ALL ROADS LEAD TO 2012 HOT AIR BALLOON FEST! Mark your calendar! Some 25 international balloon pilots are participating in the 17th Philippine International Hot-Air Balloon Festival on February 9 – 12, 2011 at Clark Freeport Zone (Air Force Hangar) and they’re going to wow some 100,000 local and foreign spectators from various...
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ART FESTIVAL PARTY UNLEASHED in REPOSO on May 28 via TUKLAS SINING! Join the Grupong Reposo in their delightful summer art fest along Reposo St. (Nicanor Garcia St.), Bel Air, Makati. The “Tuklas Sining” will host visual artists, the performing arts (singers and dancers), a crafts/arts/books bazaar, French films, art and...
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Ati-atihan is a loud, frenzied and passionate festival celebrated in Kalibo, Aklan every January. It actually celebrates and symbolizes two major historical events: First is the landing of the 10 Bornean Datus on their boats or Balangays on Panay island. History says that the Atis worked a pact with the datus and sold them pieces of...
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In Spain, the bullfighting festival is called Corrida de Toros or literally, the Running of the Bulls. In these festivals, the bulls are let loose in the streets and the people literally run away from them – after provoking it, of course because where’s the fun it that if you just run, eh? In San Joaquin, Iloilo, the...
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Now that 2010 is almost over, we want to help you plan out your adventures and discoveries for the next year! Here’s the official 2011 calendar of festivities in the Philippines! Don’t fret though as we will give you a separate post for each festival and include the ways on how to get there, where to stay, what to watch...
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