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FESTIVALS IN CAMARINES NORTE

Palong Festival

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Celebrated in Capalonga, Camarines Norte every May 10-13 of the year, this festival is highlighted by street dancing and agro-industrial fair as an expression of gratitude by the local folks. The palong (rooster comb) signifies the abundant presence of rooster in the locality. This festival also celebrates the Feast Day of the Black Nazarene.

Black Nazarene Feast

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This religious festivity is held annually every May 13th in Capalonga, Camarines Norte in honor of the town’s patron saint, the Black Nazarene. Thousands of people come to the town to pay homage to the miraculous saint.

Mercedes Kadagatan Festival

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The Mercedes Kadagatan Festival is a fishermen s holiday celebration held in Mercedes, Camarines Norte, every August 6-11, in which said festivity is dedicated as a time of annual thanksgiving for the blessings and bounty received from the Almighty during the seafaring, fishing expeditions and fish farming endeavors. The festival is not only a week-long merry making but also a moment of retrospect and recognition of Mother Nature for having endowed Mercedes with a gift of vast fishery resources, magnificent shorelines and other aquatic potentials and the wise utilization and preservation of ecological balance for the attainment of environmental dignity and beauty. – Text from: http://mybogjade.blogspot.com/2011/07/bicol-festivals-festivals-in-bicol.ht

For more information, please call the tourism officials of the town of Mercedes, Camarines Norte through tel. no. (054) 440-1231

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