Tag: Philippine fiesta

While many of these festivals have religious beginnings they are now becoming secular and are being promoted as tourist attractions

Bohol is supposed to sink a few meters in May, the fiesta month, because the population of the island multiplies up to four times when families come home

The Santacruzan now being held as a pageant is an indication of how the Catholic Church has been losing its grip on the faithful

“Nakikiusap ako sa lahat na panatilihin natin ang kasagraduhan ng mga pista na bahagi na ng ating buhay,” sabi ng obispo

The sleepy little town of Dapitan in the southern Philippines comes to life every 24th of July to celebrate their faith

A 'fiesta' is commonly about the celebration of a city's or a village's patron saint, or of harvest especially during the month of May

It has always been a joke that Bohol “sinks” during the month May because the population multiplies twice, thrice, or even four times

For the first time Since the 1800s, the Parish of St. James in Dapitan altered the traditional celebration of the fiesta due to the pandemic

There will be no “traslacion,” the religious procession attended by millions of devotees, and no fluvial procession during this year’s celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Penafrancia in Naga City.