PE 103 –Physical Fitness Towards Health and Fitness (PATH-
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Module 4: FESTIVAL DANCE
Introduction:
This module will introduce you to the different festivals in the Philippines. Many such
celebrations focus on cultural or ethnic topics and seek to inform community members of their
traditions. They involve community elders sharing stories and experiences; setting templates for
maintaining unity among families.
This module consists of the following lesson:
Lesson 1: Festival Dances
Content: 10 Most Popular Festival Dances in the Philippines.
Learning Outcomes
explain the background of festival dance.
discuss the history of the different festival dances in the Philippines.
describe the commonalities and differences of one festival with the other festivals.
Lesson 1
Festival Dance
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. explain the background of festival dance.
2. discuss the history of the different festival dances in the Philippines.
3. describe the commonalities and differences of one festival with the other festivals.
Indicative Content:
Introduction
10 Most Popular Festivals in the Philippines
Sinulog Festival
Ati-atihan Festival
Dinagyang Festival
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Panagbenga Festival
Moriones Festival
Pahiyas Festival
Pintados-Kadisayan Festival
Sirong Festival
Masskara Festival
Giant Lantern Festival
Discussion
Introduction
Festival dances are cultural dances performed to the strong beats of percussion
instruments by a community of people sharing the same culture usually done in honor of a Patron
Saint or in thanksgiving of a bountiful harvest. Festival dances may be religious or secular in
nature.
Festivals are a chance to whole people of the country and world to work and connect for
a cause. So that it spread brotherhood, faith, love, sense of respect and duty in between people.
That's why festivals are important occasions that have to be celebrated peacefully and without
destroying others emotions and beliefs.
10 BEST FESTIVALS IN THE PHILIPPINES
There’s a number of festivals in the Philippines throughout the year. It doesn’t matter
which month you travel, there will be a festival you’ll surely enjoy in different seasons. There
are even festivals that last for a month or more. Some of our festivals were influenced by the
Spanish era in the 1500s. They focus on religious traditions, while the other festivals are
integrated with the significant historical events of the country.
1. Sinulog Festival
Sinulog Festival is annually celebrated for cultural and religious purposes. This event is
celebrated in other parts of the country where the local government arranges the festival. The
event will consist of a street party, dancing, and performing locals in traditional costumes. The
Catholic Santo Niño is the centre of this celebration, but the Sinulog dance ritual also
commemorates the Filipinos’ pagan past, along with their acceptance of Christianity.
2.Ati-Atihan Festival
Another celebration to honour the Santo Niño, Ati-Atihan is where people go to the
streets parading their traditional costumes and weapons, and painting their bodies black.
Participants march and dance in the town, matched with loud drumbeats. This festival will
definitely make you dance your heart out while enjoying a true Filipino atmosphere.
3. Dinagyang Festival
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Dinagyang Festival is one of the largest festivals in the country. It’s when Iloilo takes the
street festivals to the next level. The city converts all its streets into a massive open-air festival
and everyone is invited. Mouthwatering local dishes are overflowing whilst there are bands
playing in every alley you turn to. Every barangay and school will come together and have an
extravagant dance competition.
4.Panagbenga Festival
One of longest festivals in the Philippines, Panagbenga is celebrated through month of
February. This month highlights the season of blooming flowers, at the same time, this is also to
commemorate our rise from the disastrous 1990 earthquake in Luzon. Marvellous floats,
designed with various types of flowers, conquer the streets of Baguio City. Tourists can expect
street dancing by dancers wearing flower-inspired costumes. Expect it to be even colder in
Baguio when you visit as this festival is celebrated in February.
5. Moriones Festival
This is a festival that lasts for a week in Marinduque. Moriones is the celebration of the
life of St. Longinus whose eye was healed by the blood of Christ. Since most Filipinos don’t
work during the Holy Week and this event follows the schedule of the Holy Week, a lot of locals
stay in Marinduque to celebrate the festival. Morion refers to the helmet of the people dressed as
Roman soldiers, while Moriones refers to the people who dress as these Roman soldiers. These
costumed Moriones roam the streets for seven days, scaring children and making noise to reenact
the search for Longinus, the centurion who pierced Jesus on the cross with a spear.
6.Pahiyas Festival
May 15 is when the locals of Lucban decorate their houses extravagantly with vibrant and
lively colours. Vegetables are hung as decorations because this festival celebrates the season of
harvesting. People are allowed to bring their own basket and pick fresh vegetables from the
walls, with no charge – happy fiesta and shopping at the same time!
7.Pintados-Kadisayan Festival
Pintados-Kasadayan Festival is another religious celebration in the name of the Santo
Niño held in Tacloban City. It showcases the rich culture and colourful history of the province of
Leyte. The dancers paint their faces and bodies with vibrant colours of blue and green to depict
Leyte’s ancestral people. Some dancers are also painted with designs that look like armour to
represent the warriors that lived in Leyte long ago.
8.Sirong Festival
Sirong Festival is another cultural and religious celebration. Various towns claim that it
originated in their municipalities in Surigao del Sur. Most of these towns were founded during
the pre-Spanish occupation and were attacked by the Moros. Sirong Festival features a war dance
between the Muslims and the Christians. It marks the Christianisation of the early Cantilangnons.
Whoever wins the best dance in the festival brings home a cash prize.
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9.Masskara Festival
A festival that is celebrated from the city of smiles – Bacolod City. Mass (crowd) kara
(face) Festival is filled with people wearing colourful smiling masks designed with feathers,
flowers, and native beads. The festival allows tourists to enjoy 20 days of beer drinking, street
dancing, and merrymaking. Every street is filled with locals wearing their smiling masks and
festive costumes while dancing around and spreading the happy atmosphere throughout the city.
10.Giant Lantern Festival
San Fernando organises the biggest festival in the country. It features a competition of
giant lantern making, which is why it has been called the “Christmas Capital of the Philippines”.
This is also to celebrate the Christmas season, where participants produce up to fifteen-foot
diameter lanterns. It is a rule that each lantern should be made out of locally available materials.
These lanterns are showcased in a parade in each barrio before the midnight mass on Christmas.
STUDENT ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY 1
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Name:______________________________________ Date:____________
Course, Year & Section________________________ Score:___________
Subject Professor: MS. MAY ANN G. CAMPOS, R.N
1.Discuss briefly the contribution of each of the following festival in the development of
Filipino culture and tradition.
Ati-Atihan Festival
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Moriones Festival
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ACTIVITY 2
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Name:______________________________________ Date:____________
Course, Year & Section________________________ Score:___________
Subject Professor: MS. MAY ANN G. CAMPOS, R.N
Essay
1.What is the purpose of festival?
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Rubrics for Assessing Student Activity/Exercises and Evaluation
Assessment
A. Clarity of Explanation
____3. Explanation is tightly focus and contains accurate information.
____2. Explanation is adequately focused.
____1. Explanation lacks relevance or focus.
____0. Explanation is not clear.
Total_____
B. Logical Sequence of the Processes/Procedure
____3. Ideas are presented in logical order with effective transiitons between major
ideas.
____2. Ideas are in logical with adequate transitions between most major ideas.
____1. Some ideas are not presented in proper order.
____0. Ideas are not presented in proper order transition.
Total _____
C. Level of Understanding
____3. The students demonstrates deep understanding of the topic.
____2. The students demonstrates understanding of the topic.
____1. The students stives to demonstrates understanding of the topic.
____0. The student do not understand the topic.
Total_____
D. Date of Submission
____3. Submitted before the deadline.
____2. Submitted on the deadline.
____1. Submitted a day after the deadline.
____0. None submission of the module assigned.
Total ____
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Total Score _____
(Rating Based on the Transmutation)
Score 12 11-10 9-8 7-6 5 4 3 2 1
Grade 1.0 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.00
99 96 93 90 87 84 81 78 75
Evaluation
Test I: Identification:
Name:______________________________________ Date:____________
Course, Year & Section________________________ Score:___________
Subject Professor: MS. MAY ANN G. CAMPOS, R.N
Direction: Identify the following dance terminologies. Write your answer on the space provided
before the number.
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_________________ 1. One of longest festivals in the Philippines celebrated through
month of February. This month highlights the season of blooming
flowers, at the same time. Marvellous floats, designed with various types
of flowers, conquer the streets of Baguio City.
_________________ 2. This is a festival that lasts for a week in Marinduque. Moriones is
the celebration of the life of St. Longinus whose eye was healed by
the blood of Christ.
_________________ 3. It features a competition of giant lantern making, which is why it
has been called the “Christmas Capital of the Philippines”. It
features a competition of giant lantern making, which is why it has
been called the “Christmas Capital of the Philippines”.
_________________ 4. This festival celebrates the season of harvesting. People are
allowed to bring their own basket and pick fresh vegetables from the
walls, with no charge – happy fiesta and shopping at the same time!
_________________ 5. One of the largest festivals in the country. It’s when Iloilo takes
the street festivals to the next level. The city converts all its streets
into a massive open-air festival and everyone is invited.
_________________ 6. A festival that is celebrated from the city of smiles – Bacolod City.
Mass (crowd) kara (face) Festival is filled with people wearing
colourful smiling masks designed with feathers, flowers, and native
beads.
Cut here_________________ 7. This festival will definitely make you dance your heart out while
enjoying a true Filipino atmosphere. Participants march and dance
in the town, matched with loud drum beats.
_________________ 8.This event is celebrated in other parts of the country where the
local government arranges the festival. The event will consist of a
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street party, dancing, and performing locals in traditionalcostumes.
_________________ 9. Features a war dance between the Muslims and the Christians. It
marks the Christianisation of the early Cantilangnons. Whoever
wins the best dance in the festival brings home a cash prize.
_________________10. It showcases the rich culture and colourful history of the province
of Leyte. The dancers paint their faces and bodies with vibrant
colours of blue and green to depict Leyte’s ancestral people.
ADDITIONAL READING:
https://www.dancesofthephilippineislands.htm
https://www.sayawpilipinas.htm
https://festivaldancesofthephilippines.htm
References:
CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art: Philippine Dance, Vol. V (1994) Manila, Cultural center of
the Philippines
https://www.dancesofthephilippineislands.htm
https://www.sayawpilipinas.htm
https://festivaldancesofthephilippines.htm
Olivar, Bocobo Celia, (2012), History of Physical Education in the Philippines, Quezon City;
University of the Philippines Press.
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