Manoglaya Festival is a Homage to the Fishermen

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The Manoglaya Festival is a cultural-tourism festival held in the town of San Antonio on Dalupiri Island from the 9th to the 12th of June annually, celebrating the fishing skills of the townsfolk.

The festival composed of cultural performances, street dance, beauty search and exhibit complemented with “sugod-sugod sa plaza”, a nightly entertainment of music and other performances from leading local performers in the community.

Because of Dalupiri Island’s pristine white sand beach, in May 2007, San Antonio, together with the island towns of Biri, Capul, and San Vicente, were declared as Eco-tourism zones. With its coral reefs, Dalupiri island is ideal for scuba diving, snorkeling, sailing, yachting, jet skiing, para-sailing and marine life observation. Read More: http://greedypeg.org/northern-samar/Manoglaya-Festival-on-Dalupiri-Island.html

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Mano Nga Paraglaya Festival – Dalupiri Island was known by many names before it was established as a visita by Franciscan missionaries from the nearby Capul Island around the latter half of the 19^th century. The friars installed Saint Anthony of Padua as the community’s patron saint and thereafter called the settlement of San Antonio. A fiesta celebration has been observed in honor of St. Anthony since 1901.

The town’s original name was Manoglaya, short for mano nga paraglaya, which literally means a fisherman using a laya or net. Read More: https://www.nsamaroceanfrontrealestate.com/san-antonio/