Why is Bailes de Luces celebrated?
Bailes de Luces or the Festival of Lights is a thanksgiving celebration of the townspeople for all the blessings they received during the year. Street dances are done to commemorate the festival, it is celebrated in thanking the past year’s blessings and success as well as a hope for a better new year.
What is Bailes de Luces?
Translating as “Dances of Light”, the Bailes de Luces is one of the highlights of calendar in La Castellana, Negros Occidental. It is meant to be a festival of hope and thanksgiving—thanks for the blessings received and hope for a prosperous new year.
Where in the philippines that Bailes de Luces or festival of Lights is being celebrated?
LA CASTELLANA
LA CASTELLANA, Negros Occidental — True to being the home to the famous “Bailes de Luces”, or the Festival of Lights, this municipality in southern Negros is all lit up for the holidays. The annual festival runs from December 18 to January 5, coinciding with the Christmas and the New Year celebrations.
What are the rituals and activities of Dinagsa Festival?
The Dinagsa is a weeklong celebration with the rhythmic beating of drums and honoring the Señor Sto. Niño (Infant Jesus). Just like in most provinces who celebrate a festival every January in honor of the Sto Nino, the Cadiz City also has its own version of this Festival which began in the year 1972.
What is Pasalamat Festival?
Pasalamat Festival held every Sunday nearest the first of May or Labor Day. It is a harvest thanksgiving celebration by the people of La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
What is description of Dinagsa Festival?
The Dinagsa is a weeklong celebration with the rhythmic beating of drums and honoring the Señor Sto. The founding fathers of Cadiz Ati-Atihan thought of a way by which the feast of their Patron may be truly celebrated by acts of gratitude and praises, rather than by cockfights.
Why is it called Dinagsa Festival?
The term “Dinagsa” has an interesting origin, coined after a miraculous occurrence back in 1967 where several dying humpback whales mysteriously beached on the shores of Cadiz, hence “dagsa” referring to the surge of fishes.
What is the history of La Carlota City?
Originally, La Carlota was an agricultural settlement called Simancas, placed under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Valladolid. On July 23, 1864, the people and territories of San Enrique, Pontevedra and Simancas were taken away from Valladolid to form the town of San Enrique.