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MAPEH (PE)
4th Quarter – Module 6:
FESTIVAL DANCE
 I. FESTIVAL DANCE
• Undertakes physical activity and physical fitness assessments
• Reviews goals based on assessment results
• Describes the nature and background of the dance
• Executes the skills involved in the dance

II. CONCEPT NOTES

What is Festival?
Festival dances are cultural dances performed to the strong beats of percussion
instruments by a community people sharing the same culture usually done in honor of
a Patron Saint or as a thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest. Festival dances may be a
religious or secular in nature. But the best thing about festivals is that they add to the
merry-making and festivities of a place where they are celebrated, the reason why
they are called dances for all. Festival dances draw the people’s culture by portraying
the people’s way of life through movements, costumes and implements inherent to
their place of origin.
Filipinos do festivals primarily to celebrate unity amidst diversity of cultures. The
value of industry and hard work that brings about bountiful yield is also one of the
reasons of the celebration. Festivals have been a consistent crowd-drawing activity
which in a way uplifts the economy of one’s place due to its tourism and entertainment
value.
NATURE OF FESTIVAL DANCES
A. Cultural with religious influence
These are dances characterized by movements showing reverence to a
religious icon believed to have interceded in their personal life. The Philippines
where majority of its people are Catholics, celebrate fiestas pompously and with
so much gaiety. To them, this celebration is an expression of thanksgiving for
a bountiful harvest and for favor or request granted to them through divine
intercession. The following are some of these dances.

• ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVAL – is the feast held annually in January in honor of

the Sto. Niño (Infant Jesus), concluding on the third Sunday, in the island
and town of Kalibo, Aklan in the Philippines. The name “Ati-Atihan” means
“to be like Aetas” or “make believe Ati’s”. The festival consists of tribal
dance, music, accompanied by indigenous costumes and weapons and
parade along the street. Christians, and non-Christians observe this day
with religious precessions. It has inspired many other Philippine Festival
including SINULOG FESTIVAL OF CEBU and DINAGYANG FESTIVAL
OF ILO-ILO CITY, Both adaptation of the Kalibo Ati-Atihan Festival.
• MORIONES FESTIVAL – is an annual festival held on Holy Week on the
island of Marinduque, Philippines. The costumes and masks replicating the
garb of biblical Roman soldiers are interpreted by local folks. The Moriones
or Moryonan tradition has inspired the creation of other festivals in the
Philippines where cultural practices or folk history is turned into street
festivals.This is a folk-religious festival that re-enacts the story of Saint
Longinus, a Roman centurion who was blind in one eye. This weeklong
celebration starts on Holy Monday ends on Easter Sunday.

• DINAGYANG FESTIVAL – Is a religious and cultural festival in Ilo-Ilo City,

Philippines held on the fourth Sunday of January, or right after the Sinulog
in Cebu and the Ati-atihan in Aklan. It is held both to honor to honor the Sto.
Niño and to celebrate the arrival on Panay of Malay settlers and the
subsequent selling of the island to them by the Atis.

• SINULOG FESTIVAL – in Cebu City is held every year on the third Sunday
of January. The festival is characterized by a very long parade with many
groups of persons dressed on colorful costumes, finding their way through
the streets while dancing the Sinulog.

This Sinulog, is now the traditional and ritual dance in honor of Sto. Niño.
The dance is accompanied by the sound of the drums: all the time
moving two steps forward followed by one step backward. Though the
dance is already very old, the pared is rather young! 1980 was the first
year that the parade was organized.
• FEAST OF OR LADY OF PEÑAFRANCIA - is celebrated on the third
Saturday of September in Naga City, Bicol. The feast day is preceded by a
novena, nine days prayer, in honor of the Virgin. On the first day, the image
of the Virgin, a copy of Madonna in Peñafrancia, Spain is brought from its
shrine to the Naga Cathedral where the novena is held. On the last day, the
image is returned to her shrine following the Naga river route. The colorful
evening procession is lit by thousands of candles from devotees in boats
escorting the image. When the barges reach its destination, the devotees
shout “Viva la Virgen” (Long live the Virgin!) and the image is brought back
in a procession to the cathedral.

• PAHIYAS FESTIVAL – One of the country’s biggest, and most colorful

harvest festival every May 15th, along with the harvest festivals of the towns
of Tayabas, Sariaya, Gumaca and Tiaong. These are Philippine known
harvest festivals to honor San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers.
 B. INDIGENOUS INFLUENCE/ NON-RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
Filipinos who are known to be fun loving people always find time to
celebrate any occasion be it personal, family or even those that will require the whole
community to commemorate an event or acknowledge an icon which became the
source of inspiration, identity, or origin. It also showcases Filipino values such as
industry, cooperation, and unity. Here are some of the dances
• LANZONES FESTIVAL – is an annual thanksgiving celebration for
Camiguin Island’s bountiful harvest. The town of Mambajao holds the feast
during the third week of October, in time for the season of the tropical fruit
lanzones.

• MASKARA FESTIVAL – The festival began in 1980 during a period of

crisis. The province relied on sugar cane as its primary agricultural crop,
and the price of sugar was at an all-time low due to the introduction of sugar
substitutes like high fructose (corn syrup) in the United States. This was the
first MASKARA FESTIVAL a time of tragedy: on April 22 of that year, the
inter-island vessel MV Don Juan carrying many Negrenses, including those
belonging to prominent families in Bacolod City, collided with the tanker
Tacloban City and sank. An estimated 700 lives were lost in the tragedy.

• IBALONG FESTIVAL - is a non-religious festival in Legazpi City, Albay,

Philippines and is held in August. The festival celebrates the epic story
Ibalong who was accompanied by three legendary heroes namely Baltog,
Handyong, Bantong.

• KALILANGAN FESTIVAL – is a festival celebrated in General Santos City

every month of February. Kalilang means to celebrate and what the
Kalilangan Festival celebrates is the tradition of sharing, hospitality,
altruism which is part of the cultural heritage of Mindanao. This festival
honors the ethic rituals of Mindanao such as the local wedding ceremony
and other religious rituals.

C. Film
The Metro Manila Film Festival- Philippines (MMFF-P) is an annual film festival
held in Manila. The festival, which runs from the 25th of December to the first
week of January in the following year, focuses on locally produced films. It was
established in the year 1975.

D. FLOWER FESTIVAL

This festival commemorates the season of blooming as it pays tribute to the

blooms and lush found in a particular place. It is a way of expressing gratitude
by means of floral offering.
 • Panagbenga Festival- is a festival celebrated in Bagiuo, the summer
capital of the Philippines. The festival held during the month of
February.it was created as a tribute to the city`s flowers and to rise up
from the devastation of the 1990 Luzon Earthquake. The festival
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 the Cordillera region.

III. LEARNING TASKS

Learning Task 1
Instructions: Read and answer each statement carefully. Choose your answer on
the box provided below.

SINULOG DINAGYANG MORIONES LANZONES MASKARA

FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL
ATI-ATIHAN PANAGBENGA KALILANGAN IBALONG PAHIYAS
FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL

1. It is a festival celebrated in Bagiuo, the summer capital of the Philippines.

2. The festival celebrates the epic story Ibalong who was accompanied by three
legendary heroes namely Baltog, Handyong, Bantong.
3. It as also called as festival of smiles.
4. It is a festival celebrated in General Santos City every month of February.
5. The feast held annually in January in honor of the Sto. Niño (Infant Jesus),
concluding on the third Sunday, in the island and town of Kalibo, Aklan in the
Philippines.
6. One of the country’s biggest, and most colorful harvest festival every May
15th, along with the harvest festivals of the towns of Tayabas, Sariaya,
Gumaca and Tiaong.
7. Cebu City is held this festival every year on the third Sunday of January in
honored to its Patron Saint Sto. Niño.
8. Is an annual thanksgiving celebration for Camiguin Island’s bountiful harvest.
9. Is a religious and cultural festival in Ilo-Ilo City, Philippines held on the fourth
Sunday of January, or right after the Sinulog in Cebu and the Ati-atihan in
Aklan.
10. This is a folk-religious festival that re-enacts the story of Saint Longinus, a
Roman centurion who was blind in one eye. This week long celebration starts
on Holy Monday ends on Easter Sunday.
Learning Task 2
Instructions: Recall the dances you heard and see if you can answer these perfectly.
Put check mark (/) on the column that falls under each category.

NAME OF DANCE SECULAR RELIGIOUS

1. DINAGYANG
FESTIVAL
2. MORIONES
FESTIVAL
3. ATI-ATIHAN
FESTIVAL
4. LANZONES
FESTIVAL
5. MORIONES
FESTIVAL
6. SINULOG
FESTIVAL
7. IBALONG
FESTIVAL
8. FEAST OF
OUR LADY OF
PEÑAFRANCIA
9. MASKARA
FESTIVAL
10. PAHIYAS
FESTIVAL

Learning Task 3
Instructions: Create you own any festival headdress using any available materials
at home.

CATEGORY 1 2 3 4
CREATIVITY Totally, Most of the Some The artwork
original artwork aspects of is copy seen
design, no elements are the artwork in source
element is unique, but 1 are unique, material or
an exact element may but several one made by
copy of be copied elements are another
designs from source copied from students
seen in material source (80% or more
source materials or of elements
material other are copied)
students
ATTRACTIVENESS/ The artwork The artwork The artwork The artwork
CRAFTSMANSHIP shows that shows that shows that looks thrown
 the creator the creator the creator together at
was took was took was took the last
great pride in great pride in great pride in minute. It
his/her work. his/her work. his/her work. appears that
The design The design The design little design or
and and and planning was
construction construction construction done.
look carefully look look carefully Craftmanship
planned. planned. The planned. The is poor.
item has few item has
flaws several flaws

IV. REFLECTION
Instructions: Answer the following processing questions. (At least 5
sentences each question.)

1. Why is it important to learn the Philippine festival?

2. If you are to create a festival, what would it be and why?
3. How will you participate a festival in your community?
References
References

n.d. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki.List_of_Festival_in_the_Philippines.

n.d.

Lagyap, Cloyd M. 2017. "Physical Education and Health Learner's Material." 177-193. Pasig City: FEP
Printing Corporation.
Compiled by:
Queenie T. Pino – Teacher I
Mary Ann C. Mata – Teacher I