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June 24 Manila Day: Araw ng Maynila: This special non-working holiday applies to the City of Manila only. It honors the 1571 founding of the city by Miguel López de Legaspi. Wattah Wattah Festival: Pista ng San Juan: This special holiday applies to San Juan only. This day honor Saint John the Baptist, the patron saint of the city.
Philippine flags on display. Prior to 1964, June 12 was observed as Flag Day in the country. In 1965, President Diosdado Macapagal issued Proclamation No. 374, which moved National Flag Day to May 28 (the date the Philippine Flag was first flown in the victory by Filipino forces in the Battle of Alapan located in Imus, Cavite in 1898).
Rizal Day (Spanish: Día de Rizal, Filipino: Araw ni Rizal; Tagalog:) is a Philippine national holiday commemorating life and works of José Rizal, a national hero of the Philippines. It is celebrated every December 30, the anniversary of Rizal's 1896 execution at Bagumbayan (present-day Rizal Park ) in Manila .
This is because of the controversial events on which Bonifacio was executed by his fellow revolutionaries during the time of the Philippine Revolution. [6] In 2023, Bonifacio Day was commemorated on November 27, as part of the "holiday economics" strategy that shifts the observance of the holiday to the nearest Monday for a longer weekend by ...
11 June 2023 9 June 2024 ... Philippines Serbia Slovenia ... and Civil servants who have children sometimes have a half-day holiday on 1 June to spend more time with ...
Philippine Republic Day (Tagalog: Araw ng Republikang Pilipino), also known as Philippine–American Friendship Day, [1] is a commemoration in the Philippines held annually on July 4. It was formerly an official holiday designated as Independence Day , celebrating the signing of the Treaty of Manila , which granted Philippine independence from ...
June 24: Next time: 24 June 2025 () Frequency: Annual: ... Metro Manila, and many other communities across the Philippines. It is held every June 24. ...
On June 21 Hungarians celebrate "Saint Ivan's Night" (Szentiván-éj) (derived from the Slavic form of John, translated as Jovános, Ivános, Iván in Hungarian). The whole month of June was once called Month of St. Ivan until the 19th century. Setting fires is a folklore tradition this night. Girls jumped over it, while boys watched the spectacle.