Tanduyong Festival
Tanduyong Festival | |
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Observed by | San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines |
Type | Religious |
Date | Fourth Sunday in April |
2023 date | April 23 |
2024 date | April 28 |
2025 date | April 27 |
2026 date | April 26 |
Frequency | annual |
Tanduyong Festival is an annual harvest festival in San Jose City in the province of Nueva Ecija, the largest province in Central Luzon, Philippines. The festival takes its name from a variety of shallot grown in the region. [1]
Background
Nueva Ecija is a historic province in the Philippines with colorful and remarkable festivals. This province, with five cities and 27 municipalities, has diverse cultural traditions that became significant part of Novo Ecijanos culture and tradition.
Before the city was founded by the Spaniards, it is known as Kabaritan, named for the plant commonly seen in the area. With its wide plains, agriculture is the main source of livelihood in the city. It is part of the rice granary of the Philippines. But the agricultural produce of the city also includes vegetables, fruits and onions. It is now a leading producer of onions in the country. Every year, the Tanduyong festival is held on April coinciding with the annual fiesta to celebrate this. Tanduyong[2] is a variety of shallot grown in the area.[3]
The festival
References
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- ^ "100+ Interesting Historical and Geographical Facts About Nueva Ecija". Nobert Bermosa. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
- "Onion Capital of the Philippines". goharp.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2012.