Tinagba Festival is Thanksgiving Featuring Carabaos and Carts

TINAGBA FESTIVAL

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Tinagba Festival is a yearly celebration in Iriga City, Camarines Sur during the month of February. In this festival, the locals bring out their best bullcarts which are managed by men and women in traditional colorful regalia. There is a parade in carabao-drawn carts or motored floats packed with the best of the province’s products. It’s very colorful and made more amazing with marching bands producing lively sounds. Read More: http://test.seventyonemag.com/events/tinagba-festival/

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Tinagba Festival, a secular event, is a pure tourist attraction for both locals and international visitors drawn from different parts of the world.

One of the most attractive festivals across the Philippines, the festival constitutes the re-enactment of an ancient traditional ritual that involved making offerings of the land’s best produce. This was not just a way of showing gratitude, it was also an elemental practice that ensured the prosperity of the land. Read More: https://www.philippinestravelhub.com/events/tinagba-festival/

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Tinagba Festival is a yearly celebration in Iriga City, Camarines Sur during the month of February. It is a harvest-offering occasion that also celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. The festival originally started from the rituals of the earliest Bicolanos who offered their harvest to their gods as a way of thanksgiving and requesting for a more abundant harvest.

This festival in Bicol is all about offering the first harvest of crops and fruits. The event features a long procession of floats that are being pulled by carabaos. Read More: https://www.vigattintourism.com/tourism/articles/Tinagba-Festival-Celebrating-the-Abundant-Harvest

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