{"id":6381,"date":"2018-04-30T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T03:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/?p=6381"},"modified":"2021-07-15T10:15:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T02:15:51","slug":"pahoy-pahoy-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2018\/04\/30\/pahoy-pahoy-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Pahoy Pahoy Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Pahoy pahoy<\/em> are scarecrows used by farmers in the province of Samar. In the town of Caliga, the humble pahoy pahoy\u00a0is an indispensable part of farming, hence\u00a0they\u00a0celebrate it through a festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/258560314220361\/videos\/864436500299403\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>VIDEO PIA Samar<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every month of May, giant pahoy-pahoy made of indigenous materials dance on the streets with live bands playing the music. Traditionally, these bands use instruments made up of bamboos, cans, and stones. Its purpose is to scare maya birds and prevent them from pestering crops. If the giant scarecrows are not up on the streets, they can also be found in sari-sari stores and restaurants as displays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6382\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/Pahoy1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE apcda.org<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6383\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/scarecrow-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/scarecrow-003.jpg 400w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/scarecrow-003-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/scarecrow-003-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE dutchpickle.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The festival has been a reason for family reunions and people from different places also travel and visit Samar to witness and experience the fun of this event. This coming month, the town of Caliga is going to celebrate the festival again and you might want to be there!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What: Pahoy Pahoy Festival<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When: Every month of May<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Where: Caliga, Samar<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scarecrows may be seen as mundane farm implements in the city, but in Caliga, they are a part of their culture thanks to the Pahoy Pahoy Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-and-history"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9545,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381\/revisions\/9545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}