This February 17-18, 2012, Amadeo town in Cavite will be celebrating its “Pahimis” Coffee Festival to showcase the best coffee-produce of this fourth class municipality. For the townfolk, the Pahimis Festival is a thanksgiving offering to God for the bounty He continues to bestow upon them year-in and year-out to date, Mayor Villanueva said.

Pahimis Festival 2012

The quiet town in the upland district is dubbed as the “Coffee Capital of the Philippines” and the town mayor said his municipality is listed in the tourist map as an area where the best coffee in the world are being cultivated and can be procured.

The municipal government and its officials have installed a giant coffee kettle and cup concrete image near a flagpole fronting the municipal hall here to manifest its pride and honor being the country’s No. 1 coffee-producing municipality in the country.

The Coffee Festival started in 2002, the festival was celebrated every year with a Mass, commemoration, street parade or mardi gras and other revelries.

Source : PNA

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Get your camera ready for the The Amazing Aliwan Fiesta 2012! The Philippines is a group of over 7000 islands where many different cultures exist with different island festivals to enjoy. Traditional festivals are usually held on an annual basis in each City, Municipalities or communities, usually as a remembrance of the town’s patron saint, a celebration of a good harvest or to honor the foundation of the Town or City.

Aliwan Fiesta 2012 Schedule of Activities

These festivals often combine religion, tradition, and culture in amazing displays of color and craftsmanship. Beginning in the year 2003, the Aliwan Fiesta was started as a way to gather and showcase these many different festivals.

The Philippines is divided into 17 regions and each may send as many as two groups to represent the local cultural festival, and those have been chose through a stiffly competitive process. The different cultural groups actually compete in parades that combine street dancing with giant floats that can only be described as works of art. In addition, a beauty pageant is run with competitors from the different cultural areas with pageant contestant wearing costumes representing their own festival.

In all, over 5000 dancers win the right to dance along the 4 kilometer parade route. In Aliwan Fiesta 2012, the dancing, the floats and the pageant are separate competitions, and the winning contingent in each area receives a cash prize, with the winner of the cultural dance competition hailed as the champion of the festival.

Although viewing the Aliwan Fiesta 2012 in person is an experience like no other, the collection of photos and stories from each year is more than just a cash price for each spectator. Join the Aliwan Fiesta Forum! and like Aliwan Fiesta on Facebook!

Please accept my apology for the removal of the festival schedule of activities, we will post it back once we got the final dates from the organizers.

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Local officials, festival organizers and the residents of Candaba in Pampanga are now busy preparing for the annual celebration of the Ibon-Ebon Festival 2012 (Birds and Eggs Festival) to be held next month.

Ibon-Ebun Festival Dancers at the Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

2012 Ibon Ebon Festival Activity includes :
Feb. 1 – Harvest fest, (Barangay Salapungan)and Grand dress rehearsal of main street dancers (Poblacion);
Feb. 2 – Trade fair and tiangge, (Poblacion) and Jamming with “Ibon” dancers (Genuino Park).
Feb. 3 – Grand Street Dancing Parade
Feb. 5 – Dragon Boat Race

One of the most attended activities are the Ibon-Ebon grand street dancing parade which will start from Poblacion going to Ms. Earth Park in Barangay Mandasig; bird watching, (Dona Simang Wildlife Reserve); river cruise, (Pampanga River); kite flying, (Barangay Mandasig) and concert of Sandwich Band; (East Park in Barangay Bahay Pare) on Feb. 3.

Other highlights of the celebration are the street dancing, (Barangay Pulongplazan to Bahay Pare), “itik” (duck) cooking contest, itik race, best itik dressed contest and free concert by SpongeCola (Ms. Earth Park in Barangay Mandasig).

The Ibon Ebon Festival 2012 makes the town a favorite destination for tourists, bird lovers, watchers and bird enthusiasts from all over the world.

The popular wetlands of Candaba Swamp in Pampanga is known as a sanctuary of at least 14,000 registered migratory birds in the 2010 Asian census, consisting of at least 40 species from different parts of the world. The Candaba Swamp serves as the birds’ home and stop-over point as they migrate from point to point in Asia and other parts of the globe.

Ibon Ebon Festival is a yearly celebration for another year of bountiful harvest. This was first celebrated on Feb. 1 and 2 in 1998.

* Photo courtesy of the 2012 Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta organizers.

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This year, thousands of tourists and outdoor enthusiasts are expected to visit Clark Freeport Zone for the 2012 Hot Air Balloon Fiesta. The 2012 Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, to be held on February 9 to 17, will feature exciting aerial exhibitions including skydiving, paragliding, aerobatic stunts and the beautiful hot air balloons from all over the world.

2012 Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Clark

R.O.X., Southeast Asia’s Biggest Outdoor Superstore for top of the line travel, outdoor and recreational gear, is one of the major sponsors of the festival this year.

Outdoor Activities at the 2012 Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

R.O.X. will have a booth and a recreation area inside the festival grounds to entertain and help keep spectators properly geared up for the annual event.

Pittman Bush Hat

With clear skies and the scorching sun overhead, one should always stay protected from sunburns and properly hydrated. For that, the booth will carry sun protection gears to help you suit up against the harsh elements and fully enjoy the view with its array of bush hats, baseball caps and sunscreens, as well as water bottle from Nathan & Nalgene and Coghlans Water Bottle Carrier.

2012 Hot Air Balloon Fiesta Photos

To ensure that spectators are ready for the show, the Alite Monarch chair, Coghlans Foldable Chair and Coghlans Mini Fan make sure that you get the best seats in the house.

Nathan Water Bottles for sale in Clark

And what’s the outdoors in a picturesque landscape without games? Stay active and have more fun with Zing Toys, which includes exciting outdoor catching and throwing toys. Cash vouchers, stickers and mini prizes will also be given away to lucky R.O.X. booth visitors.

Wall Climbing at the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

For the daring, R.O.X. will also have a wall climbing activity that is open to the public for a minimal fee of P50.00 per climb. R.O.X. customers can use the facility for free. All they have to do is present their official receipt purchased from January 15 to February 12.

After your day in festival, visit R.O.X. store in Marquee Mall, Pampanga for wide range of innovative outdoor gear and equipment.

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The mascots of the 2012 Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, the hot air balloons never fail to draw excitement. Last year saw over two dozen balloons from eleven countries, all piloted by volunteers who have come to love the friendly people and balmy skies of the Philippines.

Hot Air Balloons – More fun in the Philippines

Many of our balloons come in special shapes, including farmhouses, mushrooms, and even Darth Vader! The balloons launch early in the morning when the cool air allows them the most lift. One balloon, the ‘hare’ goes first, and the other launch together minutes afterward in an attempt to land as close to its landing zone as possible.

Hot air balloons have no engines and no way to steer – they go where the wind takes them. Skilled balloonists try to fly at altitudes where the winds are favorable. Once everybody takes off, chase crews in four-wheel drive vehicles fan out across the countryside to meet up with their assigned balloons once they land.

It’s complex, spectacular, and incredibly fun to watch – but don’t take our word for it!
Pro Tip: Don’t have the $200 contribution needed for a balloon ride? There’s usually a tethered balloon on the grounds so you and your family can experience going up in a balloon without having to worry about where to land! Lines may be long, chase crew not included.

QUICK FACTS:

• The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. It is in a class of aircraft known as balloon aircraft.
• The first clearly recorded instance of a balloon carrying passengers used hot air to generate buoyancy and was built by the brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier in Annonay, France. After experimenting with unmanned balloons the first tethered balloon flight with humans on board took place on October 15, 1783. The first free flight with human passengers took place on November 21, 1783.
• A hot air balloon consists of a bag called the envelope that is capable of containing heated air. Suspended beneath is a gondola or wicker basket which carries passengers and (usually) a source of heat, in most cases an open flame. The heated air inside the envelope makes it buoyant since it has a lower density than the relatively cold air outside the envelope.
• In today’s sport balloons the envelope is generally made from nylon fabric and the mouth of the balloon (closest to the burner flame) is made from fire resistant material such as Nomex.
• The traditional shape of a hot air balloon is an “inverted tear drop” shape. Beginning in the mid-1970s, balloon envelopes have been made in all kinds of shapes, such as hot dogs, rocket ships, and the shapes of commercial products, though the traditional shape remains popular for most non-commercial, and many commercial, applications.
• Hot air balloons are able to fly to extremely high altitudes. On November 26, 2005, Vijaypat Singhania set the world altitude record for highest hot air balloon flight, reaching 21,027 m (68,986 ft). He took off from downtown Mumbai, India, and landed 240 km (150 mi) south in Panchale. The previous record of 19,811 m (64,997 ft) had been set by Per Lindstrand on June 6, 1988 in Plano, Texas. As with all unpressurized aircraft, oxygen is needed for all crew and passengers on any flight that exceeds an altitude of about 15,000 ft (4,600 m).
• On January 15, 1991, the Virgin Pacific Flyer balloon completed the longest flight in a hot air balloon when Per Lindstrand (born in Sweden, but resident in the UK) and Richard Branson of the UK flew 7,671.91 km (4,767.10 mi) from Japan to Northern Canada. With a volume of 74 thousand cubic meters (2.6 million cubic feet), the balloon envelope was the largest ever built for a hot air craft. Designed to fly in the trans-oceanic jet streams, the Pacific Flyer recorded the highest ground speed for a manned balloon at 245 mph (394 km/h).
• The longest duration record was set by Swiss psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard, Auguste Piccard’s grandson, and Briton Brian Jones, Flying in the Breitling Orbiter 3. It was the first nonstop trip around the world by balloon. The balloon left Château-d’Oex, Switzerland, on March 1, 1999, and landed at 1:02 a.m. on March 21 in the Egyptian desert 300 miles (482 kilometers) south of Cairo. The two men broke distance, endurance, and time records, traveling 19 days, 21 hours, and 55 minutes.
• Steve Fosset broke the record for shortest time around the world on 3 July 2002. The new record is 320 h 33 min.
• A range of envelope sizes is available. The smallest, one-person, basket-less balloons (called “Hoppers” or “Cloudhoppers”) have as little as 21,000 ft³ (595 m³) of envelope volume (for a perfect sphere this would mean a radius of around 5.22 m (17.1 ft). At the other end of the scale are the balloons used by large commercial sightseeing operations that carry well over two dozen people and have envelope volumes of up to 600,000 cu ft (17,000 m3). However, most balloons are roughly 100,000 cu ft (2,800 m3) and carry 3 to 5 people.
• The top of the balloon usually has a vent of some sort. This enables the pilot to release hot air to slow an ascent, start a descent, or increase the rate of descent, usually for landing. Some hot air balloons have turning vents, which are side vents that, when opened, cause the balloon to rotate. Such vents are particularly useful for balloons with rectangular baskets, to facilitate aligning the wider side of the basket for landing.
• Baskets are commonly made of woven wicker or rattan. These materials have proven to be sufficiently light, strong, and durable for balloon flight. Such baskets are usually rectangular or triangular in shape. They vary in size from just big enough for two people to large enough to carry thirty.
• The burner unit gasifies liquid propane, mixes it with air, ignites the mixture, and directs the flame and exhaust into the mouth of the envelope. Burners vary in power output; each will generally produce 2 to 3 MW of heat (7 to 10 million BTUs per hour), with double, triple, or quadruple burner configurations installed where more power is needed.
• The pilot actuates a burner by opening a propane valve, called a blast valve. The valve may be spring-loaded so that it closes automatically, or it may stay open until closed by the pilot. The burner has a pilot light to ignite the propane and air mixture. The burner unit may be suspended from the mouth of the envelope, or rigidly supported over the basket. The burner unit may be mounted on gimbals to enable the pilot to aim the flame and avoid overheating the envelope fabric.
• Propane fuel tanks are usually cylindrical pressure vessels made from aluminum, stainless steel, or titanium with a valve at one end to feed the burner and to refuel. They may have a fuel gauge and a pressure gauge. Common tank sizes are 10 (38), 15 (57), and 20 (76) US gallons (liters).
• A balloon may be outfitted with a variety of instruments to aid the pilot. These commonly include an altimeter, a rate of climb (vertical speed) indicator known as a variometer, envelope (air) temperature, and ambient (air) temperature. A GPS receiver can be useful to indicate ground speed (traditional aircraft air speed indicators would be useless) and direction.
• Raising the air temperature inside the envelope makes it lighter than the surrounding (ambient) air. The balloon floats because of the buoyant force exerted on it. This force is the same force that acts on objects when they are in water and is described by Archimedes’ principle. The amount of lift (or buoyancy) provided by a hot air balloon depends primarily upon the difference between the temperature of the air inside the envelope and the temperature of the air outside the envelope. For most envelopes made of nylon fabric, the maximum internal temperature is limited to approximately 120 °C (250 °F).

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At the break of dawn on February 9, 2012, Hot Air Balloons of all shapes and sizes will fill the skies of Pampanga and its neighboring areas to signal the opening of the 17th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta – a yearly grand gathering of hot air balloons and many other interesting human creations that fly and conquer the skies.

HotAir Balloons Festival in Pampanga

Traditionally marked by exciting festivities that draw thousands of people not only from local communities but foreign places as well, the PIHABF promises to keep heads always looking upwards during the entire four-day celebration to be held at the fiesta site, Air Force City, DiosdadoMacapagal International Airport in Clark Field, Pampanga. Last year’s Hot Air Balloon Fiesta visitors reached the 80,000 mark.

2012 Hot Air balloon in Clark

Joining the colorful and uniquely-designed hot air balloons that will be dominating the skies of Central Luzon are transport and trainer planes, ultra-light aircraft and helicopters, some of which will be conducting a series of fly-bys to delight the spectators. This year’s major attraction will be a US Air Force F-16 doing flight demonstrations. Capt. Meynard Halili will spear head the thrilling aerobatics show that will also be staged by ace pilots from the foreign countries.

HotAir Balloons in Clark

Used to be shown only on Philippine television as executed by pilots from other nations, dare devil aerial stunts by classic biplane built in the 1940s, The restored PT13 Stearman is also lined up for the event. Brand new Airbus 320s, gigantic military C17, and a CN235 will also be on static display.

Festival Opening

Capt. Joy Roa, heading the Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2012, said that following the success of the previous PIHABF festivities, event organizers were even more challenged to come up with new and more surprises on the realm of hot air balloon venture and aviation spectacles to be staged by aviation enthusiasts from USA, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, The Netherlands, Austria, Japan, England and South Korea.

2012 Hot Air balloon Fiesta

Special-shaped hot air balloons, which include a car-shaped cutie from Germany, a daisy flower, ice cream cone, and a birthday cake from the United States, “Iwi the Kiwi” from New Zealand and several other regularly shaped huge “flying bubbles” will take the center stage of the festivities.

Recovery of Hot Air Balloon in Pampanga

A fiesta not only coined for fathers and other macho-thinking individuals who love sky stunts and sleek aircrafts, the 17th PIHABF will also cater to moms and their children who are not so attached to machines that defy gravity can go for other “never-a-dull-moment” activities such as watching skydivers from the Brunei, Malaysia and even from the Philippine National Police make heart pumping mass formation in the sky after jumping from an altitude of not less than 5,000 feet.

Sitting on triangular parachutes powered by lightweight motors, local and foreign paragliders will show spectators that flying could be easy…at least from the spectator’s point of view.

SF-260 TP of Philippine Air Force Doing Fly By

With the tempo from marching bands, they can also watch precision drills from different military teams and flying dance shows amid a wide static display of unique airplanes – even those that will bring you back to memory lane on the spectacular history of aviation.

Early Morning events

Time will also fly for creative kids who will prefer to stay comfortably at the Children’s Activity Center sponsored by Crayola and Hot Dog on Sticks. From there, they will be taught on kite-making, flight simulators and aviation workshops.

Ibon Ebun Festival Dancers Before the Balloon Flights

While munching delicious fiesta food, kids can also watch Remote Control car and aircraft competition on specially designated spots. In case you become mesmerized with flying, display booths of flying schools are within the site for prospective student pilots.

This year’s sponsors include Caltex, Hotdog on Sticks, Rudy Project, SM City Clark, Global Gateaway Logistics Corp., UPS, Krukspec, Isuzu Philippines, Crayola, Sunkist, Philippine Daily Inquirer, ROX Recreational Outdoor Exchange, Yellow Cab Pizza, Close Up, Alveoland, Department of Tourism, Fontana and Air Asia.

If you want to know where to buy Hot Air Baloon tickets, please contact the fiesta committee at (02) 384 0085 / info@philballoonfest.net or check PIHABF website : www.philballoonfest.net

How to get to Clark Freeport Zone in Angeles City Pampanga

Getting to the Clark Freeport Zone which is also known as the Clark Special Economic Zone by car is just about an hour and a half from Manila without heavy traffic. Simply needs to take the North Luzon Expressway from Manila and exit at Dau, Mabalacat. Take left turn towards Angeles City, and a little Angeles City/Dau traffic, will bring you to within an easy right turn of the Clark Zone itself.

By Bus, Take the Victory Liner or Dagupan Bus Lines from Cubao then ask the bus conductor to bring you to SM City Clark and a shuttle bus to the event site is available free of charge.

Helpful Related Links :

• Philippine Hot Air Balloon 2012 Schedule of Activities
• Hotels near Clark and in Angeles City Pampanga

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Apriel Smith, The lead dancer of Lumad Basakanon was crowned Sinulog Festival Queen 2012, besting 13 other lead dancers during the pageant night Friday at the Cebu City Sports Center.

Sinulog Festival Queen 2012

Apriel Smith, daughter of the late African-American basketball player Daryl Smith, was also adjudged best solo performer and best in festival costume.

Designed by Danny Booc, the costume worn by the 16-year-old third year high school student of the Abellana National School also won the best festival costume design.

Sinulog Festival Queen

Last year’s winner Steffi Rose Aberasturi, also from Lumad Basakanon, turned over the crown to Smith, who is not new to winning beauty contests, having won the Miss Milo Little Olympics contest in 2010.

Other winners in this year’s search were Nerissa Modesto of Tanuan, Leyte (first runner-up), Conchitina Cleofe Yu of Alang-Alang, Leyte (second runner-up), Shekina Rose Lasola of Dumaguete City (third runner-up) and Angel Lou Pates of Lanao del Norte (fourth runner-up).

The contest’s judges included Power Dance choreographer Douglas Nierras, Miss Earth 2008 Karla Paula Henry and Miss Cebu 2010 Mia Zeeba ali Faridoon. (PNA)

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Are you planning to witness Sinulog Festival 2012 but not sure when to visit Cebu for the main event schedules. Sinulog organizers are expecting thousands of tourists starting next week to witness the fluvial procession and the foot procession of the image of the Sto. Nino on Jan. 14 and the grand Sinulog 2012 parade the following day.

Sinulog Festival 2012 Schedule

Sinulog is an annual festival in Cebu City and considered as the one of the grandest and most colorful festival in the Philippines. The said festival commemorates the Cebuano people’s pagan origin, and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism.

Sinulog Festival 2012 Photos courtesy of Byahilo.com

This year, 12 out-of-town contingents form Visayas and Mindanao will participate the parade and compete for the P1-million grand prize for the Sinulog-based and free interpretation categories and the Sinulog 2012 street-dancing competition.

Among this years contingents in Sinulog Festival are Tangub City and Placer in Masbate, the defending champions in the Sinulog-based and free interpretation categories, respectively.

Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay, Liloy in Zamboaga del Norte, Kidapawan in Cotabato, Alang-Alang in Leyte, Dulag in Leyte, Tanaway in Leyte, Dumaguete City and Sta.Catalina in Negros Oriental will also join the Sinulog.

At the end of the Sinulog Festival parade, everyone is invited to go to the Cebu City Sports Center grandstand for the grand finale and the Sinulog 2012 fireworks display.

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Every January 9, Black Nazarene Procession also known as Quiapo Fiesta was being held in Quiapo Manila. This procession is the most attended religious procession in the country, in fact last years event was attended by almost 7.5 million devotees.

Black Nazarene Quiapo Fiesta

The Black Nazarene procession committee of the Saint John de Baptist Church in Quiapo recently released the route for this year’s celebration on Monday, January 9, 2012.

The said procession will start at 8 a.m. so make sure to check the parade route to avoid the traffic in this part of the historic City of Manila. As early as 5 a.m. on January 9, the southbound lane of Quezon Blvd. (Quiapo), from Andalucia – Fugoso to Plaza Miranda and España – P. Campa and Lerma will be closed to traffic so avoid these streets for your convinience.

According to the organizers, here is the route that the procession will take:

From the Quirino Grandstand (Rizal Park), left to Katigbak Drive through Padre Burgos Street, left Taft Avenue through McArthur Bridge, right Palanca Street through under Quezon Bridge, left to Quezon Boulevard, right Arlegui Street, right Fraternal Street, right Vergara Street, left Duque de Alba Street, left Castillejos Street, left Farnecio street, right Arlegui Street; Left Nepomuceno; left Aguila, right Carcer Street, right Hidalgo Street through Plaza del Carmen, left Bilibid Viejo through Puyat Street, left Guzman Street, right Hidalgo Street, left Barbos Street, right Globo de Oro through under Quezon Bridge, right Palanca Street, right Villalobos Street through Plaza Miranda, and then inside Quiapo Church.

The Black Nazarene is a life-sized statue of Christ that a priest bought in Mexico and brought to Manila in 1606. Since 1787 the statue has been housed at Saint John the Baptist Church in Quiapo.

For more than 200 years the church has been placing the statue on a gilded carriage every January and pulling it through the streets of Quiapo with millions of devotees.

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Panagbenga Festival 2012, this years Panagbenga celebration was officially announced open last November 2011. The festival is formerly called Baguio Flower Festival. It is an annual celebration in Baguio City, the summer capital of the Philippines. The world Panagbenga is a kankanaey phrase for “a season of blooming”.

Panagbenga Flower Festival 2012 Schedule of Activities

It is among the Philippines much-awaited festivities. For the Panagbenga Festival 2012, the organizers have maximized the skills of the whole community in preparation for the 2012 Baguio Flower Festival.

Heres the 2012 Panagbenga Festival Schedule of Activities

November 14, 2011 – Panagbenga 2012 Launch and Concert
February 1, 2012 – 2012 Panagbenga Opening Parade
March 4, 2012 – Market Encounter
February 11, 2012 – Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom
February 12, 2012 – Handog ng Panagbenga sa Baguio
February 12, 2012 – Fluvial Float Parade
February 21. 2012 – Chinese Spring Festival
February 25, 2012 – Grand Street Dancing Parade
February 26, 2012 – Grand Float Parade
February 27 – March 4, 2012 – Session Road in Bloom
March 2, 2012 – Pony Boy’s Day
March 4, 2012 – Panagbenga Closing Ceremonies and Grand Fireworks Display

The Baguio Flower Festival 2012 highlight will be on February 25, 2012. Tourists will visit the Philippines Summer Capital for the the Panagbenga Grand Street Dancing Parade.

The Panagbenga Festival 2012 is definitely one of the Philippine Festivals that you dont wanna miss.

Are you looking for affordable hotels in Baguio City? Visit Out of Town Hotels and search for the cheapest hotels rates in Baguio.

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