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Ala Eh! Festival 2009 Highlights Batangas Province 428th Foundation Day (Images by WOWBatangas)

There’s no stopping the Batanguenos from celebrating the 428th founding anniversary of the province. Ten municipalities competed against each other to grab the first prize amounting to P150,000 for the street dance competition. The participating towns are Lemery, Lobo, Taal, Padre Garcia, Rosario, Nasugbu, Bauan, Malvar, and the cities of …

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Holy Week/ Mahal na Araw Celebration in Batangas and in the Philippines (True Christians at Heart) and Summer Spree in the Land of Batanguenos

What is Holy Week or Mahal na Araw? Why do most of the Filipinos spend much time and money as well as effort in celebrating this said season? How do you find people who are crucufying themselves and doing stuffs just to imitate the sacrifices and penitence of Christ during …

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Parada ng mga Lechon, Balayan, Batangas

Visit the Balayan page for all information on Balayan. A lechon on a table during fiestas is already a big wow for the visitors. How much more of this: a whole parade about 100 of these mouth watering, roasted pigs! This is what we could witness every 24th of June at Balayan, Batangas. Local Balayan folks do this …

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