Sandurot Festival
Dumaguete's own festival. Sandurot means welcome, and the re-enactment on the boulevard tells how the city took in the peoples who landed here.
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Dumaguete's own festival. Sandurot means welcome, and the re-enactment on the boulevard tells how the city took in the peoples who landed here.
A street dancing festival held every 3 to 5 November, and one of the most popular in the region. The dancers paint flowers on their faces, arms, bodies and legs, in the pintados tradition, to show gratitude to people and to their surroundings. The name joins two Spanish …
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