Zambales Mango Festival 2014- Mabuhay Zambales
IBA, Zambales—Zambales’s pride, the world-famous carabao mango, will again be the center of a three-day festival in this town starting Thursday.
The event, which is expected to draw visitors as well as contest participants from Manila and other parts of Luzon, is an annual event organized by the provincial government.
Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. said on Tuesday during the pre-pageant night for the Binibining Zambales 2014 competition that this year’s festival seeks to capitalize on a popular local product to promote the province and its people, as well as its industries and products.
“We have here the Zambales mango, which is known as the sweetest in the world, and people come here every year just for the taste of it,” Ebdane said.
“Now we’re leveraging the popular Zambales mango to also persuade people to visit our tourism attractions, to experience our culture, taste our various delicacies, and get to know Zambaleños better.”
Tel Mora, head of the Zambales Provincial Tourism Office, said the mango-themed festival would kick off early morning Thursday at the People’s Park in front of the Zambales Capitol.
A trade fair and exhibit, which includes an Ayta craft demonstration and local government unit showcase, would be formally opened. Four hours before noon, a marching band exhibition begins.
The afternoon events at the Zambales Sports Center will include a skydiving exhibition and street-dancing parade and competition beginning mid-afternoon of March 6, according to Mora. Mora added there will also be a mango challenge contest and a talent-search show.
A competition on sand sculpture would begin early morning on March 7 at a beach in Barangay Dingin here.
Mora said there would also be a mango-carving contest and a mango-eating contest at the People’s Park on Friday, as well as a lifeguard challenge at the Zambales Sports Complex.
Other activities are lined up for March 8, the festival’s third day, to be capped by a beauty contest.
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