BAROBO, Surigao del Sur — A decade of cultural pride and ancestral maritime lore takes center stage as this coastal gateway celebrates the 10th Sarapang Festival alongside its 66th founding anniversary from Oct. 17 to 24. The municipal government officially began the countdown to the weeklong celebration following the release of its promotional slate on Tuesday, Oct. 13. This year’s festivities center on community resilience, cultural diversity, and grassroots economic resurgence. Institutionalized under Municipal Ordinance No. 4, Series of 2017, the research-based cultural festival takes its name from the sarapang, a traditional multi-pronged fishing spear wielded by early Kamayo settlers along […]...

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