Festivals

Text: Bernadeth Manalo Photos: Danica Navallo “Batangas, ang buhay ay puno ng kasiyahan…” This is an excerpt from the Batangas tourism jingle which also serves as the Ala Eh! Festival theme song. This was played all throughout week-long festivities from December 2 to 8 in Batangas City. The Ala Eh! …

Contributed by Bernadeth Manalo, AB Comm, First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities Since its launching in 2008, the grandest and most colorful festival of festivals in Batangas province is set to wow the locals and tourists one more time in the Ala Eh! Festival 2013. The name of this …

Since 2009, we have documented countless moments of the province’s most celebrated event, the Ala Eh! Festival. We have shared an archive of stories since our first Ala Eh! Festival coverage, albums of captured photos, and videos to watch over and over. Scrolling down, you will see some of the …

Calacatchara Festival has been one of the most celebrated festivals of Batangas. This is evident in the number of times the Calacatchara street dancers have wowed attendees of the annual Ala Eh! Festival – one proof that the festival of Calaca, Batangas strongly unites the people. In case you don’t …

Many Batangueños were born from a family of farmers. This is perhaps where the Batangueños’ trait of being hard-working has rooted from. Sixty (60) percent of the province’s land area is agricultural. With a land this huge to cultivate, our farmers surely need the government’s support in order to continue …

In celebration of their town’s 58th Foundation Day, the people of San Nicolas held the 7th year of Maliputo Festival Cookfest last Friday, August 9, 2013. The cookfest’s main aim is to let people taste various delectable dishes of maliputo. As Ms. Nelinda Castillo, Tourism Officer Desinate, put it, “upang …

Visit the San Nicolas page for all information on San Nicolas. A town’s festival is oftentimes in celebration of the most significant local product which contributes to its economic prosperity. Such festivals were conceptualized to let the locals (1) thank the Creator for the bountiful produce that they received for …

Saturday, April 27th – It was the second of the two-day celebration of El Pasubat Festival in Taal. When we arrived there, it seemed too quiet to say that there’s a festival going on particularly when you’re expecting a grandiose street dance competition where drumbeats roar all over town. Some …