Wattah! San Juan Festival

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Wattah! San Juan Festival is a lively annual water-themed celebration in San Juan, Philippines, where residents and visitors douse each other with water to honor St. John the Baptist.

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San Juan Wattah! Festival 1
Wattah! San Juan Festival canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf annual event ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
activity dousing residents and visitors with water ⓘ
parades ⓘ
religious rites ⓘ
splashing water on people ⓘ
street processions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs San Juan Bautista Festival ⓘ
San Juan Wattah! Festival ⓘ
celebratedOn June 24 ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance major identity marker of San Juan City ⓘ
popular attraction in Metro Manila during June fiestas ⓘ
hasFeature closure of some streets for festivities ⓘ
presence of police and local government coordination ⓘ
use of buckets, hoses, and water containers ⓘ
hasSymbolism commemoration of baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist ⓘ
ritual cleansing with water ⓘ
honors Saint John the Baptist ⓘ
linked to: John the Baptist
language English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
locatedIn San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines ⓘ
linked to: San Juan, Manila
mainTheme water ⓘ
namedAfter San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist) ⓘ
organisedBy local government of San Juan ⓘ
partOf Philippine town fiestas ⓘ
region Metro Manila ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
typicalParticipants domestic tourists ⓘ
foreign tourists ⓘ
local residents of San Juan ⓘ

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San Juan → hasFestival → Wattah! San Juan Festival ⓘ
Wattah! San Juan Festival → alsoKnownAs → San Juan Wattah! Festival ⓘ
linked to: Wattah! San Juan Festival