Panag-apoy: Sagada’s Festival of Light

At sundown, the cemetery appears to be a town drowning in fire. Every first of November, Sagadians gather at the cemetery to remember their departed loved ones. But instead of lighting traditional candles, they use woods of old pine trees locally called “saeng“, a flammable wood from old pine trees, to create bonfires on the graves of their departed. They call it “panag-apoy”,... Read More

Cuyo’s Pagdayao Festival

Every 28th day of August, the remote town of Cuyo in Palawan celebrates its town fiesta in honor of their Patron Saint Agustin. Kids performers in aeta-aetehan (ati-atihan) Cuyo, a town in the group of islands of the same name sits in the open water of Sulu Sea is blessed with rich history and culture, unexploited islands and islets decorated with white sand beaches and built by... Read More