Samar Version of Carabao Festival

 

 

 

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Samar is divided into three parts – Northern Samar, Western Samar and Eastern Samar. For purposes of clarity, Western Samar is simply referred to or called SAMAR.

 

CARABAO FESTIVAL

 

Photo from: https://article.wn.com/view/2013/08/13/Carabao_Festival_triumphs_in_Samar_Day/

 

Their fast, synchronized and energetic dancing has earned the admiration of the crowd and the nod of judges during the festival competition that depicts the culture, tradition and way of life in Samar.

Performers of the Carabao Festival of Gandara town, which pays tribute to the draft animal that helps people till their farms and provides milk for Gandara kesiyo (native cheese), were declared grand champions in the Festival of Festival competition.

In colorful attire, they acted as carabao bulls, herons, medicine men and villagers in portraying rural life. They danced, pranced, ran and fell to the ground to the rhythmic beating of the drums, with the lead dancer carrying an image of St. Michael de Archangel, Gandara’s patron saint. Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/467257/a-festive-day-of-pride-for-samarenos#ixzz4ZGRSxR6t

 

Photo from:  http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/467257/a-festive-day-of-pride-for-samarenos

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