Feast of San Isidro- Thanksgiving Day of Filipinos

Every May 15 is the Feast of San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of the farmers. In thanksgiving for rich harvests and productivity of the town folks, a procession is done to honor San Isidro.

From Licas News Philippines

Different activities are also done which vary according to the custom or produce of a province or locality.

One of the most popular celebrations is Pahiyas in Lucban, Quezon. The houses along the prespecified route of the procession after the Holy Mass and the afternoon civic parade are decorated with chandeliers and garlands of KIPING, colored rice wafers, and creative arrangements of farm produce, fruits, vegetables and other products.

From Travel Philippines

From Travel Philippines

Another popular celebration is the one in Pulilan , Bulacan where carabaos kneel in front of San Isidro.

From Philstar

In other towns in Quezon, Agawan is practiced. The main feature of the fiesta procession^[4] as the parade winds its way through the streets, people snatch the goodies and other produce hanging on the houses they pass by or on a pabitin, specially made for the parade. At the same time, people in the houses throw food, fruits and money into the parade. Before the parade, nearby residents decorate the outside of their homes. Colorful buntal hats are festooned all over the façade of houses. String beans are draped on windows to make curtains and banana trees are used to adorn fences. The primary, and most traditional, element in the decoration was the bagakay, or young bamboo branches from which junk food, native delicacies such as the kiping, fruits, candies and money were hung for people to snatch as they pass by. The term agawan, which is based on the Tagalog word for “snatch”,also pertains for the passerby’s scramble to get these goods from the bagakay. [Wikipedia]

From Hello Travel

From Hello Travel

The Agawan or Pabitin was the one I grew up with in our town Calauag, Quezon. I remember one house hanging baby clothes , a variation from farm produce, because these are the fruits of their labor, a fitting offering to San Isidro Labrador ( Saint Isidore, The Farmer or Saint Isidore , The Worker)