The document provides information about the Bicol region of the Philippines including:
- It is composed of 6 provinces and several cities located in southeastern Luzon island.
- It is known for abaca fiber crafts and several festivals celebrated in different cities and provinces throughout the year honoring local traditions, saints, and agricultural products.
- Popular tourist destinations include Mayon Volcano, hot springs, beaches, and lakes. Bicolano cuisine is also renowned, particularly dishes that blend coconut milk and chili peppers like Bicol Express, laing, and tilmok.
The document provides information about the Bicol region of the Philippines including:
- It is composed of 6 provinces and several cities located in southeastern Luzon island.
- It is known for abaca fiber crafts and several festivals celebrated in different cities and provinces throughout the year honoring local traditions, saints, and agricultural products.
- Popular tourist destinations include Mayon Volcano, hot springs, beaches, and lakes. Bicolano cuisine is also renowned, particularly dishes that blend coconut milk and chili peppers like Bicol Express, laing, and tilmok.
The document provides information about the Bicol region of the Philippines including:
- It is composed of 6 provinces and several cities located in southeastern Luzon island.
- It is known for abaca fiber crafts and several festivals celebrated in different cities and provinces throughout the year honoring local traditions, saints, and agricultural products.
- Popular tourist destinations include Mayon Volcano, hot springs, beaches, and lakes. Bicolano cuisine is also renowned, particularly dishes that blend coconut milk and chili peppers like Bicol Express, laing, and tilmok.
The document provides information about the Bicol region of the Philippines including:
- It is composed of 6 provinces and several cities located in southeastern Luzon island.
- It is known for abaca fiber crafts and several festivals celebrated in different cities and provinces throughout the year honoring local traditions, saints, and agricultural products.
- Popular tourist destinations include Mayon Volcano, hot springs, beaches, and lakes. Bicolano cuisine is also renowned, particularly dishes that blend coconut milk and chili peppers like Bicol Express, laing, and tilmok.
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Bicol Region
is one of the 17 regions of the Philippines. Bicol (also
spelled Bikol) is composed of four provinces in the Bicol Peninsula, the southeastern end of Luzon island, and two island-provinces adjacent to the peninsula.
The region is composed of six provinces, namely,
Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate, and Sorsogon. It has one independent component city, Naga City, and six component cities - Iriga, Legazpi, Ligao, Masbate City, Sorsogon City, and Tabaco. Masbate City and Sorsogon City are cities within their namesake provinces. Coron Festival A showcase of events highlighted by a street presentation participated in by the town’s different public and private schools and sectors gives a week of fun and merriment to visitors and locals. Held every third week of August in Tiwi, the religious package of devotion and prayer in honor of Albay’s patroness, Nuestra Señora de Salvacion (Our Lady of Salvation), is the peak event of the festival, colorfully drawing thousands of devotees and religious groups through a long maritime procession of different local sea vessels on the sea spray of the serene Pacific Ocean going to the quiet barangay of Joroan, the home of the miraculous image. Ibalong Festival Is a non-religious festival in Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines and is held during August. Magayon Festival In admiration of the Majestic Mayon’s beauty and splendor, this festival is dubbed as Magayon, a Bikol term which means beautiful Pineapple Festival The festival features a colorful street presentation, art exhibits, a trade fair, cultural dances, and sports events. Daet is famous for its sweet pineapple. Padaraw Festival A festival showcsing colorful costumes fashioned from the abaca fiber. It is highlighted by a grand street presentation wherein the participants are clad in colorful costumes using the abaca fibers. Pili Festival The Pili Festival honors the patron saints of Sorsogon City, Sts. Peter and Paul. The Pili tree (and nut) is indigenous to the province and is known for its various practical and nutritional applications. The fiesta’s big attraction is the street dance in which beautifully costumed dancers depict the many uses of the tree. Sarung Banggi Festival The Sarung Banggi festival showcases a variety of cultural and religious activities. The entire colorful performance is shown at nighttime when the street parade routes are brightly lighted with large torches. The whole town becomes a true picture of rural life with the multitude of people occupying the streets to watch and join the nighttime merriment. Our Lady of Peñafrancia Festival The feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is celebrated on the third Saturday of September in Naga City, Bicol. The feast day is preceded by a novena, nine days of prayer, in honor of the Virgin. On the first day, the image of the Virgin, a copy of the Madonna in Peñafrancia, Spain, is brought from its shrine to the Naga Cathedral where the novena is held. On the last day, the image is returned to her shrine following the Naga River route. The colorful evening procession is lit by thousands of candles from devotees in boats escorting the image. When the barge reaches its destination, the devotees shout "Viva la Virgen" (Long live the Virgin!) and the image is brought back in a procession to the cathedral. Kinalas Festival Naga City celebrates Kinalas Festival during its yearly anniversary of Chartership or Cityhood. It honors the most famous local delicacies, the Kinalas, and Siling Labuyo, with it having a food contest. Also known as Charter Day Festival, different organizations and schools, compete in Sports and Academics, as sponsored by the local government. Kadagatan Festival Formerly called the Bancathon race, the festival is a water sport activity participated in by fishermen from the different municipalities of Albay aimed to give recognition and at the same time provide a venue to the fishermen to show their strength, skills, and contributions to the socio-economic development of the region. Held in Bacacay every black Saturday.a Bicol Region Known for its basket, bags, slippers, coin purse and other crafts that are made from abaca and raffia fibers. BASKET BAGS SLIPPERS COIN PURSE MAYON VOLCANO MT. BULUSAN TIWI HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK HOYOP-HOYOPAN CAVE BUSAY FALLS CARAMOAN ISLAND BULUSAN LAKE LAKE DANAO OUR LADY OF PEÑAFRANCIA CHURCH SINIMBAHAN RUINS BICOL DELICACIES The Bicol region is also known for its delicious food and delicacies. The Bicolanos love spicy foods. They also use coconut cream in most of their recipes. The combination of hot spices and coconut cream is very enticing not only in the Bicol region but also in the entire Philippines. Laing This dish really appeals to vegetarians and vegans alike. It is made from taro leaves simmered in coconut milk and served with hot chili peppers. The dish can be cooked in a variety of ways and is very common in carinderias and cafeterias in the region, even in Manila, although the city version may not be as spicy. To get a taste of authentic laing, visit Bicol. Bicol Express Bicol Express is probably the most popular Bicolano dish. The story goes that the dish gets its name from a passenger train from Manila to Bicol. After you eat the dish, you’ll be running to find anything to quench the fire on your tongue. Like most Bicolano dishes, it is made of coconut milk and chili peppers but with cooked pork as the main ingredient. Ginataang Labong Ginataang labong is a simple dish made from chopped bamboo shoots simmered in coconut milk with some shrimp paste or fresh shrimps and chili peppers. This dish is refreshing and hot at the same time, thanks to the combination of bamboo shoots and peppers. It’s another healthy dish if you are not a fan of red meat Sinapot Sinapot is a fried banana desert that is in some ways similar to turon. It is made from Saba or Cardaba banana. The fruit is peeled then sliced horizontally before being mixed in a batter consisting of flour and eggs. After being deep fried, it is ready to be served. Ginataang Santol Most Bicolano dishes make use of coconut milk, a famous product in the region. One popular ginataang dish (a dish cooked in coconut milk) is ginataang santol. This sour fruit mixed with spicy chili peppers creates a unique flavor, which is made even more special, thanks to the silky coconut milk. Tilmok is another famous food from the Bicol region.Tilmok is the Bicolano term for coconut meat. The other main ingredient of the dish is crab meat. The preparation oftilmok starts with the mixing of coconut meat and the crab meat together. Garnishing is added after the meats are mixed. The mixed “meats” are put inside banana leaves and then steamed. This delicious dish is popular among locals and even foreigners.