Kawayan Festival – Thanksgiving for Abundance of Bamboo

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KAWAYAN FESTIVAL

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Kawayan Festival is one of the mostly anticipated celebrations in the town of Alegria, Cebu.

The first fiesta celebration started in 2006 to respond to the call of the governor to help attract visitors to promote each town’s resources. To make it not totally new, the festival is made to coincide with the town’s fiesta celebrations in honor of their patron saint. In this case, Alegria celebrates St Francis Xavier annually on December 2-3. This interesting festival is celebrated through various events including the colorful and vibrant street dancing competition.

‘Kawayan’ is a transliteration for the word ‘bamboo’ of this Cebuano word. I think it is quite creative to promote the town through one of its sources of livelihood, that is, using bamboo as materials for creating products of various sorts. By the way, fishing and farming are other two major sources of income among Alegrianons. Read More: http://www.cebu-bluewaters.com/kawayan-festival.html

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Alegria, which is the 4th class municipality in the province of Cebu, where the Kawayan Festival is celebrated…It is one pf the most awaited events of the town Alegria. The Kawayan Festival is celebrated every month of December. “Kawayan” is the vernacular term for bamboo and is the major source of livelihood in Alegria aside from fishing and farming. Early in December 3 last year, 2009, local contingents parade the streets in mardi gras like style and locally produced bamboo products are on display. The competitors came from different Department which includes my St. Peter Academy where I graduated(High School). The street dancing competition is based on the kawayan costume and how the competitors carried their beautiful costume designed by the creative designers came from different towns. The said Festival is in honor of St. Francis Xavier. Read More: http://aileen-bajo.blogspot.com/2010/09/kawayan-festival-in-alegria.html

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