Catandungan Festival is an annual celebration of the island province every 24–26 October. It is the anniversary celebration and tribute to its founders, to commemorate the provinces’ independence from Albay. The main features of the festival are Street Dancing – Pantomina Dance, Beauty Pageant, Agro-Trade Fair, Sports Fest, Guided Tour, Surfing Cup, and Art/Photo Exhibits.
Abaka Festival is an annual cultural celebration of the province every 4th week of May. It is celebrated to recognize the importance of abaca in the local economy and to showcase its versatility as a major source of livelihood. Highlights of the festival are Padadyaw Ginamlangan or Padadyaw kan Abaka, Pinukpok Fashion Show, Urag Catandungan sports competitions, Kantang Catandungan or Musika kan Isla, Festival Dance Competition, Binibini and Ginoong Bikol, Hagyan sa Kabitoonan and Jobs Fair.
Dinahit Festival is a prime festival in the municipality of Pandan celebrated every April. The word Dinahit is a native sailing vessel used by the Austronesians to travel across the ocean to reach Pandan, the northernmost municipality of the province. Festival activities include street dancing, beauty pageant, trade fair, and different contests such as carabao race and boat race.
Sugbo Festival is celebrated by the seven barangays of Hitoma in Caramoran that produces sugbo or tiger grass, a bamboo-like perennial grass used to make brooms. Celebrated every month of May coinciding with the Hitoma barangay fiesta, it is being institutionalized with the support of the provincial government, LGU of Caramoran and national line agencies to promote the commercial development of the local lasa or tiger grass industry and to create signature products from tiger grass. – Read More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catanduanes
Burak Festival, the Viracnons’ celebration in honor of their patroness Nuestra Señora de Immaculada Concepcion, dominated other municipal festivals in Catanduanes to win the Streetdance Competition: Festival of Festivals Showdown on Oct. 25. Read more: http://www.catanduanestribune.com/article/3VD7#sthash.Y2yO1fzV.dpuf
Kalbaryo or Calvary, commonly staged during Holy Week, is a reenactment of the passion of Christ’s way of the cross annually celebrated in the Municipality of San Andres during Holy Wednesday and Good Friday.
A folk-religious related activity depicting a Christmas tradition. The activity centers on the re-enactment of the plight of St. Joseph and Virgin Mary, in their search for a place to stay overnight in the town of Bethlehem. They reenact through singing. It is held from December 16 to December 25. – Read More: http://localphilippines.com/events/kagharong
Pantomina is Spanish for pantomime, movements imitating the courtship movements of the rooster and the hen. – From: http://experiencecatanduanes.blogspot.com/2008/09/pantomina-lyric-and-music.html
Pantomina is a native dance, popular on occasions of importance and mostly practiced in rural areas. It is a dance interpretation (pantomime) of a rooster courting a hen.
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