February 11, 2010 - Tinagba Festival is an ancient Bicol first harvest offering that features a caravan of gaily-decorated bull carts/motorized floats which usually coincides with the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes.This year highlights the character float parade and the 2010 Tinagba Gayon Bicol Festival of Festivals Showdown (moving choreography) where nine contingents will participate from Bicol’s famed festivals like The Palong Festival of Camarines Norte, Lapay Bantigue Festival of Masbate, Pinili Festival of Pili, Camarines Sur, Paraw Festival (Province of Sorsogon), Catandungan Festival (Catanduanes), Tabak Festival of Tabaco City, Sosogon Festival (Sorsogon City), Ibalong Festival (Legazpi City) and Pulang-Angui Festival of Albay.
The character float parade starts at around 10:30 a.m.,It was awesome to see fruits and crops perfectly decorated and arranged as floats.
Bicol Festival of Festivals Showdown starts at 1:00 p.m.,It was fun,I have not seen some of them like the Lapay Bantigue Festival of Masbate and Catandungan Festival of Catanduanes even if I am a Bicolano because it was far from the main land.Great its all here in one place.
We also have a chance to pray at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto where the traditional culminating point of Tinagba Festival.On top,you will see the entire city proper.
Tinagba as a tradition reminds us that,what ever fruits we harvest from our labors no matter how big or small.We must offer it first to God and surely He will payback a thousandfold.
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