The Kadaugan Festival 2013
Exotic Philippines was one of the lucky blogs who got invited to this amazing, colorful, and lively event where all of the people living in the island of Mactan remember and celebrate the Kadaugan (Victory) of Lapu-Lapu against Magellan. As you may have already know, the island of Mactan was also colonized by Spain and is named after the Datu Lapu-Lapu who defeated the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Reyna Bulakna Reyna Bulakna is the wife of Datu Lapu-Lapu, so they also have the pageant every year since 2010 where they search for the Reyna Bulakna for the year. The candidates dance just right in front of us, swinging, dancing, showing off! With the beautiful custom, candidates and presentation, it was totally a great sight for me and the rest of the audience. Gladly, I was able to bring with my Sony Bloggie, but since my seat is not in front, my view and the video is not that really good but you'll totally appreciate how these beautiful ladies present
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