Sinugboan Festival is celebrated every 27th day of May in the Municipality of Garcia Hernandez. Sinugboan is a term closely related to the Cebuano word 'sugbo' meaning to wallow. The use of the vernacular past tense "sinugbo" denotes an event of historical import. The festival highlights the town's annaul commemoration of her foundation day. Activities include agro-industrial fair, recognition program for achievers, various games and street dancing competition where the [ Read More ]
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A 10-day fiesta in the month of May commemorating the Municipality of Calape's rich ancestry and devotion to the San Vicente Ferrer – its town saint and the Calapenhons "pahinungod" (offer) to come home annually. Highlights include Search for Miss Calape, a One-Night Dace Concert and a street dancing.
Held on the 23rd-24th of May in the Municipality of Loboc, this is music and dance festival of folklore and traditions from the centuries-old history of Loboc. The event takes its name from the sound and rhythm of local drums as "gimbaw" which are used as musical accompaniment to the dance ritual of supplication by devotees in front of the image of Loboc's patron saint, Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Celebrated on the second week of January in Tagbilaran City, the festival institutionalizes the ube crop as the "agro-historical-geographical-religious" symbol of Bohol and gives the ube the recognition it rightfully deserves in the market. It features an exhibit, ube contest, an agri-business investment opportunities seminar and cultural show.
A month-long festivity of Bohol's annual commemoration of the Blood Compact between Rajah Sikatuna and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. The Sandugo street dancing & mardi gras highlights the Sandugo festivities. These dances depict the theme of "Friendship among equals and international diplomacy" expressed in the participating group's traditional culture.















