Loon, Bohol - Indigenous Culture and Crafts

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