{"id":6350,"date":"2018-04-25T08:03:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T00:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/?p=6350"},"modified":"2021-07-15T10:17:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T02:17:15","slug":"magayon-festival-in-albay-bicol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2018\/04\/25\/magayon-festival-in-albay-bicol\/","title":{"rendered":"Magayon Festival in Albay, Bicol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Magayon Festival is a month-long celebration\u00a0happening every month of\u00a0May in Albay Province. This festival \u00a0is meant to honor Mayon Volcano\u2019s beauty, with <em>Magayon<\/em> meaning \u201calways beautiful to look at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6351\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/18835837_1571550589545579_6620198218622543940_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/18835837_1571550589545579_6620198218622543940_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/18835837_1571550589545579_6620198218622543940_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/18835837_1571550589545579_6620198218622543940_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>\/IMAGE Magayon Festival&#8217;s Facebook page<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The streets of Albay come to life as various cultural events represent the different traditional life of Albayanos. Aside from featuring Albay\u2019s rich culture, the Magayon Festival is also a platform to showcase the province\u2019s culinary fare, native industries, and natural wonders. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the highlights of this event is the retelling of the popular legend of the Mayon Volcano called \u201cDaragang Magayon\u201d (Beautiful Maiden). This much-awaited event also features sili-eating (chili pepper) contest at the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pe\u00f1aranda Park in Old Albay District\u00a0where\u00a0Bicolano\u2019s fondness of food served with hot and spicy chili is challenged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6353\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/04\/18839029_1571505332883438_9023714905642531341_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>\/IMAGE Magayon Festival&#8217;s Facebook page<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Provincial Tourism, Culture, and Arts Office (PTCAO) duly prepare for this annual event. They have\u00a0plans and coordinate\u00a0with event curators for its details\u00a0to maintain the success of Magayon Festival that leaves everyone satisfied and astounded. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aside from Mayon Volcano, Albay has a lot to offer. This month-long celebration\u00a0helps in discovering the culture, wonders, and people of Albay. Join Magayon Festival and see for yourself! Starting May 1,experience another fun-filled festival!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/albay.gov.ph\/magayon-festival-2018-preparations-underway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">albay.gov.ph<\/a> 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/byaheroph.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/featured-photos-magayon-festival-dancers.html#.WuAEM4hubIU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">byaheroph.blogspot.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/albay.gov.ph\/on-to-magayon-festival-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">albay.gov.ph <\/a>2017; Images grabbed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/MagayonFestival\/photos\/?ref=page_internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magayon Festival Facebook page\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Written by Christine Andes<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This May, join the Magayon Festival in Albay to see the beautiful culture of Albayanos! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1730],"tags":[1031,1032,453,1030],"class_list":["post-6350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-and-history","tag-albay","tag-bicol","tag-festival","tag-magayon-festival"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6350"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9549,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6350\/revisions\/9549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}