Timpupo Fruit Festival Displays Bountiful Fruit Harvest Part 1

TIMPUPO FRUIT FESTIVAL

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The Timpupo Fruit Festival features its Fruit Galore wherein attendees are given the chance to eat all the fruits they can consume. Fruits such as durian, mangosteen, banana, rambutan, and lansones are some of the fruits served in the said event. These fruit stands are held at the City Plaza that is three kilometers long. Read More: https://www.kidapawancity.gov.ph/festivals/

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The festival aims to exhibit the blasting natural product industry in Kidapawan City. Local organic products diplayed along the primary roads and the city grounds features the week-long festival alongside other fun exercises including the buoy parade, social introductions, fun run and different games exercises, daily live band exhibitions and exchange fairs, among others. For 2016, one of the exercises is the city’s Guinness World Records endeavor for the biggest Cha where in excess of 13,000 individuals are relied upon to join the occasion which will be hung on August. The Timpupo Festival was first hailed its name in 2005 by the City Council yet was initially first celebrated in 200. The region underneath the mountain is fitting for developing organic products for its rich volcanic soil and chill climate.

The celebration begins off with a Fruit Float Parade, a standout amongst the most foreseen parts of the festival. A huge number of individuals go to the glad capital in Cotabato to witness and to take an interest in the festival of the rich reap of organic products in the City of Kidapawan. The Timpupo Fruit Festival includes its Fruit Galore wherein participants are allowed to eat every one of the organic products they can devour. Natural products, for example, durian, mangosteen, banana, rambutan, and lansones are a portion of the organic products served in the said occasion. These natural product stands are held at the City Plaza that is three kilometers in length. Read More: https://www.hellotravel.com/events/kidapawan-city-fruit-festival?variant=3&utm_expid=.vm5HUAMOTjKA_djogG1WVg.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

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Among the Visayans and indigenous highland tribes of North Cotabato, timpupo is a generic term for “harvest”. The Timpupo Festival was first hailed its name back in 2005 by the City Council but was originally first celebrated in 2001. When the local fruit industry suffered scarcity due to diseases and harsh weather conditions back in 2006, the festival was moved to October.

Nearby towns in Kidapawan located below Mt. Apo like Makilala and Magpet, are the home of durian, lanzones, mangosteen, rambutan and a banana plantation. The area below the mountain is fitting for growing fruits for its rich volcanic soil and chill weather.

The festival starts off with a Fruit Float Parade, one of the most anticipated parts of the celebration. Thousands of people attend the proud capital in Cotabato to witness and to participate in the celebration of the abundant harvest of fruits in the City of Kidapawan.

The Timpupo Fruit Festival features its Fruit Galore wherein attendees are given the chance to eat all the fruits they can consume. Fruits such as durian, mangosteen, banana, rambutan, and lansones are some of the fruits served in the said event. These fruit stands are held at the City Plaza that is three kilometers long. Read More: https://primer.com.ph/tips-guides/2017/08/04/timpupo-fruit-festival-in-kidapawan-city-a-celebration-of-culture-harvest-and-fruits/