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Palawan
Festivals
Tarek Festival
(3rd
week of January; Aborlan town proper)
For
the Tagbanuas, it is a dance ritual comprising the observance of the Pagdiwata.
For the Batak tribe, it is a form of war dance.
Lambay Festival
Jan 28-29 Port
Barton, San Vicente
Arawedan
Festival
Arawedan—a
Cuyuno word for “holding together”. The festival has an array of activities
that gathers the community for fun and fellowship.
March 4 Puerto
Princesa City
City
foundation Day Celebration—“Balayong Festival”, commemoration
of city’s Foundation Day every 4th day of the month with a series of sports,
cultural, and other events; celebrated as a day for farmers, fisherfolks,
traders, and buyers to make exchange of goods, merrymaking, singing, and
dancing in the streets.
March 15-18 El
Nido Town Fiesta
March 16-22 Brooke’s Point Town Fiesta “Kaniyog’n Festival”
“Kaniyogan” or coconut plantation abounds in
this town and has become an important means of sustenance for its people. The
festival aims to promote the diverse products derived from the “tree of life”.
The celebration also features trade fairs, cultural and contemporary shows,
sports activities and a beauty pageant.
1st Week of
April Baywalk, Puerto Princesa City
April
17-21 Rizal Town Founding Anniversary
3rd
Week of April Kalugtan’
Festival of El Nido
May 1-4 Taytay
Town
Pasinggatan
Festival—comes
from the word “singgat” meaning to shine or luster, an apt name for festival
whose events bring out the best in people, from their talents to their
personalities.
May 13 Rizal Town Fiesta
May 15 Quezon
Manunggul
Festival—an
annual celebration which meant to express unity among town folks.
May 15-16 Roxas
Town
Fiesta “Panalaminan
Festival”
Panalaminan
is a Cuyunon word, which means “to mirror”, the festival’s name refers to both
the municipality’s history as a repository of silica sand used in producing
mirrors and glassware and to its claim of being the reflection of Northern
Palawan beauty, with roxas as a point of bountiful convergence of Agri-Fishery
and Eco-Tourism
May 17-18 Sibaltan, El Nido
“Cuyunon
Festival”
June 19-21 Malagnang
festival of San Vicente
June 24 Espaňola, Pista ng Dalampasigan—coastal
cleanup and mangrove reforestation
Last
week of June Brooke’s Point Town Foundation Anniversary
August
28 Coron,
Kasadyaan
Festival—Kasadyaan
comes from the Cuyunon word “sadya” meaning merrymaking. The festival
celebrates the town’s patron saint, St
Agustine. To Coronians, it is an expression of gratitude to nature’s
munificence and a grand display of their cultural heritage.
August
28 Cuyi Town, town Fiesta, Purongitan Festival
September
1-10 Cagayancillo, Panagat Festival—coincides to town
fiesta on September 8
September
29 Magsaysay, Pangalivay Festival (Feast of the Patron San Miguel)
October
8-12 New Guinlo, Taytay, Malampaya Festival—a
festival where Tatayanon’spay homage and give thanks to the sea for the
abundant catch of the year.
2nd
or Last Week of October Narra, Palay Festival—Palay Festival
is celebrated in commemoration on how the town of Narra came about. The
Festival honors the farm as a pivotal vart of community life, and the family as
the basic and nurturing unit of the society.
November
25
Pinipig
Festival of
SitioMaribong, Pulut Interior, SofronioEspaňola
El
NidoTwon.Kulambo
Festival—an annual celebration of townsfolk dresses themselves in
Kulambo (mosquito net) as they parade around the town.
Fullmoon
of December Aborlan, Pagdiwata—a tribal ritual asking the God to heal the sick
and as a thanksgiving ceremony
Love Affair with
Nature, February 14th.
The
expression of love for Mother Nature is celebrated the extraordinary way. The
yearly celebration features a mangrove planting festivity in the coastal zones
to restore degraded mangrove areas.
Balayong
Festival, March 4th
Commemorates
the founding anniversary of the City of Puerto Princesa highlighted by balayong
tree-planting, street dancing and colorful floral parade depicting the Palawan
Cherry Blossoms from which the festival derived its name. A merry mixture of
socio-civic, cultural, historical, and sports activities are part of the run events.
At the ‘Tabuan’ parade (tabuan means ‘marketplace’), farmers fisherfolks,
market vendors, traders and buyers showcase the city’s best products and revel
as a thanksgiving for blessings and bountiful harvest.
Pangalipay sa
Baybay, 1st week of April
A
summer extravaganza celebrated at the bay walk area, along the shores of
beautiful Puerto Princesa Bay. A whole range of activities kicks off with a
parade and an impressive fireworks display.
Kamarikutan
Pagdiwata Arts Festival, April full moon (before or after holy week )
Features
varied week-long workshops in the different arts, painting in different media,
sculpture, music, dance and film. Art
exhibits, art forums, and film showing fill the afternoon, with stage
perfomances and concerts in the evenings.
Seafood
Festival, April 3rd week
Festival
celebration of the bounties of the seas, this gastronomic festival offers a
taste of seafood specialties Palawan is known for. Puerto Princesa restaurants
prepare a mixture of authentic Palawan seafood cuisine and delicacies, as well
as other contemporary seafood-filled culinary delights in the region.
Karagatan
Festival, 1st week of May
Celebrated
during the month of the ocean, the festival demonstrates the synergy of man
with the vast seas and the ocean. Held every year in the fabulous beaches of
the City's west coast, the four-day event include a coastal clean-up,
boat-sailing, kite-flying, banca race, tug-o-war, beach volleyball and
football, sand sculpture, mountain to sea trekking, mountain bike race, film
showing, a grand beach party and concert, and capped by a Weskini bikini open.
Feast of the
Forest, 3rd week of June
A
reforestation activity where citizens of Puerto Princesa City and people from
all walks of life flock to celebrate a Feast of the Forest, by planting
thousands of different tree species in the city's denuded forest zones.
Baragatan Sa
Palawan, June 3rd Week
Celebrates
the foundation of the civil government of Palawan. The festival derives its
name from a Cuyunon terms that means 'meeting', and true to its meaning
Baragatan is a convergence and coming together of the people of Palawan to
celebrate its history and rich culture.
City Fiesta,
December 8th
The
Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Fiesta activities begin during the
first week of December with the series of religious activities. The
celebrations extends towards the Christmas season laced with nightly cultural
presentation, yuletide activities topped by the lighting of the giant Christmas
tree and fireworks, as well as ago-industrial, tourism and food fairs.
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