Two movable January fiestas take place in Bontoc, Mountain Province. The Appey, a 3 day thanksgiving for a good harvest and the Mannerway, an exotic rain dance festival.

Iriga City, Camarines Sur has its thanksgiving festival, Tinagba, February 11 highlighted by a striking procession of carts laden with the best produce.

Luzon frequently has strong winds in March so that Saranggolahan or kite flying contests are popular. The kites range from very simple squares of plastic-wrap to elaborate dragons or birds.

One of the most colorful fiestas in the Philippines, the Moriones, is held during Holy Week on the island of Marinduque. There the inhabitants carve wooden masks depicting Roman soldiers and wear them when re-enacting the story of the Roman Longinus who was converted to Christianity when he regained his sight after the blood of Jesus fell on his eyes.

The Sunduan Ha Carigara, a homecoming of the Holy Cross Academy, is also celebrated in Carigara, Leyte during Holy Week. It has a number of religious and cultural events including cockfighting, barrio fiestas, a fair, fireworks display and lenten presentations.

War dances are a part of the Lami-Lamihan Yakan festival April 14-16 in Lamitan, Basilan and there is a re-enactment of the battle of Mactan, Cebu, the Babug-bahugan sa Mactan, on April 27. Dongkahilwayan (Landing of Freedom) is celebrated in Pandan, Antique April 25 in honor of San Vicente Ferrer and to commemorate the warm welcome given to the US forces who landed in 1900. Since it is in honor of Americans, the guest of honor must be a ranking US officer who participates in the event. During the first day, the ranking officer together with the members of his staff is part of a fluvial parade on the river aboard a large boat followed by small boats to the continous beat of drums. This ends at the town's park where contests of various kinds are held. A side feature is the midnight Handugan, a re-enactment of the native's reception of the Americans. Those attending the affair are dressed in colorful costumes the natives used to wear.

At Banaue, Ifugao on April 28-30 there are various contests including tug-of-war, stone carrying, leg wrestling and spear throwing at the Imbayuk Ifugao Ethnic Sports Festival. On a more religious note the Antipolo, Rizal annual pilgrimage is celebrated the night of April 29 when pilgrims trek until dawn to the Shrine of the Blessed Mother. These are only a few examples of the many events taking place all over the islands.

Flores de Mayo (Bulaklakan) is celebrated the whole month of May on all of the islands. Commonly children offer flowers to the Blessed Virgin Mary and have candle light processions with the prettiest girls in town dressed in their Sunday best. Flores de Mayo climaxes in the Santacruzan, a procession and pageant in honor of Queen Helena's search for the Holy Cross.

The Pahiyas festival held in honor of Saint Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of the Filipino farmer, every May 15 in many places in the Philippines. However, Lucban, Quezon is the most noted site for this celebration. There the town's citizens spend a month in preparing and mapping out routines. As this is a feast of thanksgiving for a rich harvest it is not surprising that homes are decorated with fruits and vegetables. But, in addition, poultry raisers will decorate the front of their homes with tinted egg shells, bakers with fancy shaped loaves - in short the decore matches the occupation of the occupant. As might be expected there are the usual festive foods but for the Pahiyas festival they make a special treat, kiping. The kiping is made of freshly ground newly harvested rice. The rice flour is moistened and the thin dough is spread onto a leaf and steamed. It is dried and colored pink, red, yellow or green. These thin, brittle rice "leaves" are an intregal part of the decorations of the fiesta and are eaten dipped in liver sauce or catsup. In the afternoon there is a parade with images of the saint and his wife, gigantes (large figures of paper mache on bamboo frames) and the participants who may nibble the decorations along the way. The parade ends at the church grounds where games like pabitin are played. In pabitin fruits such as mangos or watermelons are attached to a bamboo framework which is then pulled by a rope over the heads of the participants. The framework is rapidly lowered and raised and the participants try to grab the fruit.

An alternative fiesta paying homage to San Isidro Labrador is the Carabao Festival throughout Nueva Ecija, at Pulilan, Bulacan and Angono, Rizal. The farmers parade about the church plaza on their decorated animals before beginning as day of games, contests and merry-making.

In prehispanic times May was also the season for fertility dances. The Catholic Church pragmatically convinced the natives to conduct their dances in front of saint's images instead of idols. In Obando, Bulacan every May 17 to 19 dances of the childless are performed in the parish church and then on the streets of the town. Prayers are offered to San Pascual de Bayon, Sta. Clara and the Lady of Salambao. According to experts the dance must be performed with gyrating hips in time to the music and with belief. Many of town's people join in the dance although they may have no particular petition. The population growth attests to the effectiveness of the right movements.

During the month of May in Antipolo, Rizal province, pilgrimages are made to the shrine of the travelers' patron saint, Nuestra Senora de la Paz y Buen Viaje. {The Feast of The Black Nazarene of Capalonga, Camarines Norte is celebrated the second week of May for 6 consecutive days. Thousands of foreign and local tourists, the majority are Chinese, of Taoist or Buddhist creed, come to Capalonga to perform their own religious rituals for 2 days. The following days are characterized by nocturnal processions around the town and the last one is at 03:00 culminated by a dawn mass which gets everybody home before daybreak.}

A parade of roast pig (Paradang Lechon) honoring St John the Baptist is the centerpiece of a fiesta at Balayan, Batangas June 24. After the procession the inhabitants make pigs of themselves. While at San Juan, Rizal the inhabitants douse friends and strangers alike in perhaps a more traditional manner to honor the saint.

Saints Peter and Paul are honored June 28-30 in Apalit, Pampanga in a fluvial procession that highlights the three day fiesta.

In a combination of pagan and Christian rites the natives of Mountain province celebrate Tengao Fagfagto, a harvest festival, on a movable date in July.

The Pagoda sa Wawa is held the first Sunday of July in Bocaue, Bulacan. The main feature is a fluvial parade of decorated outriggers filled with devotees which follow a barge carrying the pagoda that encloses a cross along the river.

Kaamulan, which means social gethering in Binukid, is celebrated by the many tribes of the region in Malaybalay, Bukidnon. The first week of September they trek down from th mountains to the 12 hectare city plaza to give thanks and to worship their common god, Magbabaya, for three days of rites, ethnic songs and dances. There are ceremonies of welcome which both ward off pestilence and plague from the visitor's home while at the same time cleansing him of any evil committed. The visitor has the opportunity to taste Bukidnon food and wine, to buy various wares being bartered at a whole day fair and to watch the various dances of rites and rituals.

In the third week of September the Penafrancia festival, the biggest and most widely celebrated in the Bicol region, begins in Naga City, Camarines Sur. The nine-day event starts with traslacion in which the Blessed Virgin's image is first taken from the Old Shrine to the Cathedral at Naga City. The highlight is its homecoming trip to the Basilica Minore, her shrine, in an afternoon fluvial procession on a centuries old barge designated the pagoda and intrically and beautifully oramented. According to legend the image was carved by an unknown Filipino, in the 18th century, based on a picture of the Virgin brought from Spain. A dog was sacrificed and its blood was used to color the statue. The first "miricle" was when the dog, which had been sacrificed, was seen swimming the river and then ran home to its master. Candlelight processions and fireworks dominate the night after the Virgin goes home.

Saint Michael the Archangel, Senor San Miguel, is feted the 29th of September in Iligan City, Lanan del Norte. The yawa-yawa, a play with dance and song concerning the life of their patron saint is performed.

Baguio City is the site of an Arts and Crafts Festival November 1st through the 10th.

Mountain tribesmen troop to Davao City the first week of October to participate in an annual cultural sharing of traditional rituals, songs and dances.

November 22-23 is the thanksgiving feast day of San Clemente, patron of fishermen, in Angono, Rizal. The saint's image is taken from the altar to a barge for a fluvial procession then the fishermen and their families, carrying fishing gear parade back to the church with the image. There is also a fair and giants made of paper mache.

The Zambales' version of the Ati-atihan is conducted at Binabayani November 30. The war dance between the Christians and Aetas is held in the belief that this will insure future bountiful harvests.

The Feast of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated December 8 in Roxas City, Capiz; Pasig, Metro Manila and Vigan, Ilocos Sur with evening parades, beauty pageants, cultural presentations, carnivals, and fireworks.

There are some fiestas even during the Christmas-New Year's period. The Feast of St. James The Apostle is celebrated in Plaridel, Bulacan December 29-30. Parades of rare sleds and horse drawn rigs and sulkies begin before dawn and end at the parish church where a mass is held. Sulky races are held in the afternoon.

There are some fiestas even during the Christmas-New Year's period. The Feast of St. James The Apostle is celebrated in Plaridel, Bulacan December 29-30. Parades of rare sleds and horse drawn rigs and sulkies begin before dawn and end at the parish church where a mass is held. Sulky races are held in the afternoon.