Philippine Festivals: Balsa Festival
For a day in the latter part of May the beach at Matabungkay, a picturesque coastal village in the town of Lian, Batangas, is the home for the Balsa Festival. A Balsa is a flat raft made of timber or other buoyant material such as bamboo used by people that lived along coasts or riverbanks long ago. These floats were used for transportation along shallow waters and for fisherman to get from the beach to their fishing boats and back. The balsa floats are propelled by a long bamboo pole that is long enough to reach down to the sandy beach floor and pushing off that floor. During the Balsa festival, one of the more fun Philippine festivals, there is plenty of food and refreshments as well as numerous displays and boat races. A Cultural Dance Competition tops off the festival and is something you should see. If you are in the area of Lian, Batangas please spend a day at the beach for the Balsa Festival.
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This is the first time I heard of the Balsa Festival. Anyway, thanks for writing about it. I may include it on my list of Philippine Festivals in my article on Philippines-Nation of Fiestas and Festival in one of my blog site.
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