| Lapu-lapu City Fiesta | | November 21 - 22 | | Lapu-lapu City |
Join in colorful rites to honor the Virgin of the Rule, patron of Lapu-lapu City.
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| | Kabkaban Festival | | November 24 | | Carcar |
The festival is derived from Carcar’s old name, Kabkad, a kind of fern.
The festival is not just a religious fanfare in honor of the town’s patroness, St Catherine of Alexandria, but a cultural catalogue of the town’s historical periods and industry like shoemaking, as well as their arts that is showcased through street dancing and parade. |
| | Pasko Sa Sugbu | | December 01 - 31 | | Cebu City |
Chistmas in Cebu is celebrated with songs, gifts, twinkling lights and a month-long program of yuletide events.
Check out the nightly cultural shows for a taste of the season, Cebuano-style. There's also the various parol, christmas tree and "daygon" competitions, participated by students from the city's numerous schools. |
| | Tag-anitohan Festival | | December 08 - 09 | | Tudela, Camotes Island |
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 christianization until it was separated from its mother town of Pro in the 1911.
Tudela is fabled place once known as “Tag-anito” derived from the practice by its inhabitants of worshipping anitos or spirits. The festival likewise features mascots of the famous “Mandayang” known for his “anting-anting”, a native defender against invading “moro warriors”. The street dancing is composed of the general mortal dance, the immortal dance and the great celebration. |
| | Sinulog 2006 | | January 06 - 15 | | Cebu City |
The annually anticipated Cebuano celebration called Sinulog once more unfolds before your very eyes.
The city is in frenzy... you see people flock to the Basilica Minore to pay tribute to the child God. Business is bomming --- vendors of food, Cebuano delicacies, and souvenir items line the pedestrians. You got no choice but to enjoy the festivity and the chaos and revelry that comes with it. |
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