Indigenous Culture and Crafts
- Processing of “binago”, grated and dried cassava steamed over a perforated coconut half-shell fitted onto the mouth of an earthen pot half-filled with water; common in the barangays on Sandingan and Cabilao islands and in Ubayon.
- Production of “tuba” or toddy from coconut in Cantaongon and other upland barangays.
- “Drama” or community theater in Napo, a fervently sustained local tradition that originated during the Spanish period. Local residents get involved as actors, singers, directors, stage managers and playwrights.
- Weaving of mats from romblon palm in Cabilao; production of nypa shingles near Moalong River; and weaving of baskets and other handicrafts from bamboo, rattan, baliw, nito, sig-id, sagisi and other materials in some upland barangays
- Production of corn and cassava on the rocky slopes of Basdio. The "farm-on-the-rocks" is itself a tourist attraction because from below, the crops seem to grow not on soil but on black rocks and boulders.
- Christmas caroling: "Daygon", "Pastores" and "Igi-igi"
- Good Friday dawn pilgrimage to Big Cross
- Good Friday procession and Easter “Sugat/Hugos” rites in the town center
- September “Festival of Lights” or “SidlaKasilak” in honor of the town’s patroness
- Town fiesta on September 8 and barangay fiestas throughout the year
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