LANZONES
FESTIVAL
October 25-28
Camiguin, Northern Mindanao
Lanzones Festival - The harvest
of sweet lanzones fruit is celebrated every year in October with a weekend of
street dancing, parade and pageants in the town of Mambajao. This festival
includes an exhibit of agri-cottage industry products, barangay beautification,
indigenous sports, tableau of local culture, grand parade of the lanzones, which
is the golden and extra sweet fruit, found in the entire province of Camiguin.
Lanzones is a tropical fruit
that grows abundantly on the north-central coast of Mindanao. It is said that
the sweetest lanzones comes from Camiguin. Portrayed in the photographs below
are typical lanzones trees found in the province of Camiguin. The lanzones
fruit, which has a pale brown skin and sweet translucent flesh, is also shown.
This fruit ripens sometime during the third week of October.
Camiguin Island's favorite
fruit becomes the object of adoration in this superb street dancing
extravaganza. Watch the streets of Mambajao become a colorful, lively stage as
the Camiguinons strut their stuff, dressed in the costumes of the Mindanao
tribes, and carrying bunches of sweet, sumptuous lanzones. Everyone is welcome
to join the fun--its a come-as-you-are, eat-all-you-can, dance-till-you-drop
affair!
People from around the
Philippines flock to the Lanzones Festival, which features costumes displays,
sports and dances, as well as the highly popular Miss Camiguin Tourism beauty
pageant. The festival is centered around the lanzones, a fruit with pale brown
skin and a sweet translucent flesh, which is the main income source of Mambajao.
The town is draped with fruits
during the Lanzones Festival which highlights locally grown produce, indigenous
sports, folk dancing and a grand parade, choosing a festival beauty queen brings
the celebration to choose. Showcase agro-industrial and tableau of the
province's heritage through street dancing.
The Lanzones Festival is
Camiguin's contribution to making the island of Mindanao as a cultural
destination.
