(o)matsuri
festival
Filipinos love to celebrate, and the Philippines is known as the "Fiesta Islands." In early times, a planting, harvesting, and building a house were done by groups of families and always ended with a celebration. Later , the Spaniards introduced the Catholic saints as the focus of the fiesta, the feast of all feasts of every Philippine town.
For a calendar of year round fiestas, visit WOW PHILIPPINES