Sibug – Sibug Festival is celebrated during their foundation day

on the province of Sibugay on February 26, with colorful Ethnic

 Street dancing with rituals illustrating good harvest, wedding

and healing rituals. During the festival, it endorses it’s

 number one product which is the oyster or talaba in tagalong

 which has been known to be the biggest, juiciest, and meatiest

oysters in the country. In this two week celebration, in the

town of Ipil, “Talaba Longest Grill” has been the main

attraction of the visitors and viewers. In this manner,

Zamboanga can promote their oysters to the world.

Zamboanga Sibugay recently achieved a world record for

the Worlds Longest Talaba Grill with five to 12 inches-long

oysters or talaba as the main feature. Because of this, the

province of Sibugay earned a title as the Talaba Capital of

the Philippines.

Zamboanga Sibugay is a major supplier of oysters from 

 the Zamboanga Peninsula to neighboring countries in

the Asia Pacific region. It has three major talaba farms

 in the municipalities of Kabasalan, Siay and Alicia.

Visitors were also given a glance of the locals culture

and traditions through a Western Subanen cultural show.

The native Subanens presented their rituals in war,

 marriage and birth. Subanens are the aborigines of

Zamboanga, believed to have developed in the province

even before the Spanish period.