Nabua, Camarines Sur - Tourism

Tourism

The town of Nabua is known for having a large contingent of United States Navy servicemen, that is why Nabua is famous in United States and Nabua is also called the * Town of Dollars Most of the families of these servicemen can be found residing in Southern California, particularly in the San Diego area. During religious and special holidays, the Nabuenos now residing in the United States or in other parts of the world return to Nabua bringing with them their friends and spending their foreign earned money thus boosting the local economy and tourism.

Among the celebrations and local sites in the town includes:

• Nabua celebrates its fiesta with the Boa-Boahan Festival every May 2. The highlight of the festival is the reenactment of the traditional "Boa Feast", a 13th century rite where ancient Bicolanos offered chains of coconut embryos called boa to their deities, in the belief that this would make their life more prosperous throughout the year. The feast is enlivened with a display of colorful costumes.
• The over 400-year-old church of Nabua known as the Vicariate of the Holy Cross is a prominent landmark along the national diversion road connecting the municipality of Baao directly to this town without passing the city of Iriga.
• Starting from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, you will find 400-year-old religious customs and traditions being celebrated by the locals. Semana Sancta starts with the Palm Sunday procession and blessing of Palms. Then the Holy Wednesday and Good Friday Procession of 'Pasos' depicting Christ's Passion. To commemorate Christ's resurrection, the "Balo-balu" is celebrated the night of Black Saturday and then the "Ton-ton" at dawn on Easter Sunday after the "Salubong" procession.
• Existing local industries such as bamboo craft, handloom weaving, woodcraft and basketry derived from available raw materials.