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Kinsan Festival is Celebrated in Appreciation of Kinsan Fish

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KINSAN FESTIVAL

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Kinsan Festival is an artistic reminder of how Aloguinsan got its name, from “ulo sa kinsan.” Kinsan is a kind of fish abundant in the southwester town. Kinsan is the name of the town’s favorite fish that abounds in the town’s coastal area every June. It is relatively big fish, with a foot-long kinsan, weighing about three kilos considered small. The Kinsan Festival is named after a type of fish. Kinsan is a fish of great abundance in Aloguinsan. It is a town favorite, not only because it is unique to the place, but because of its taste. Kinsan is the town’s favorite fish that abounds in the town’s coastal area every June. It is relatively big fish, with a foot-long kinsan, weighing about three kilos considered small. The festival allows the local government to promote kinsan in the food industry. Read More: http://morefuninaloguinsan.blogspot.com/

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The town celebrates the famous “Kinsan Festival” every June. It was named after a kind of fish that is teeming in the ocean from months May to July. However, the annual fiesta celebration takes place every 23rd and 24th day of October in honor of the town’s patron saint, St. Raphael the Archangel.

It has been a custom to the people to celebrate the famous Kinsan Festival every June. The name was taken from a kind of fish, Kinsan which is grayish in color and only in its waters that this kind of fish can be seen from March to June.

The festival showcases local talents performing original dance steps in this street dancing competition and ritual showdown. The colorful costumes and movements imitate the movements of the fish and how folks live life in everyday basis.

Unlike other towns, whose festivals are in cognizance to the feast days of their patron saints, Aloguinsan has its own reason why Kinsan Festival is not held simultaneously with the its fiesta celebration. The town observes the feast day every October in honor of its patron saint, St. Raphael the Archangel but celebrates Kinsan Festival in the second Sunday of June because March to June are Kinsan season. Read More: http://gemma-sugarlygemz.blogspot.com/2010/09/kinsan-festival.html

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The village is considered as a fishing place. Every year in June, they celebrate the famous “Kinsan Festival”, named after a fish that is usually abundant in months of May to July. It was believed that the town is named after that fish called “KINSAN”. Since then, the place was called “KINSAN”.