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sa Kabankalan City is held on the
third weekend of January as a thanksgiving
celebration to mark the feast of the Santo
Niño. Its highlight is a street dance
contest with sooted, costumed "tribes"
gyrating to the beat of drums |
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Pasalamat,
held every Sunday nearest the first of May
or Labor Day, is a harvest thanksgiving celebration
by the people of La Carlota City. The festival
is based on an age-old practice of offering
thanksgiving to the god of agricutlure living
inside Kanlaon Volcano. The celebration features
an Ecumenical Thanksgiving mass, games, sportsfests,
agro-industrial fair, and streetdancing competition
with “tribes” dressed in indigenous
materials and swaying to the beat of Sambita.
The celebration is capped with the selection
of Ginoong Pasalamat and Pasalamat Queen.
La Carlota City is 42 kilometers southeast
of Bacolod. City. |
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| MudPack
Festival |
| Mudpack
Festival in Mambukal,
Murcia is a symbolic celebration of
man’s return to primitive times
when he was closer to nature. It seeks
to instill in people the awareness and
care of environment and the use of natural
materials in arts and craft. The highlight
of this emerging festival which fall
on the 22nd of June is a merry-making
with dancers' faces covered with mudpack
and bodies painted with Mambukal clay.
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| Nature
Adventure and Eco-tourism |
| MT.
KANLAON -
One of the mountains found in the north-central
portion of the island of Negros. It
is the highest peak in Central Philippines,
the most dominant and attractive feature
of which is the active summit crater
of a volcano. |
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MOUNTAIN RESORT,
Murcia; 30 kms. from Bacolod City ;
gateway to the Mt. Kanlaon National
Park; built as a spa in 1927; situated
at an altitude of roughly 2,000 ft.
above sea level on the north-western
foot of Mt. Kanlaon. |
| SITIO
GUINTUBDAN NATURE CAMP,
La Carlota City; 36 kms. from Bacolod
City; a destination for nature enthusiasts;
at the western foot of Mt. Kanlaon at
an elevation of 700 meters above the
plains of the sugarland. |
| PATAG
VALLEY TREKKING,
Silay City; 45 kms. from Bacolod City;
located 400meters above sea level between
the highlands of Mt. Silay and Mt. Marapara;
home of the Philippines spotted deer;
highlight of the visit is a skyline
ride. |
| ISLA
PUTI,
Escalante; 101 kms. from Bacolod City;
immense sand bar islet jutting out of
the sea and measuring about 2 hectares
in area. |
| SAGAY
MARINE SANCTUARY,
Sagay; 86 kms. from Bacolod City; established
in1978; an aggregate area of 200 hectares
covering the so called carbin reef,
maca reef, maca shoal and panal reef.
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| UBONG
CAVE,
Hinobaan; 202 kms. from Bacolod City;
system of cave passages situated at
the coastline of Sitio Ubong. Ideal
for "spelunker-to-be". |
| PATING
CAVE,
Kabankalan; highest cave found in the
eastern part of Bgy. Magballo |
| HAGDANAN
CAVE,
Kabankalan; named so because of the
natural formation of stairs made of
stone inside the cave leading to the
water under it. |
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| Historical
And Cultural Attraction |
| REVOLUTIONARY
MARKERS
in Bago and Silay Cities and E. B. Magalona;
22 kms. and 15 kms. from Bacolod City,
respectively; commemorate the spots
where local revolutionaries fought against
Spanish authorities during the Negros
revolution of 1898 and the American
forces later. |
| ARANETA
AND LACSON MONUMENTS,
Bago City and Talisay; 22 kms. and 6
kms. from Bacolod City, respectively;
in memory of two great leaders of the
Negros revolution. |
| FOUNTAIN
OF JUSTICE,
Bacolod City; where the Capitulation
of Bacolod was signed between the Spanish
authorities and revolutionary forces.
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| INSTITUTO
RIZAL, Bacolod
City; first public school established
in Bacolod in 1902. |
| CHURCH
OF TALISAY, Talisay;
7 kms. from Bacolod City constructed
in the early part of 1900's where the
remains of Fr. Fernando Cuenca and Gen
Aniceto Lacson are being kept. |
| ANCESTRAL
HOUSE OF DR. SORIANO, Bacolod
City; constructed in 1901, the house
was made of hardwood with fine carvings;
served as a hospital during the Japanese
occupation. |
| HOFILEÑA
ANCESTRAL HOUSE,
Silay City; 15 kms. from Bacolod City;
home to a collection of rare art pieces,
antiques and paintings done by Luna,
Rizal and Hidalgo; venue of the first
wood printing in Negros. |
| HACIENDA
FE. - ANCESTRAL HOUSE OF DON EUSEBIO
URIARTE Y HERMANOS,
La Carlota City; 42 kms. from Bacolod
City where the Circulo de Agriculture,
a planters organization formed to undertake
an anti-locust campaign. |
| THE
HOUSE OF DON MARIANO RAMOS,
Bacolod City; ancestral home of the
late Don Mariano Ramos, first appointed
Presidente Municipal of Bacolod. |
| CAPITOL
BUILDING,
Bacolod City; imposing structure of
Romanesque neo-classical architectural
design, official seat of government
of the Province of Negros Occidental;
served as headquarters of the Japanese
Imperial Army during World War II. |
| GASTON
FARM HOUSE,
Silay City; 15 kms. from Bacolod
City; typical example of a "sugar
baron's mansion"; converted into
a museum and known today as the "Balay
Negrense". |
| OLD
FORT AT HIMAMAYLAN ,
Himamaylan; 83 kms. from Bacolod City;
served as a garrison when the town became
the capital of Negros in 1795. |
| YULO
ANCESTRAL HOUSE,
Bacolod City; by the sea; built in the
early part of 1900's; residence of Don
Alfredo Yulo, mayor of Bacolod at the
coming of the World War II. |
| THE
CHURCH OF SAN DIEGO,
Silay City; 15 kms. from Bacolod City;
Basilica type of architectural work
constructed in the 1920's. |
| MURAL
OF BIRHEN SANG BARANGAY, Bacolod
City; large mural mosaic of 95,000 pieces
of shells of various species in their
natural colors. A unique work of art
found at the Chapel of Sta. Clara. |
| CHINESE
TEMPLE,
Bacolod City; symbol of Chinese influence
in the culture of the province. |
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