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TOURISM

South Cotabato opens Tnalak Festival, foundation anniv activities

KORONADAL CITY -- Good weather and happy people welcomed this year's 19th Tnalak Festival and South Cotabato 52nd foundation anniversary that opened with a thematic and civil-military parade here this morning. This year's festival has been the most colorful and most beautiful so far, South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance Fuentes during the opening program with Ilocs Norte Gov. Imee Marcos, Sen. Cynthia Villar and Special Assistant to the Presidential Christopher Bong Go in attendance.

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Lanao del Sur’s village exhibit highlights ‘Lanao Rising’

COTABATO CITY– At the heart of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) here is a microcosm of its five provinces.

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Teachers' daughter Khrizia Villa is Mutya ng Cotabato City 2018

COTABATO CITY - A 19-year old lass from Barangay Rosary Heights 1 here was crownd Mutya ng Coabato City in a pageant night that capped this year's 59th foundation anniversary of the city.Khrizia Villa, daughter of public school teachers, bested eight other aspirants in the pageant held at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Center Tuesday night.Aside from the most coveted crown, Villa, fourth year student of Notre Dame University Bachelor of Arts in Communication, also hauled other major and minor awards like Miss Reckon Rock 2018,Miss SanSan 2018 and Texters’ Choice.She was awarded Miss Photoge

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All is set for 12 PH bird festival in Tacurong

TACURONG CITY - The local government unit here is gearing up for the hosting of the 12th Philippine Bird Festival and 4th Tacurong City Bird Festival in May 11-12.
The two-day festival is expected to draw bird enthusiasts from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, Taiwan,and Indonesia. They will start bird watching in Tacurong Baras Bird Sanctuary when they arrive on May 10.Tacurong was chosen as this year’s host of the Philippine Bird Festival because of their Bird Sanctuary.

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Another attraction in Koronadal launched

KORONADAL CITY -- The city government here has launched another attraction set to draw tourists.The linear musical dancing fountain creates a harmonious ambiance and a welcoming entrance to the city hall.
With its accompanying beat of music, thelovely fountain dances that provides a unique and authentic experience to visitors.
Its columns of various brightly colored lights that stream to the dramatic patterns of water are a sight to behold for children and adults alike.

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Koronadal offers alternate tourist spot to beat summer heat

KORONADAL CITY -- The people of Koronadal and neighboring places need not go far to beat the summer heat. Located just less than 11 kilometers away from the city proper is the sub-village of Si-ok in barangay Mabini, a place of incredible waterfalls.
With its lush vegetation, and beautiful rock formation, Si-ok offers a great eco-adventure destination for nature enthusiasts.

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ARMM peacebuilding ethnic Pakaradjaan 2018 festival launched

MAGUINDANAO --- Southern ethnic groups launched on Monday the Pakaradjaan 2018 to highlight a common aspiration for peace in a homeland torn by conflicts and calamities.Pakaradjaan is a generic term for celebration among ethno-linguistic tribes in the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.The region also covers Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur, both in central Mindanao.The provincial governors of the five provinces are also involved in the Pakaradjaan festival, organized by the ARMM’s executive department as part of the 29thfounding anniv

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Mangudadatu assures of more `colorfully intricate' 2019 Inaul Festival

MAGUINDANAO --- The Maguindanao Inaul Festival ended with a surprise, something organizers and even the chief executive of the province, Gov.

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Kidapawan City attempts to break another world record

KIDAPAWAN CITY –- It broke world record in 2017 and
this time, Kidapawan City attempted Monday to break another Guinness World
Record of largest Samba dance in one setting.

About 17,000 or 8,500 pairs of Samba dancers, led by
Kidapawan City Mayor Joseph Evangelista, performed the largest Samba dance in another
attempt to break world record.

I am
confident we broke the record of current world record hodler, Evangalista told
reporters after the dance showdown along a three-kilometer stretch of the
national highway here.

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Maguindanao festival aims to attract `inaul’ buyers abroad

MAGUINDANAO - Traders are optimistic the second Maguindanao provincial Inaul Festival will improve the foreign market value of a fabric the event highlights as a centuries-old icon of the Maguindanaon tribe.The inaul weaving industry, pioneered by ancient Moro sultanates, is being revived now by the provincial government through a yearly festival launched in 2017 and via other technical interventions to provide marginalized peasant families an alternative source of income.The second Inaul Festival started last Monday but its main cultural events, some to be witnessed by national and foreign

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