The Ibálong, also known as Handiong or Handyong, is a 60-stanza fragment of a Bicolano full-length folk epic of the Bicol region of the Philippines, based on the Indian Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. The epic is said to have been narrated in verse form by a native bard called Kadunung. It was passed on orally until it was presumably jotted down in its complete Bicol narrative by Fray Bernardino de Melendreras de la Trinidad. The Ibalong portrays deeds in […]
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3 events,The event honors Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte’s patron saint St. James. This festival is highlighted by street dancing participated in by contingents from schools and civic organizations. |
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4 events,Marang Yagangyang Festival is a fruit festival in the village of Colonia Divina, Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines every first of September. It is a fest in thanksgiving for plentiful harvest of marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus), a tropical fruit that the village produces. Marang is a fruit that is indigenous to the Philippines. It is has considerably less strong scent and […] This is an annual festival that features a cultural show, trade fair, and street dance depicting the archangels’ victory over the “Black” Angels. The festival features street dancers dressed as cocks swaying to the beat of ancient Samar instruments. This is a festival of Bicol cuisine: pinangat and laing, bicol Express, inolokan or tilmak, pecadillo and cocido. |
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3 events,This is a gathering of the major ethnolinguistic groups in the province together with representatives from Davao. |
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3 events,The festival features evening novenas participated in by more than 40 clans, which culminate in a nocturnal fluvial procession at the Tanjay River. |
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3 events,This is a religious festival honoring Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia, the patroness of the Bicol Region River. |
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3 events,This is a colorful harvest festival participated in by the Subanean indigenous group. |
6 events,This commemorates centuries-old religious and cultural tradition based on the life of St. Michael. This is a festival with a delightful pre-planting feast at its core where natives share their food with everyone. There is an annual historical celebration that takes place every year. This celebrates the banig and the kawayan crafts industry flourishing in Basey, Samar. These is an annual celebration that takes place every year. |
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1 event,The festival involves children of locals, dressed in costumes of UN member countries, parading around the city. This is an annual celebration that takes place every year. |
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