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KAMUNDAGAN FESTIVAL December 1- December 31 | Naga City Bustling Naga City becomes doubly busy this month as it celebrates Christmas along with its charter anniversary day. Except the residents of this community to play, pray and party with an extended schedule of cultural shows, trade fairs and civic parades. Not to be missed: the “kiri-kiri” and “pastores” performances, both unique showcases of traditional Bicolano culture. PASKO SA SUGBU December 1- December 31 | Cebu Christmas in Cebu is celebrated with songs, gifts, twinkling lights—and a month-long program of yuletide events. Check out the nightly cultural shows for taste of the season, Cebuano-style. There’s also the various parol, christmas tree and “daygon” competitions, participated in by students from the city’s numerous schools. FIL-AM INVITATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT 2005 December 1- December 5 | Baguio City Biggest International Amateur Golf Tournament CHRISTMAS IN BAGUIO December 1- December 31 | Baguio City Mardi Gras, fireworks, lantern and decor contest LITTLE AND GIANT CHRISTMAS TREES AT THE PLAZA December 1- December 31 | San Carlos City, Negros Occidental A display of brightly illuminated Christmas Trees around the public plaza where one can see varied interesting and unique designs and colors depicting the ingenuity of the people. BELEN MAKING CONTEST December 1- December 31 | Plaza, Bago City, Negros Occidental An annual event conducted by the City Government of Bago through the Tourism Affairs Office. This contest aims to develop creativity and ingenuity of Bagonhon artists. NEGROS ANNUAL CULTURAL TOUR December 1- December 31 | Silay/Bacolod City A tour of Bacolod, Silay, Bago & neighboring areas showcasing Negros history & culture, arts and attractions. GALICAYO FESTIVAL December 1- December 9 | Manaoag, Pangasinan A province-wide cultural and religious celebration in honor of Pangasinan’s patroness SINUKWAN FESTIVAL December 1- December 10 | San Fernando, Pampanga The sinukwan Festival heralds the unique culture and distinct beliefs of the Kapampangans through a colorful street dancing parade HUGYAWAN DALANSAYAW December 1- December 10 | Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Hugyawan means “merrymaking and is the main concept of the celebration and presentation of the street dancing contingents, whose members come from all parts of the province CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL December 1- January 31 | Opol, Misamis Oriental A monthlong festival of lights and chirstmas decors usually made of indigenous materials; participated by local offices, schools, private organizations and religious sector with colorful streetlight decors as one of the major attractions for the season. CHRISTMAS SYMBOLS December 1- December 31 | Naawan. Misamis Oriental Giant Christmas Symbol contest participated by NGO’s, academe and private organizations at the main plaza of the Municipality of Naawan PASIGAHAN SA BALINGASAG December 1- January 7 | Balingasag, Misamis Oriental A Chirstmas décor contest usually participated by different barangay and zones, eith fully decorated and lighted streets as its major attractions for the month of December and early part of January. BELEN IN A TREE December 1- January 7 | Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City Barangay Iponan version of celebrating Christmas with street decors and Belen contest in a fully lighted tree as its major attraction. CAROLING AND BELEN CONTEST December 1- January 2 | Cagayan de Oro Cagayan de Oro merriest time when the 80 barangay’s prepare their entries for the biggest and most colorful Christmas Tree & Belen. This event is also complimented with Caroling Contest participated by schools, academe, religious group and NGO’s & supported by private sector. CHRISTMAS TREE/CHRISTMAS SYMBOL CONTEST December 1- January 1 | Cagayan de Oro Provincial Capitol celebrating Christmas with huge Christmas tree Contest participated by various departments Entires are usually indigenous and recycled materials complemented with colorful and stylish Christmas lights. CHRISTMAS AT GINGOOG CITY December 1- January 1 | Gingoog City Gingoog City celebrate Christmas with Belen and most colorful Christmas Arch Competion. The event is usually participated by local barangays, schools and private institutions. LIGHT UP BUTUAN FOR CHRISTMAS December 1- December 31 | Butuan City A festival of lights done during Christmas season among urban and highway barangays of the city including private and government establishments. MINE SAFETY WEEK December 1- December 7 | Baguio City A competition among country’s mining industry on safety activities. KALAMAY FESTIVAL December 2 | San Enrique, Iloilo This festival revolves around the culture, tradition, lifestyle and livelihood of the which is the sugar industry and its eco-tourism potentials. The festival features a dance-drama depicting the flourishing sugar (kalamay) industry in San Enrique. SINADYA SA HALARA FESTIVAL (THANKSGIVING) December 3- December 8 | Roxas City, Capiz It means “joy in sharing and thanksgiving” in the local dialect. Previously celebrated as two separate events, the Sinadya and the Halaran now take center stage on the first weekend of December. There’s a lot to share and be thankful for, say the Roxas cityfolk, and its all in this special occasion- there’s a “Diana” fireworks display, a sumptious foodfest and a grand dance festival. SINADYA SA HALARAN December 3- December 8 | Roxas City Sinadya sa Halaran literally means “Joy in Sharing & Thanksgiving”, fused two major festivals of Capiz-Sinadya and Halaran which were previously celebrated separately PASKUHAN SA MARAYKIT December 3 | San Juan, Batangas A traditional celebration of yuletide season at Maraykit. YUGYUGAN FESTIVAL December 3- December 12 | Pagsanjan, Laguna The feastival features the history and culture of Pagsanjan through music ans dance performed by students in Pagsanjan RIMAT TI AMIANAN December 3- December 19 | San Fernando City, La Union Treasures of the North on display. Glimmering artistry, creativity & ingenuity of Ilocanos & Pangasinense displayed in products and crafts. Glittering colors of culture & life spelled out in traditional songs and dances. Glowing charm of man-made markers complement the inviting beauty of nature flaunted in landscaping exhibits CHRISTMAS SYMBOLS FESTIVAL December 5- January 5 | Tangub City Display of differentindigenous of Christmas symbols; a most spectacular display of Christmas lights and decors including a Christmas Carol Contest. KARISYOHAN HAN PASKO HA PALO December 6- January 6 | Palo, Leyte A festival to preserve the beautiful old-fashioned Filipino traditions of celebrating Christmas. PAGODA AND CARACOL (FLUVIAL PARADE) December 7- December 9 | Malabon City The yearly celebrations in the honor of the patroness REHIYON-REHIYON December 8 | Marikina City A program initiated by former mayor Bayani “BF” Fernando, with a purpose of reviving the tie that binds the clans. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION DAY December 8 | Cotabato City Catholics in Cotabato City celebrate the Immaculate Concepcion Day with a generous helping of pomp, pageantry and prayer. A grand civic-military parade highlights the festivities, complemented by cultural shows, sports competitions, and of course, lots of religious activities. FEAST OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION December 8 | Puerto Princesa City It is a religious festival with a dose of good-natured, fun-loving Palaweno sensibilities. Check out the nightly cultural presentations by different villagers, culminating in a grand fluvial parade along Pueto Princesa bay. FEAST OF IMMACULATE CONCEPCION December 8 | Puerto Princesa City A grand celebration of the city’s patroness highlighted by a fluvial parade or Caracol along Puerto Princesa Bay SAN TEODORO DAY AND IMMACULATE CONCEPTION FEAST December 8 | San Teodoro, Mindoro Oriental Tayakad dancing event: Stilts masters systematically march and sway with the music to the delight of the audience; a funny and very entertaining event to see. COCO FESTIVAL December 8 | San Teodoro, Mindoro Oriental A religious festival honoring the Immaculate Conception. It features activities such as street dancing, parade of floats, etc., centered on the town’s agricultural bounty: Coconut. FLUVIAL PROCESSION AT TAAL December 8- December 9 | Taal, Batangas Two-day celebration of Taal fiesta. Residents convene at the riverbanks where bancas are anchored. TAG-ANITOHAN December 8- December 9 | Tudela, Camotes Island, Cebu The festival is a street dancing and ritual contest participated by the community. It is history retold of the richness of the town’s origin from immortals to the time of the Christianization until it was separated from its mother town of Poro in the year 1911 PASCOCOWAYAN December 10 | Isabela City Christmas carol contest, Christmas light competitions and trade fairs are among the activities. BONGGAHAN SA VALENCIA December 10 | Valencia City, Bukidnon Display of giant lighted figure in the plaza. SHARIFF KABUNSUAN (ISLAM) December 10- December 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. The festival is an annual event that is significant not only to the people of Cotabato City and Region XII but the whole Muslim Mindanao. Highlights in include Fluvial Parade, Cultural Street Dancing, Banca Race, Ethnic Sports competition, Ethnic Musical Instruments, Q’uaran Reading Contest and other Religious activities. 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. PASKONG HIMIG SA LUNGSOD NG PASIG December 11- December 17 | Pasig City A yearly Song and Coral Competition featuring Christmas songs and carols. PAMPANGA DAY December 11 | San Fernando, Pampanga The people of the Province of Pampanga celebrate the official founding date of pampanga as the first province of Luzon on December 11, 1571 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”. KASADYAAN FESTIVAL (MARDI GRAS) December 12- December 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. PARAYAN FESTIVAL December 12 | Pototan, Iloilo Agro-industrial fair LANTERN FESTIVAL December 15- December 31 | Bacolod City Annual Lantern Festival and participated in by 61 barangays in Bacolod City. 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. 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 PASKUA SILAYNON December 16- December 31 | Silay City 16-day celebration filled with thanksgiving and Christmas rituals IWAG CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FESTIVAL December 16- January 3 | Pototan, Iloilo A kaleidoscope of multicolored lights in a 6 ha. Plaza with dancing fountain and food festival. 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). 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. BOD-BOD FESTIVAL December 16- December 17 | 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 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. PASKO SA DIPOLOG December 16- January 1 | Dipolog City Nightly variety shows and display of Christmas decors and lights at the City Plaza. PASKUHAN December 16- December 31 | Regionwide (all Region 11 provinces) Christmas presentation/activities such as “Pag-ilaw sa Dabaw”, Lantern Contests, dance and choral competition. PASCUA NA ZAMBOANGA December 16- January 1 | Zamboanga City Lighting of giant Christmas tree. Most lighted barangay, best belen and the best Christmas tree competition are among the different activities. SAN FERNANDO GIANT LANTERN FESTIVAL December 18- December 24 | 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. PASTORES BICOL December 18 | Legazpi City Caroling, Bicol-style. The Pastores is a musical re-enactment of the age-old nativity story. Colorful costumes are worn by singers, in honor of the biblical sheperds who sang the first Christmas carols. The performance is done with an entourage of traditional musikeros, lots of dancing, and a generous dose of Christmas cheer. PALUPOK BAYONG FESTIVAL December 18 | Bgy. Cabugao Norte, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo A revival of an old tradition in celebrating the New Year by making loud sounds through bamboo cannons (bayong). CHRISTMAS FOOD STREET FESTIVAL December 22 | Cebu City Spearheaded by the Hotel, Resort and Restaurant Association of Cebu (HRRAC). For this year, the event features the Food Stalls, Midnight Market, Big Screen Movies, Christmas Carols/Concerts and Lantern Competition. Likewise, food and handicraft demonstration by certain personalities will be showcased for the public. MAYTINIS FESTIVAL (GRAND CELEBRATION) December 24 | Kawit, Cavite A well-loved Caviteno tradition, the Maytinis is a dramatic retelling of St. Joseph’s and Virrgin Mary’ search in Bethlehem for a place to stay. They found not a room, of course, but a stable where Christ was eventually born. Much rejoicing erupts as the play ends, culminating in a lively parade down the street of Kawit. It is a uniquely Filipino translation of this ancient biblical episode. PASIDUNGOG 2005 December 25- December 31 | San Miguel, Iloilo Conceived not only to promote our local culture, history and tourism but also to showcase what San Miguel can offer as an agricultural community through an agricultural fair. KANYON-KANYON FESTIVAL (PATUNOG-TUNOG KANYON SA NEW YEAR) December 25- December 31 | Bgy. Cabugao Norte, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo A revival of an old tradition. This is the residents’ own way of celebrating the New Year by making loud sounds through bamboo “kanyons”. PAWIL DAGUPAN December 25- December 31 | Dagupan City Part of City Fiesta celebration honoring Dagupeños living abroad to celebrate Christmas season with their relatives and friens thru colorful parade and dances. PUTO FESTIVAL December 26- December 28 | Calasiao, Pangasinan Celebration of the town’s major produce, rice cake (puto). KALIUGYON FESTIVAL December 28- January 1 | Libacao, Aklan Kaliugyon means, kali for kalye or streets and ugyon for unity or union in the streets. Libacaonons go out for a wild revelry of merrymaking to celebrate the coming of the New Year. NIÑOS INOSENTES DAY OR YAWA-YAWA FESTIVAL December 28 | Ibajay, Aklan It is participated by 2-3 barangays wherein they dress in scary costumes and they go from house to house asking for Christmas gifts and goodies. TULTUGAN FESTIVAL December 29 | Maasin, Iloilo Tultugan is the Hiligaynon and Kiniray-a word for the indigenous bamboo drum. It is the emerging festival of the province and the region. TULTUGAN FESTIVAL (DRUM & BAMBOO) December 29 | Maasin, Iloilo Tultugan is the Hiligaynon and Kiniray-a word for the indigenous bamboo drum. It is the emerging festival of the province and the region. HORSE FESTIVAL December 29- December 30 | Plaridel, Bulacan A herd of horses with colorful tilburies parading in the streets of Plaridel in reverence to St. Apostle. It is held every 29th and 30th of December. RIZAL’S DEATH ANNIVERSARY December 30 | Dapitan City Declared a national holiday, and Dapitan City which served as Dr. Jose Rizal’s home for 4 years in exile, highlights of this occasion with activities focusing on Rizal, including lectures on his life, works and ideas by known speakers. RIZAL DAY COMMEMORATION December 30 | Silay City Plaza The day opens with a solemn holy sacrifice of the mass at San Diego Pro-Cathedral to remember the death of a martyr and hero. PAKALOG SA PASIG December 31 | Pasig City People contribute and lay out a feast on the main street of the barangay and everybody partakes of it.
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