UBI FESTIVAL
January 21-23
Tagbilaran City, Bohol
Tagbilaran City pays tribute to a favorite plant--the ube. Join the Boholanos in their efforts to establish this tasty, purple-hued crop as a major agricultural product. Seminars, exhibits and contests galore.

PANA-AD SA LOBOC (Movable)
Holy Thursday & Good Friday
Loboc, Bohol
The residents of Loboc celebrate the Holy Week in Boholano fashion-- with their own version of the pasyon prayers, followed by a solemn penitential procession up the Cruz Daku, or "Hill of the Big Cross".

BOLIBONG KINGKING FESTIVAL
May 23-24, 2002
Loboc, Bohol
This one sounds rather funny, we agree, but the roots of this Boholeno Festival are nothing to laugh about. "Bolibong Kingking" refers to the beat of drums and gongs that accompany the dancing devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe. See and hear it all in the town of Loboc as it celebrates this annual religious occasion.

BOHOL FIESTAS
Whole month of May
Bohol
Take a trip down Bohol this month -- we guarantee you won't make it down this island without passing through a local fiesta. They take fun seriously down there, you see, and it shows in the way they celebrate. Homes are opened on festival day, all of them loaded with sumptuous fare. Best of all, everyone is welcome to join in this timeless celebration of community spirit.

SANDUGO FESTIVAL
July 1-31
Tagbilaran City, Bohol
The Spanish colonization of the Philippines began with a blood-sealed peace treaty on the shores of Bohol. This historic event is remembered today with an all-out fiesta at the island's capital city. Check out the Sandugo street dancing parade on the 22nd, featuring ten colorfully-dressed groups dancing to the beat of drums. There's also a traditional Filipino carnival, a martial arts festival and a Miss Bohol Sandugo Beauty Pageant, among dozens of other exciting activities.

SANDUGO RE-ENACTMENT
Bool, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
Long,long ago, a Boholano chieftain and a Spanish conquistador sealed their blood on a peace treaty that paved the way for the eventual colonization of the Philippine Islands. See this historic event come alive in an annual re-enactment called the Sandugo.

SUROY SA MUSIKERO
December 25 - February 2
Loboc, Bohol
This is a celebration where the Loboc town musician cover the daily assigned areas to partake the foods served by the host to play music to the tune of Kuradang, Dalaga sa Baybayon, etc. This is also the period carolers render Christmas songs to the families of the host area.