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FESTIVALS OF TAWI-TAWI

Agal-Agal Festival

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The Province of Tawi-Tawi is considered as the greatest maker of Seaweed Powder in the nation. Due to its criticalness to the work of the general population and the economy of the Province, one thousand festival is made each year as tribute to its incredible esteem. This is the Agal-agal Festival which is said to be the main Seaweed Festival in the nation. It is gotten from the word Agal-Agal which is the nearby term for kelp in the Sulu Archipelago. The organizing of AGAL-AGAL FESTIVAL corresponds with the Kamahardikaan Sin Tawi-Tawi or the Founding Anniversary of the Province which happens each 25th of September. This year, the festival was held in the town of Languyan, one of the 11 towns of Tawi-Tawi.

Agal-Agal Festival demonstrates how the network esteem the significance of the ocean growth industry which has been a piece of their living. Being a Province made out of island towns encompassed by huge oceans, Tawi-Tawi is supplied with rich marine and sea-going assets. The festival additionally mirrors these rich bounties of the ocean. The celebration includes the rich culture and customs of the Sama, Badjau, Jama Mapun and Tausug who gently and agreeably live in the Province – brilliant societies and outstanding conventions that are still lived and rehearsed right up till today. Read More: https://www.hellotravel.com/events/agal-agal-festival

Kamahardikaan Festival

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The Philippines, as an archipelagic nation, possesses a diverse set of culture that differs from one region to another, thus it came as no surprise to discover a fascinating one even in the Philippines’s southernmost province of Tawi-Tawi.

Agal-Agal is a local term in the Sulu archipelago, which means seaweed. It represents the importance of the seaweed cultivation in the flourishing seafood industry reigning in the province of Tawi-Tawi. To most people, it became a way of life and embodied much to their culture.

Tawi-Tawi’s culture, adorned with intrigue and allure, was showcased through a vibrant celebration that culminated this year’s Kamarhardikaan sin Tawi-Tawi, a celebration of the province’s 44th founding anniversary, which coincides with the Agal-Agal Festival.

It is already amazing to have gone here on a regular day, but to travel all this way to witness a festival makes the experience more outstanding. Read More: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2017/12/10/agal-agal-festival-a-vibrant-celebration-of-tawi-tawis-culture/

Lepa Festival

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The provincial government of Tawi-Tawi will introduce Lepa Festival to be part of the 46th Kamahardikaan sin Tawi-Tawi.

The first Lepa Festival will be held on September 24 at Bongao Wharf.

According to the local government, lepa means houseboat, which is the traditional home of the Sama de Laut (a.k.a. Sama-Badjao, or Badjao) before they settled into stilt houses in the coastal areas, to cope up with the fast changing world.

There are also claims that no lepa has ever sunken, it said. Read More: https://mindanao.politics.com.ph/lgu-to-include-lepa-festival-for-first-time-in-46th-kamahardikaan-sin-tawi-tawi/

Seaweed Festival

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Tawi-Tawi will be celebrating the Seaweed Festival. For someone who has just heard about this particular Philippine festival, the name is very intriguing. How would someone celebrate a seaweed festival? Of course, it is no mystery that Tawi-Tawi is surrounded by crystal waters, being an island province in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Read More: http://urbanmala.info/blog/seaweed-festival-in-tawi-tawi/

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