WELCOME TO ZAMBOANGA

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MUST VISIT SPOTS IN ZAMBOANGA

1)Fort Pilar

The fort was founded in 1635 as a garrison during the Spanish era and now serves as a shrine and an important historical landmark in Zamboanga City. The place also houses a National Museum branch inside that exhibits paintings, natural marine life and cultural memorabilia that represents the bygone era of Zamboanga as a Spanish City.

2) Pasonanca Park

Pasonanca Park was built in 1912 by the order of Mindanao Governor John J. Pershing and was completed under the administration of Governor Frank W. Carpenter. The park is very beautiful and a good place to go to if you just want to take a walk and enjoy the atmosphere of the park.

3) Zamboanga City Hall

This was built in 1905 and was completed in 1907 by the Federal Government of the United States for the then American Governors. Today the building serves as the City Hall of Zamboanga City where the Mayor holds office.

4) Cawa-Cawa Boulevard

A good place to visit early in the morning to take a quick walk or jog. The place is also good to go to in the afternoon for its gorgeous sunset and at nighttime you can also spend some time here and try eating Balut (a fertilized duck embryo that is boiled and eaten with vinegar and salt).

5) Abong Abong Park

You can climb the hill and do the Stations of the Cross during Holy week or any day of the year, and you can also visit the Scout Camps.

LETS TAKE A LOOK WITH SOME OF OUR OWN..

You can see this vechicles, traditions, creatures only in the Philippines

PAKLAY

This paklay recipe is simple and straightforward. For those that are not familiar with this dish, paklay is a stew made-up of pig and cow innards. This dish is popular in the southern parts of the Philippines and is best enjoyed as a main dish or as pulutan. Although it might seem that it needs an acquired taste to enjoy this dish, I must confess that I fell in love with paklay the moment I tried it — and it became a habit to cook paklay when I have the chance.

REGATTA DE ZAMBOANGA FESTIVAL

The Regatta de Zamboanga happened only during October but the Badjaos always took pains in having year-long preparations for the event. Men worked hard in carving their own boat or lepa-lepa, making sure that it was watertight and that the balance was just right. When the boats were done, local shamans performed rituals for the vessel to have a spirit that would guide it in the waters. The weavers made sure that the sails—those of vertical bands and intricate patterns of bright colors—for the vintas were as beautiful as the jeweled Regatta dancers themselves. Beauticians would extract fruit juices, wait until many full moons and mix them with dried leaves to produce paint for the dancers’ faces. And the dancers—those young maidens who were a picture of innocent sensuality—woke up before sunup each day to dance to the waves.



YAKAN`S WEAVING PRODUCTS

One of the many indigenous people around Zamboanga City is known as the Yakan. They are a thriving people who are adapting their old ways with the new. Even amongst the local residents of Zamboanga City who are particularly renowned for their colorful vintas, the Yakans are exquisitely known because of the vibrancy of color in their cloth and exceptional weaving techniques of their people.