Catandungan Festival is a 3-Day Celebration in Catanduanes

CATANDUNGAN FESTIVAL

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The provincial government has finalized the events of the Catandungan Festival set this Oct. 20-23, the last to be held after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan okayed an ordinance replacing it with the Abaca Festival starting May 2016.

Anchored on the theme “Celebrating 70 years of Catandungan Pride, Gearing up for More,” the festival will commemorate all the people and the events that made the celebration of the province’s founding anniversary meaningful in the years that passed. Read More: http://greedypeg.org/catanduanes/Catandungan-Festival.html

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The yearly Catandungan Festival of Catanduanes region utilized be held each year towards the finish of October. It was frequently a three-day festivity running from October 24 to 26. In 2015, Catanduanes held its last Catandungan Festival. This was so the concentration could move to another yearly celebration commending the Abaca fiber, an image of versatility speaking to the unyielding capacity of the Catandunganons to defeat difficulties, for example, hurricanes which regularly hitter the island.

The Catandungan Festival was praised each October to celebrate the establishment commemoration of Catanduanes as an area free from Albay. Among the included unique occasions were a surfing rivalry, the pantomina road move, an excellence expo, a horticultural and exchange reasonable, a sportsfest, guided visits, and photograph exhibits. The central occasion of the commonplace festival fixated on the universal and national Governor’s Surfing Cup, which pulled in surfers around the world to test their water abilities in the capable influxes of Puraran, referred to in the surfing scene as the Majestics. Read More: https://www.hellotravel.com/events/catadungan-festival

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Festivals in our country have been part of the lives and tradition of many Filipinos. These are celebrations that mirrored and showcase one’s culture and heritage. Through the years, thousands of festivals are held in different parts of the Philippines each year. One particular festival in the province of Catanduanes is frequented of many visitors coming from nearby towns and gradually from all over the Philippines–the Catandungan Festival, one of the most exciting and colorful festivals in the country.

Another goal of the festival is to promote the tourism potential of the province and showcase its natural, historic, cultural, educational, scenic and recreational resources. Tourists who witness the celebration enjoy the festival in many ways. There are activities spearheaded by the city government which are participated in by the locals. These include a variety of special events, beauty pageants, sports, exhibitions, tournaments, and other recreation. Some of the events are held in Virac Heroes Memorial Fountain to bring back life to the memorial as the center of the Catandungan Festival. Read More: https://www.vigattintourism.com/tourism/articles/The-Catandungan-A-Festival-to-Experience