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MAGNIFICENT FESTIVALS

People in Cebu love to celebrate festivals or are fiesta-loving people. Cebu has one of the most colorful and world-renowned festivals in the Philippines and they celebrate it with excitement and high spirits. Cebu celebrates different festivals in different towns and cities. Cebu celebrate fiestas with religious rituals and dancing in the streets to the beat of the drums. Read More: http://www.etravelpilipinas.com/events_festivals/cebu_festival.htm

Bodbod Kabog Festival

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February 10, 2010 – Catmon Cebu celebrates its 175th fiesta anniversary in honor of the patron San Guillermo de Aquitania. One of the big highlights of the celebration is the town famous festival, “Budbod Kabog Festival”. Budbod Kabog is one of the specialty products that can only be taste in Catmon Cebu.

“Kabog” is a small-seeded cereal plant known as millet and grew wild in abundance Catmon’s mountains, especially in Barangay Agsuwao. Other specialty products that describing the grain “kabog” are bibingkang kabog, bikong kabog, kabog valenciana, bibingka, coconut balls, peanut brittle, empanadita and many more.

The Budbod Kabog Festival is a festival showcasing the whole process of producing the delicious specialty. The dancers are dressed in a cultural/ethnic attire and show eight basic bodbud dance steps. Read More: http://cebufestivals.blogspot.com/2010/02/budbod-kabog-festival-2010.html#.WXV-_emQxaQ

Kabayo Festival

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Organized by the Cebu Equine Owners, Breeders and Sportsmen Association (CEOBSA), the Kabayo festival is supported by the DOT. The festival promotes sports tourism, ecotourism and agri-industrial tourism awareness in the country. The highlights include the parade of horses, horse racing competition and the best decorated “tartanillas” or horse drawn carriages and features a bazaar and flea market. Read More: http://www.tourganize.com/article/blog/2015/08/23/cebu-festivals-that-you-should-visit/

Sarok Festival

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Consolacion, Cebu celebrates the “Adlaw sa Consolacion” or the Sarok Festival every February 14th. The festival is participated by different barangays, elementary and high school students. They will be portraying and showcasing how “SAROK” gave life to the community especially to the farmers of Consolacion.

Sarok is a kind of hat that is made from bamboo strips and dried banana leaves. This is commonly used by farmers of Consolacion for protection against the rain and the heat of the sun. Read More: http://www.cebufest.com/festival/sarok-festival