PYESTANG TUGAK -Pyestang tugak started in 2003 to perpetuate the beautiful traditions that

emerged through the years in catching and cooking frogs that used to abound in the rice fields of
Pampanga. The citizens of San Fernando have reserved a special day every year to honor this amphibian
because of its important contributions to the environment, the economy and culture. It also resembles
the Fernandino in many ways, including its resiliency.

LIGLIGAN PAROL- A parol maker during the December 1994 contest spent P100,000 to construct his
entry which had thousand of components. Various organizations and sponsors subsidize the cost. The
prize for the winner was P5,000 in cash and a coveted throphy plus national prestige, immesurable in
terms of material value. The parade of giant lanterns also becomes a parade of six-by-six trucks carrying
the heavy parols. Each lantern weighs 1000kg or more, and requires at least 50 people, working almost
an entire year, to assemble it (January to May for electrical framework; June to July for the electrical
wiring; August to December for papering).
SINUKWAN FESTIVAL is a weeklong festival that captures the soul of San Fernando City. It is best
described as the essence of the Kapampangan Spirit. Sinukwan is a cultural festival, so you would expect
that most of the events are steeped in the traditional culture of the natives. A festival of this magnitude
in the Philippines is incomplete without the spectacular street dances that bring locals together in a
remarkably fluid manner.

APUNG IRU FLUVIAL FESTIVAL -is an annual celebration held in Apalit, Pampanga every June 28-30. It
is also the feast day of the town's Patron, St. Peter. The local term “Apung Iru” refers to the On its first
day (June 28), the holy image was transferred through a fluvial procession from Capalangan to Apalit
Parish Church in a colorful and decorated float. While the float was traveling with other boats along the
Pampanga River, devotees were praying and singing religious hymns. The image had stayed in Apalit
Church until the last day of the feast (June 30) and returned to its original shrine at Capalangan with
same process and river routes.image of St. Peter.
FLORES DE MAYO-is a festival held in the Philippines in the month of May. It is one of the May
devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary and lasts for the entire month. The Santacruzan is the ritual
pageant held on the last day of the Flores de Mayo. It honors the finding of the True Cross by Helena of
Constantinople and Constantine the Great. Its connection with May stems from the old May 3 date of
Roodmas, which Pope John XXIII abolished in 1960 in favour of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.

PABASA NG PASYON-known simply as Pabása is a Catholic devotion in the Philippines popular during
Holy Week involving the uninterrupted chanting of the Pasyón, an early 16th-century epic poem
narrating the life, passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The verses are based on the bible and
practiced every holy week.