• 이름 : tutors
• 작성일 : 2014-07-09
• 조회수 : 7105
• 추천수 : 0

                               
Camotes Cassava Festival



The Cassava Festival in Tudela, Camotes Island, Cebu is a yearly celebration held every second week of June.

If you love eating root crops, this festival is for you! A thanksgiving celebration of farmers for a bountiful harvest, particularly of sweet potatoes and cassava, it's a time where farmers display and sell an assortment of cassava-based products.
 

The farmers also share their skills and knowledge in processing these products. Part of the festival activities are the search for new cassava products, exhibits, cooking contests, parades, a cultural night, and the Miss Camotes Tourism pageant.

 

kamote(sweet potato)

This 2014, the Camotes Cassava Festival will be celebrated from June 8 to 14.

The local term for sweet potato is “kamote” while cassava is “balanghoy” (or kamoteng kahoy).

It's said that the root crop got its name from a deaf woman named “Balang.” According to legend, her visitors saw her and asked her what she was carrying. Balang didn't hear them. This prompted her neighbor to shout, “Balang, Hoy!”
 

ENJOY and EXPERIENCE the Festival!!!!!!!