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Showing posts with label Magayon Festival. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Magayon Festival

The Magayon Festival is a festival held every year in May as a as with the legend of Mayon Volcano. The holiday is derived from the name which means beautiful is beautiful in Tagalog. This celebration is also in honor of Nuestra Señora de la Porteria, the patron of Daraga. It is a legendary, historic and religious festival aims to revive the culture and people of Daraga, Albay.

The Magayon Festival is celebrated to commemorate the citizens of Daraga the legend of mountain Mayon. The legend tells the story of the love of a beautiful girl who named Magayon Daragang from Army or Kabikolan, before the separation of the Philippines on the island of Asia.