyaan mardi gras.
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FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS & MUSIC
December 12 | La Carlota City
Featured in this festival are lighted trees in the park and private and public buildings. This also showcases various churches and school choirs in the nightly “Christmas Extravaganza and Concert in the Park”.
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PARAYAN FESTIVAL
December 12 | Pototan, Iloilo
Agro-industrial fair
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KANYONG KAWAYAN FESTIVAL_
December 14 20 | Kidapawan City, North Cotabato
A unique activity to discourage the use of dangerous pyrotechnics during the yuletide season. A citywide contest features the firing of bamboo canons using empty milk cans as projectiles.
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SAN FERNANDO GIANT LANTERN FESTIVAL_
December 14 20 | San Fernando, Pampanga
Giant lanterns of participating barangays measuring from 14 feet to 18 feet in diameter in multi-colored designs and patterns thrill and delight the spectator with their kaleidoscopic patterns of light danced to the music of accompanying bands.
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BOD-BOD FESTIVAL_
December 14 16 | Tanjay City, Negros Oriental
The festival gives emphasis to this native delicacy made of glutinous rice, coconut milk, sugar and salt. It features the Biggest Bod-bod that would weigh as much as eighty kilos and requires ten persons to prepare the delicacy, and the Smallest Bod-bod that would come served inside a matchbox
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SHARIFF KABUNSUAN (ISLAM)_
December 15 19 | Cotabato City / Maguindanao
The grandest festival commemorating the arrival of Shariff Kabunsuan, an Arab Malay missionary from Johore, Malay Peninsula to bring Islam in Mainland Mindanao.
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LANTERN FESTIVAL
December 15- December 31 | Bacolod City
Annual Lantern Festival and participated in by 61 barangays in Bacolod City.
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PANTATAN FESTIVAL
December 15- December 19 | Zarraga, Iloilo
The main purpose of this festival is to promote the town of Zarraga as one of the major producers and trading center of “pantat” in Panay Island. Among the festival activities are the ff: Grand Parade & Street Dancing, Pantat Cooking Contest, Search for Lin-ay sang Zarraga and many more.
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CHRISTMAS LIGHTING
December 16 | Santa Barbara, Iloilo
Christmas for every Barbaranhon is a time for homecoming and family reunions. As a gesture of welcome, the Municipal Government launched a Christmas Lighting program
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PASKUA SILAYNON
December 16- December 31 | Silay City
16-day celebration filled with thanksgiving and Christmas rituals
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IWAG CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FESTIVAL_
December 16 31 | Pototan, Iloilo
The municipal plaza of Pototan is transformed into a fairyland of lights to usher in Christmas
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MISA DE GALLO
December 16- December 24 | Nationwide
Misa de Gallo is a Filipino yuletide tradition that starts on the 16th of December and culminates in a midnight mass on Christmas Eve. Roman Catholics attend the daily mass at three or four in the morning. Upon exiting the church, the hungry is enticed by the sight and smell of puto bumbong and bibingka (native delicacies made of sticky and glutinous rice sold nearby).
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PASKUHAN SA DUMAGUETE
December 16 31 | Dumaguete City, Negros Oiental
Dumaguete observes Christmas with that patented flavor of Negros Oriental. Expect the city streets to be lit up with millions of light bulbs, complemented by delicate ornaments made from handwoven sinamay fabric. Still not impressed? Check out the numerous art and craft exhibits and garden shows. There’s also a food festival and a grand choral presentations, held, of course, in the glowing spirit of the season.
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PASKO SA DAPITAN
December 16- January 1 | Dapitan City
Exciting celebration of Christmas through spectacular & elaborate sights of Christmas symbols and sounds at the City Proper.
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PASKO SA DIPOLOG
December 16- January 1 | Dipolog City
Nightly variety shows and display of Christmas decors and lights at the City Plaza.
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