Festival Dance Week 13

Content Standards
1. The learner demonstrates an understanding of fitness and exercise in optimizing one’s health as a
habit; as requisite for physical activity assessment performance, and as a career opportunity
2. The learner demonstrates an understanding of sports in optimizing one’s health as a habit; as a
requisite for physical activity assessment performance, and as a career opportunity.

Performance Standards
1. The learner demonstrates an understanding of sports in optimizing one’s health as a habit; as a
requisite for physical activity assessment performance, and as a career opportunity.
2. The learner demonstrates an understanding of sports in optimizing one’s health as a habit; as a
requisite for physical activity assessment performance, and as a career opportunity.

Most Essential Learning Competencies

1. Enumerate some examples of Non-Aerobic Activity.
2. Explain the benefits you will get when performing the non-aerobic activity.
3. Differentiate Aerobic and Non-aerobic Activity using the Venn diagram.

Lesson Presentation

Festival Dance
1. Types of Festival Dance in the Philippines
a. Ati-atihan Festival
b. Sinulog Festival
c. Dinagyang Festival
d. Panagbenga Festival
e. Moriones Festival
f. Masskara Festival

Terminologies
Festival - a special time or event when people gather to celebrate something
Ati-Atihan - to pretend or to be like the Atis
Sinulog - like water current movement
Dinagyang - merrymaking

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Panagbenga - blooming
Masskara - many faces

● Festival dances are cultural dances performed to the strong beasts 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.
● It may be religious or secular in nature but the best thing about festivals is that they add to the
merry-making and festivities where they are celebrated, the reason why they are called festival dances
after all.
● Festival dances draw the people's culture by portraying the people's ways of life through movements,
costumes, and implements inherent to their place of origin.
● Filipinos do festivals primarily to celebrate.
● We celebrate our unity amidst the diversity of cultures and we celebrate our industry bringing about a
bountiful harvest.
● Basically, festivals are a form of entertainment that attract foreign and domestic tourists to visit a place
eventually leading to the elevation of the Filipino's quality of life.
● Festival dances reflect the unity of the Filipino community that despite the economic, social,
environmental, cultural, and political challenges we face every day, there can be no other race more
resilient than ours.
Types of Festival Dance in the Philippines
1. Ati-Atihan Festival
● It is celebrated every January, culminating on the month's third Sunday. 800 years old, the festival is
known as the eldest festival in the country and the precursor to both Cebu's famous Sinulog Festival
and Iloilo's Dinagyang
● all of which are held today in honor of Santo Nino.
● Translated, the festival's name means "to pretend or to be like the Atis."
● The Atis, or Aetas as they are also commonly called, are characteristics darker-skinned and of small
stature.
● While many Ati-atihan celebrations take place across the Aklan province, such as in Ibajay and the
famous island of Boracay, the grandest of all takes place in its capital, Kalibo.

How do we celebrate Ati-Atihan?

Since the Churches officially adopted the Ati-atihan Festival, novenas and masses have become the
essential ingredient of the ceremony. Before the start of the festival people go to attend the novenas and
masses that are held for Santo Nino, people keep praying until the end of the festival.
The first-day celebration normally starts with the mass, in which there is a drum beat people wear
Ati-atihan festival costumes even air is filled with the sound of Ati-atihan music and there is spiritual street
dancing (sadsad) and parading of local and guests who come there to join the festival.

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The second day of the festival begins when the first ray of light appears in the sky, festival start with
novena. The slogan "HalaBira" and "PweraPasma" is originally integrated with Santo Nino Ati-atihan Festival.
The third day is a very important day of the celebration and is considered the cheerful and lively day of
all the festival celebrations. Almost eighty groups of tribes compete eagerly with each other as there is a One
Million Philippine peso prize for the winner group.
The last moments of the festival started when people walked behind the street dancers and followed
them while holding bamboo torches, sculptures, and holding paintings of the Child Jesus.

2. Sinulog Festival
● Sinulog Festival or Santo Nino Festival is an annual religious and cultural festival in Cebu.
● Sinulog comes from the Cebuano word "sulog”: which means "like water current movement" which
depicts the forward-backward step of Sinulog dance.
● Sinulog Festival is held every third Sunday of January. For 2020, it falls on the 19th of January. This is
why it's highly recommended to go to Cebu a few days before the Sinulog festival and stay for a couple
more to fully experience the events and also explore the province.
● The Grand Street Parade, which is the focal event for Sinulog, normally starts on the third Sunday of
January at around 8 or 9 in the morning. On Sunday night, there are pyro musical shows that will treat
you to a beautiful display of fireworks.
3. Dinagyang Festival
● Dinagyang is a Hiligaynon word that means "merrymaking".
● Just like the Sinulog and Ati-atihan Festivals, Dinagyang Festival is one of the religious festivities in the
Philippines that celebrates the feast of the Santo Nino and the pact between the Datus and locals.
● Every 4th Sunday of January, the festival transforms Iloilo City into a massive street party with
overflowing drinks and food.
● The most exciting part is that the city hosts a highly competitive Dinagyang Festival contest and grand
float parades.
● The Iloilo Dinagyang Festival is a showcase of the rich heritage, colorful history, passionate devotion,
and fun-loving spirit of the Ilonggo people.
● The festival’s major events include the fluvial procession, religious sadsad, and the tribes' dance
competition.
4. Panagbenga Festival
● Flower Festival of Baguio
● The word "Panagbenga" is a word from the local Kankaney language, which means "blooming"
● The first festival was held in 1996 and was used as a means of recovering after the devastation that
Baguio got from the earthquake of 1990.
● Some of the nice things to see in the festival includes floats that are covered mostly with flowers; street
dancing with dancers class in flower-inspired costumes, inspired by the Bendian, an Ibaloi dance of
celebration that came from the Cordillera region.
● As a tradition with most Filipino festivals, a Grand Parade marks the beginning of Panagbenga Festival.

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● The parade is normally held on February 1st and can begin as early as 8 AM.
● A street dancing parade/competition is also a part of the festival, but that event is normally held on the
last day of February, with a magnificent float parade being held on the 1st of March.
● Some of the key events at the Panagbenga Festival include the inaugural parade, the Bazaar, the street
dance, and the parade contest as well as the float competition.
● But there are also plenty of other events that will keep you entertained all throughout February – the
Panagbenga Cultural Show, Baguio Blooms Exposition, the Fireworks Display, and the Panagbenga
Cultural Dance Competition, among others.
5. Moriones Festival
● Is an annual event that is scheduled for Holy Week, and its focal point is culture and religion in the
heart of the Philippines.
● The festival is held on a beautiful island known as Marinduque, which is easily regarded as the
heartbeat of the Philippines.
● The festival is derived from the armor worn by Roman soldiers. In the context of the Philippines'
festivals, however, the word refers to the locals who dress up adorning the costumes that Roman
soldiers wore in past Biblical times.
● The Moriones Festival is just one of the events during the Holy Week in the Philippines. Other events
during this time are Senakulo, a theatrical performance that aims to reenact the Passion of Christ, and
Via Crucis, another performance that depicts Christ's experience on his way to crucifixion.
● Keep in mind that these events aren't exclusive to Filipino Culture; they are present in all countries
around the world where Catholicism is the dominant religion.
● Men and women wearing Roman soldier masks are the Moriones.
● The name comes from the Morion helmets, which were worn in 16th and 17th century Spain.
● The point of the Moriones Festival is not to have fun or dance all night long, the point is to celebrate
Christ's humility.
6. Masskara Festival
● It is a fun festival held every October by locals in Bacolod.
● The name of the festival is derived from the words 'mass' for many and 'kara', a local word that
translates to 'face'.
● The first thing you will notice is the use of masks worn by the locals, all of whom have smiling faces.
● This festival began at a point of crisis following a sharp drop in the global price of sugar, one of
Bacolod's key crops.
● The reason for this was that by getting the locals together, it would be possible to sail through the
tough times.
● "The City of Smiles"
● The first festival was held on October 19, 1980, which is the same date as the charter day of the city
that year, and later, became a tradition where it was celebrated annually up until to this date.

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● The mask was influenced by the masked event in Italy known as the Carnival of Venice which came
back to tradition in 1979.
● The mask is as colorful as ever since the beginning of the festival and it just makes sense that some
costumes are designed the same way as well. Depending on the creativity and imagination of the
artists, some are made not to contrast with the mask's design but to compensate for it and allows it to
stand out more and become noticeable.

Conclusion/Summary

Festival dances reflect the unity of the Filipino community despite the economic, social, and environmental
problems. cultural, and political challenges we face every day, there can be no other race more resilient than
ours.
● Festival dances draw the people's culture by portraying the people's ways of life through movements,
costumes, and implements inherent to their place of origin.
● Ati-Atihan is celebrated every January, culminating on the month's third Sunday. 800 years old, the
festival is known as the eldest festival in the country and the precursor to both Cebu's famous Sinulog
Festival and Iloilo's
● Dinagyang all of which are held today in honor of Santo Nino.
● Sinulog Festival is held every third Sunday of January. For 2020, it falls on the 19th of January.
Therefore, it's highly recommended to go to Cebu a few days before the Sinulog festival and stay for a
couple more to fully experience the events and explore the province.
● Every 4th Sunday of January, the Dinagyang Festival transforms Iloilo City into a massive street party
with overflowing drinks and food.
● The word "Panagbenga" is a word from the local Kankaney language, which means "blooming". The
first festival was held in 1996 and was used as a means of recovering after the devastation that Baguio
got from the earthquake of 1990.
● The Moriones Festival is an annual event that is scheduled for the Holy Week, and its focal point is
culture and religion in the heart of the Philippines.
● The first Masskara Festival was held on October 19, 1980, which is the same date as the charter day of
the city that year and later became a tradition where it was celebrated annually up until this date.

References and Supplementary Materials

Online Supplementary Reading Materials

1. Festival dances
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2. Ati-Atihan Festival

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3. Sinulog Festival
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4. Dinagyang Festival
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5. Panagbenga Festival
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6. Moriones Festival
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7. Masskara Festival
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