COLORFUL FESTIVALS

Nueva Ecija, the largest province in Central Luzon, is a historic province with colorful and remarkable festivals. This province, with 5 cities and 27 municipalities, has diverse cultural traditions that became significant part of Novo Ecijanos culture and tradition.

Here are some of the most famous festivals in Nueva Ecija: Read More: https://trebonasomreb.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/popular-and-notable-nueva-ecija-festivals-socyberty/

Kariton Festival

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Kariton, a cart pulled by Carabao, is celebrated every March 28 during the annual celebration of the founding anniversary of Licab, Nueva Ecija.

It is not just an ordinary festival but it also plays a significant part of the History of Licab. Don Dalmacio Esguerra, the founder of the town, used kariton when he left San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte until he finally settled and found this town in Licab. As a tributeto this very important farm equipment, the LGU of Licab adopted “Kariton Festival” as the official festival of the town. The event features a parade of colorfully-dressed kariton floats, beauty pageant, and trade fairs boasting the agricultural products of the town. Read More: https://pistangnovoecijano.wordpress.com/kariton-festival/

Sibuyas Festival

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Sibuyasan Festival is celebrated in town annually, in the month of April. This festival aims to celebrate the prosperous harvest of the farmers through the year though many disasters come in their way. Even before the festival, different stores build their small business which will stand even after the Festival. Different rides like Ferris wheel will also be noticed as the big day comes.

The people celebrate the festival for the entire week. There are series of events that happens during the week such as Farmer’s Day and Trade Fair including some fun activities like Onion Eating and Carabao Racing which all occur few days before the main event.

A pageant also takes place in town, one of the highlights of the Festival, where you can see the beautiful and stunning faces of Bongabon. Every year, different pageant takes place like Bb. Bongabon, Mrs. Bongabon, Ms. Gay Bongabon, and currently, the Mr. and Ms. Bongabon. Read More: http://bongabon.ph/index.php/sibuyas-festival/

Sources: visitmyphilippines.com, https://philippines.knoji.com/famous-and-notable-traditionally-celebrated-sociocultural-and-religious-festivals-of-nueva-ecija/