Albay Cagsawa Festival kicks off February
01/29/2012DARAGA, Albay — Passion builds up as Albay’s newest and most historic tourism attraction, the Cagsawa Festival, kicks off here in February this year. The festival is expected to further rev up the spirited tourism drive of the province.
Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said the Provincial Capitol here and the Municipal Government of Daraga, led by Mayor Gerry Jaucian, have forged the partnership that gave birth to the Cagsawa Festival, which was immediately elevated to the category of Albay’s two other important provincial festivals; Magayon and Karangahan.
The month-long Cagsawa Festival kicks off at the historic and world famous Cagsawa Ruins Park, marked by the remains of a church belfry amid a tumble of bricks that define the layout of an Spanish era settlement. Only the top of the belfry remains above ground after the church and the settlement were buried by the violent Mayon Volcano eruption in 1814..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120129nat4.html
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