post Category: Uncategorized post postOctober 20, 2008

The lanzones festival of this year was already ended last October 19, 2008. Sad to note, I wasn’t there to witness that annual event of my hometown “CAMIGUIN”. The Lanzones fruit is a major source of the Camiguin Islands’ livelihood and it is for the annual harvest that they celebrate this Thanksgiving Day. Houses, carriages, street poles and even people are decorated with lanzones and lanzones leaves. Townsfolk dance in joy abandon in commemoration of the legend that a beautiful, unknown maiden took from its former bitter flavor to leave only its luscious, sweet taste. This year, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo grace the 29th Lanzones Festival an annual thanksgiving festivities in this idyllic island volcanic province. She was also lead the ribbon cutting ceremony of the Agro-Industrial-Technology Trade Fair which displayed the wealth of agriculture produce in the province particularly the industrial projects and programs of the five municipalities of Camiguin. The Lanzones Festival is Camiguin’s contribution to making the island of Mindanao as a tourist destination.

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