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My Hometown's Pride | Bonok-Bonok Festival | The Frugal Traveler's Guide

Hello itinerants all over the world and steemit community! These past couple of months have been such a crazy roller coaster ride of my life by far. There are so many things happened in my personal, family and career which really greatly affected me to get demotivated and stopped me from doing the things I love. I really do love to share everything to you and I decided to start it with positive ones.

I am bringing you today in our beloved hometown Surigao, Philippines. It is known for being the "The City of Island Adventures". It has a lot more to offer more than satisfying you with mouth-watering dishes, filling your souls in by connecting you to the nature, meeting adorable and friendly people. My hometown celebrates this so called "Bonok-Bonok Marajaw Karajaw Festival", pride of every Surigaonons. It is an ethnic and religious ritual celebrated in some occasions such as traditional wedding, celebrating the city anniversary, thanksgiving and worship

The festival is celebrated through street dance competition by different contingents representing their respective municipalities' traditions and cultures. Basically, the term "Bonok-Bonok" is originated from the early settlers in the town and gotten from an ancestral festivity and tradition. It is used to be represented by different village chieftains and babaeyons.

Get mesmerized by colorful costumes, huge props and gorgeous dancers . Look at this dancer wearing a floral costume representing their municipality. This is truly one of the happiest celebration you can witness in the town.

This year's Bonok-Bonok Festival theme is "Sajaw para sa Kalinaw" which means "Dance for Peace". , which is very timely and relevant to share awareness and spreading camaraderie in the community. The Island of Mindanao has been through a lot this year affected by natural disasters terrorism, and socio-government and political issues.

The festival is all about showcasing each amazing and unique talents and cultures of the participants' municipality. This is basically telling the people a story through dancing. It shows people a glimpse of the traditions and its cultures.