Camiguin celebrates 44th Lanzones Festival

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Camiguin celebrates 44th Lanzones Festival

Two Weeks of Fun: 44th Lanzones Festival Highlights

The state of Camiguin celebrates the saccharine beingness and its charming land manner arsenic it marks the 44th Lanzones Festival, 1 of the country’s longest-running taste festivities, from Oct. 15-28.

Named aft the tropical seasonal effect which is reputed to beryllium the sweetest of its benignant successful the archipelago, this year’s variation of the festival is among the longest with the wide array of peculiar events to lure tourists to the land again successful the post-pandemic season.

According to Governor Xavier Jesus Romualdo, this year’s lawsuit is themed “Kinaiyahan Atong Ampingan, Kalambuan Para sa Tanan” (Caring for the Environment, Progress for All), the two-week fest volition showcase affluent culture, vibrant assemblage spirit, and the earthy wonders of the tropical land paradise.

He said that beyond the sweetness of the effect and the frenzied dancing, the festivity volition item the economical and improvement strides the state has attained for the past 50 years erstwhile it became an autarkic province.

Revelry kicks disconnected connected Oct. 15 with a Thanksgiving Mass successful the morning, followed aboriginal successful the day by a expansive parade, Ugmad Agro-Industrial-Tourism Trade Fair, euphony and kabog showdown, and expansive opening nighttime and inter-agency contention successful the evening.

Promoting biology care, organizers are introducing the Trashure (Trash to Treasure) making contention and the Paksoy-Inspired Attire Making Competition and Showdown.

Highlights see the Lanzones Festival King and Queen and the Mutya sa Buahanan connected Oct. 20, and the inter-agency thoroughfare creation contention connected Oct. 21. Swaying to the drumbeats and the indigenous kulintang, participants volition execute the Sajaw Kinamigin which infuses taste euphony from lumad indigenous peoples specified arsenic the Manobo, Bagobo, Subanen and Tboli tribes who person made Mindanao their location for centuries.

Other fringe events are Lanzones Festival Extravaganza connected Oct. 21 which volition showcase the versatility of the effect arsenic a delicacy. This saccharine-tasting effect is owed to generous amounts of rainfall and sunshine, the island’s volcanic quality and the unsocial inter-cropping strategy of coconut and lanzones trees.

There volition besides beryllium sectoral and socio-civic events, amusement shows and concerts, Buahanan docufest, and handicraft exhibits to spice up the festival.

White Island Sandbar successful Mambajao

Romualdo noted that this volition beryllium the archetypal festival to beryllium held nether the “Camiguin Isle beryllium There” rebranding which the state launched past summer, on with its Clean Camiguin QR Code and Smart Tourism digitalization programme to guarantee harmless enactment of visitors successful the island.

He added that the fest is an accidental to showcase its tourer attractions specified arsenic White Island Sandbar, Ardent Hibok Hibok Springs, Sto. Nino Cold Spring, Katibawasan and Kawasan Falls, Sunken Cemetery, Taguines Lagoon, and the Walkway to the Old Volcano and Stations of the Cross.

Not to beryllium missed are Bonbon Church ruins analyzable which was declared by the National Museum arsenic a National Cultural Treasure, and Mantigue Island Nature Park which is recognized by the Department of Tourism arsenic a scuba diving spot successful Mindanao.

Moreover, utmost adventurers tin standard the duplicate peaks of Mounts Hibok Hibok and Timpopong which were declared arsenic Asean Heritage Park.

First-time visitors to the state tin get their QR codification astatine www.cleancamiguinqr.com to input basal information, valid ID and vaccination record, for easiness of entry.

For lawsuit details and updates, sojourn Facebook pages Camiguin Tourism Office and Lanzones Festival.

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Camiguin celebrates 44th Lanzones Festival
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