The Giant Lantern Festival is an annual festival held in mid-December in the City of San Fernando in the Philippines. The festival features a competition of giant parol lanterns, which are traditional Filipino Christmas decorations made of bamboo and paper. Because of the popularity of the festival, the city has

The Panuluyan Festival is a dramatization of the search for lodging by Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem right before the birth of Jesus Christ. This tradition is generally held on Christmas Eve, when Filipinos of the Catholic faith prepare for the midnight Mass. It is also a way of reliving

The Hinugyaw Festival is an annual festival that takes place every January 10th in the city of Koronadal, South Cotabato, in the southern part of the Philippines. The festival celebrates the founding anniversary of Koronadal City, as well as the culture and tradition of its people, who are composed of

The Feast of the Black Nazarene is a religious festival that is held every January 9 in Manila, Philippines. It is centered around the Black Nazarene, a life-sized image of Jesus Christ carrying the cross that is believed to be miraculous by many devotees. The image has a dark complexion,