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There are more than 42,000 known major and minor festivals in the Philippines, the majority of which are in the barangay (village) level. Due to the thousands of town, city, provincial, national, and village fiestas in the country, the Philippines has traditionally been known as the Capital of the World's Festivities .
Proclamation No. 167 Dropped from the list through Proclamation No. 368, series of 2023 on October 11, 2023 March 28 (2024) Maundy Thursday: Huwebes Santo: Movable Regular Part of the Triduum of Holy Week and includes the Mass of the Lord's Supper (the Last Supper). Act No. 345 [19] March 30 (2024) Good Friday: Biyernes Santo: Movable Regular
Typhoon Imbudo (Harurot) impacting northern Luzon on July 22, 2003. May 26–28, 2003: Tropical Storm Linfa (Chedeng) and its slow moment caused severe flooding and torrential rainfall to most of Luzon. 41 people died in total from the storm. June 2, 2003: Tropical Storm Nangka (Dodong) passes the extreme Northern Luzon.
The average year-round temperature measured from all the weather stations in the Philippines, except Baguio, is 26.6 °C (79.9 °F). Cooler days are usually felt in the month of January with temperature averaging at 25.5 °C (77.9 °F) and the warmest days, in the month of May with a mean of 28.3 °C (82.9 °F). [1]
COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines. Part of COVID-19 lockdowns. Date. March 15, 2020 – November 15, 2021 (Community Quarantines) (1 year and 8 months) November 16, 2021 - July 22, 2023 (Alert Level System) (1 year, 8 months and 6 days) [a] Location. Philippines.
Ends. Easter Sunday. Frequency. Annual. Holy Week ( Filipino: Mahal na Araw; Spanish: Semana Santa) is a significant religious observance in the Philippines for the Catholic majority, the Iglesia Filipina Independiente or the Philippine Independent Church, and most Protestant groups. One of the few majority Christian countries in Asia ...
Dinagyang. The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines, held annually on the fourth Sunday of January in honor of Santo Niño, the Holy Child. It is one of the largest festivals in the Philippines, drawing hundreds of thousands to over a million visitors every year. [1] [2]
The Philippines is a typhoon -prone country, with approximately 20 typhoons entering its area of responsibility each year. Locally known generally as bagyo ( [bɐgˈjoʔ] ), [ 3 ] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less regularly, in the West Philippine Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being ...