Let’s take a peek at some Festivals in the Philippines that is celebrated every February: Pabirik Festival, Salakayan Festival, Festival of Hearts, Pamulinawen Festival, Tinapay Festival, Serenata, Babaylan Festival, Itik-Itik Festival, Tinagba Festival , and Fistahan.

Pabirik Festival - Held in Paracale, Camarines Norte every February 1 to 2. This town celebrates the Bicol Region's gold mining industry hehehe, with flair and glitters. Hehehe be sure you're there when the Gold Rush celebration transpires.

Salakayan Festival - From February 1 to 6, a six-day cultural celebration is held in Miag-ao, Iloilo which highlights street dancing, agro-industrial trade-fairs and exhibits, beauty and sporting events, literary and musical extravaganza and more.

Festival of Hearts - Tanjay City, Negros Accidental, one of the young city in the country culminates its annual Festival of Hearts that offers a truly captivating two -week celebration of romance, love and affection. The grand celebration falls on the Valentines Day as it features Harana (Serenade), Baile ng Bayan (Town Fiesta filled with dance til you drop motif), Mass Wedding/Renewal of Vows and the coronation of the Miss Valentines winner. This celebration is truly a Festival to look for since you'll be able to feel the love in the air and the tender loving care seems to be contagious.

Pamulinawen Festival - Held every February 2 to 10 in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, this celebration features the popular customs and virtues of the Ilocanos. Expect participants wearing colorful and dazzling costumes dancing to Ilocano folkdances and eventually make you captivated with a smooth folksongs music. Pamulinawen means “Ilocano lass”.

Tinapay Festival - In Cuenca, Batangas celebrates its very own Tinapay Festival from February 7 to 14. “Tinapay” means “Pandesal,” which is round bread and one of the Filipinos favorite to eat during breakfast. This celebration is a Thanksgiving honoring the town’s Patron Saint “Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage”. A wide array of "tinapay" can be seen here, and other fun-filled activities are line up for local visitors to enjoy.

Serenata - Every 14^th day of February, Pasay one of the most progressive city in the Metro Manila and even in the whole Philippines, showcases a series of musical extravaganza like rondalla and brass band concerts captivating and mesmerizing the audiences in an open-air concerts situated at the patio of Sta. Clara Church.

Babaylan Festival - Held in congruent to Bago’s Foundation Day, Babaylan Festival is celebrated every 14^th day of February which features the traditional rituals of birth, marriage, healing harvest and death to commemorate native priests of the past.

Itik-Itik Festival - Featuring the humble “Itik,” or the native duck, this very interesting Itik-Itik Festival is a display of street dancing, duck-cooking contest, fun-filled boat race and a fluvial procession. Itik-Itik Festival is held every 23^rd of February.

Tinagba Festival - The first harvest offering tradition, that coincides with the Feast Day of Our lady Lourdes. Bicolanos derived this truly wonderful festivity from the early rituals, offering their harvest to their own Gods to appease him and seek for bountiful harvest. Colorfully decorated bull and carabao carts loaded with newly harvested crop are the centerpiece of a long parade that ends with a mass at Grotto located at Calvary Hills.

Fistahan - From February 1 to 15, DavaoCity, the premier city in Mindanao, celebrates its Fistahan in highlighting its grilled tuna. This showcase of culinary festival places the tunas “panga and buntot” (jaws and tail) at the center stage. Yummy Festival indeed...

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