CAPIZ FESTIVALS

Capiz is one of the best places that you can visit here in Visayas. Every town have there own Festivals, and every Festivals was so colourful and there’s a lot of enjoyment. There are 16 towns here in Capiz that celebrate Festivals and every town there’s a different kind of Festivals.

PANAY is one of the towns in Capiz they are celebrating the “Linga-Anay Festival”. Linga-Anay Festival means “looking back”. It was also inspired by their Dakung Lingganay or the Big Bell in which the town of Panay is well-known for, not only locally but around the world.

PILAR is celebrating the “Tagbuan Festival”. The hiligaynon term for the meeting of the upland and fisher folks along the seashores is “Tagbu”.

PANITAN is celebrating the “Pagpasidungog Festival”. Pagpasidungug means to honour. This festival honors their “KASIMANWAS” who bought fame, honor and recognition for Panitan.

PONTEVEDRA is celebrating the “Guyom-Guyom Festival”. “Caguyuman” the old name of Pontevedra, meaning anthill, a name distinct for ants’ house was once a part of the Municipality of Pan-ay mainly because of its rich and abundant natural resources both from the coastal and upland areas.

PRESIDENT ROXAS is celebrating the “Sina-ot Festival”. It is a street dancing contest among groups dancing to the tune of Latin beat garbed in colourful Caribbean costume.

MAAYON is celebrating the “Hil-o Hil-o Festival”. Hil- o Hil-o Festival which connotes reciprocity that demonstrates interdependence among our people. It expresses itself in many ways. It could simply be helping one another to make a heavy work for one be lighter.

IVISAN is celebrating the “Buyloganay Festival”. “Buyloganay” is a word typical of an Ivisan culture characterized by the gesture of unity and cooperation. It is celebrated every September 10 in honour of its patron saint, St. Nicholas of Tolentino. In Ivisan also we located the “Spring Hills Resort” it is one of the best resort in Ivisan. You can visit there website SpringHillsCapiz.com.

DUMARAO is celebrating the “Padagyaw Festival”. Being held every year mirrors the spirit of unity and cooperation of its people. One of the few is the street dancing and pista ng bayan.

DUMALAG is celebrating the “Ilig Festival”. “Ilig” means ” a downstream or seaward travel” or ” a trip in the direction in which a river flows”, is a celebration which brings to mind the Dumalagnons’ age-old practice of transporting their chief product “bamboo”, baled together into rafts, sometimes ladwen with marketable food stuffs, to placed down Panay River, particularly to capiz, one Roxas City.

SIGMA is celebrating the “Hil-o Anay Festival”. Hil-o Hanay Festival is a manifestation of culture inherent to Sigma as a cultural expression of symbiosis.

DAO is celebrating the “Pasalamat Festival”. “PASALAMAT” is the annual theme of town’s fiesta celebration. the occasion is an auspicious opportunity to highlight town’s rich culture and heritage, strengthen Daohanons solidarity as a community and as well as thanksgiving to GOD Almighty for the good health and prosperity received through His blessings.

TAPAZ is celebrating the “Patabang Festival”. “Patabang” is one valuable trait of Tapaznons when it comes to some occasional time of hard work such as working in the farm during planting and harvesting season, transferring of the house from one place to another, preparing foods during thanksgiving and many more.

CUARTERO is celebrating the “Agdahanay Festival”. “Agdahanay” means inviting and accommodating others. One whole week of fun, revelry, cultural activities and frenzied street dancing are enjoyed by the Cuarterohanons.

SAPIAN is celebrating the “Talahong Festival”. On the northern portion of Sapian as the Sapian Bay which covers seven out of its ten barangays. Talaba and tahong is very rich in production in these areas.

MAMBUSAO is celebrating the “Inilusan Festival”. The term Inulusan means the mutual and reciprocal giving and sharing of good and resources in generous measure and in the spirit of fraternal goodwill that permeates the daily life of Mambusaonons.