caption id="attachment_13681" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Performers of the Street Dancing Competition during the Kalilangan Festival in General Santos City, Philippines"]The Philippines has so many festivals: there are town fiestas celebrating foundation days, patron saints and a combination of both. These festivals are occasions when and where people converge, the same occasions when Government units and the private sector become generous with funds. Fiestas become important avenues for artistic engagement. As artistic ventures especially in the Philippine countryside are always wanting in venues and avenues for artistic engagement, it is in these convergences that the artists find their audience.
The Philippine festival calendar is full. Every province, town and city celebrates foundation days, patronal fiestas and historic celebrations. While it is a hodgepodge and flurry of sports and commercial activities, oftentimes culture and the arts are the central motifs of the celebrations allowing artists to dare and engage in new projects. Depending on the local expertise, these fiestas become the stage for local visual arts, music and dance festivals. Cosmopolitan centers feature contemporary arts while others highlight traditions indigenous to the locale.
International Arts Festivals in the Philippines
The oldest and one of the most important music festivals in the Philippines is the International Bamboo Organ Festival. This yearly musical event is organized by the Bamboo organ Foundation, Inc. and the City of Las Pinas, Philippines. Now on its 35th year the Bamboo Festival pursues and enhances the rich musical traditions. The Centerpiece of the festival is a famous musical instrument, the world’s only bamboo organ.
[caption id="attachment_13683" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Performers of the Street Dancing Competition during the Kalilangan Festival in General Santos City, Philippines"]
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caption id="attachment_13681" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Performers of the Street Dancing Competition during the Kalilangan Festival in General Santos City, Philippines"]The Philippines has so many festivals: there are town fiestas celebrating foundation days, patron saints and a combination of both. These festivals are occasions when and where people converge, the same occasions when Government units and the private sector become generous with funds. Fiestas become important avenues for artistic engagement. As artistic ventures especially in the Philippine countryside are always wanting in venues and avenues for artistic engagement, it is in these convergences that the artists find their audience.
The Philippine festival calendar is full. Every province, town and city celebrates foundation days, patronal fiestas and historic celebrations. While it is a hodgepodge and flurry of sports and commercial activities, oftentimes culture and the arts are the central motifs of the celebrations allowing artists to dare and engage in new projects. Depending on the local expertise, these fiestas become the stage for local visual arts, music and dance festivals. Cosmopolitan centers feature contemporary arts while others highlight traditions indigenous to the locale.
International Arts Festivals in the Philippines
The oldest and one of the most important music festivals in the Philippines is the International Bamboo Organ Festival. This yearly musical event is organized by the Bamboo organ Foundation, Inc. and the City of Las Pinas, Philippines. Now on its 35th year the Bamboo Festival pursues and enhances the rich musical traditions. The Centerpiece of the festival is a famous musical instrument, the world’s only bamboo organ.
[caption id="attachment_13683" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Performers of the Street Dancing Competition during the Kalilangan Festival in General Santos City, Philippines"]