KAGASANGAN FESTIVAL

Moalboal is known also for its "Kagasangan Festival" translated "Corals Feast" in which they perform tribal dances and music.

WHY KAGASANGAN FESTIVAL?

•                A Legend:

                A legend is a story of the past accepted as true but questioned by historians, the lexicon says.  Then, the legend occurred in Moalboal long time ago when Laurente Sabanal popularly called “Laguno” desserted his native abode and migrated to the shores of Moalboal “upon seeing that the place teemed with fish” a concrete manifestation of the town’s abundance of its marine resources.

•                The Reality:

                For years, Moalboal is widely famed for its white, sandy beaches and its crystal-clear seawaters.  Yet, Moalboal take the most pride with its underwater paradise, that is considered as the jewel and gem of Moalboal.  The varied colorful seawater animals, the corals “KAGASANGAN” are beautifully interlaced in its seawaters.  Around & within these magnificent corals are the varied school of fish and other marine creatures encircling, roaming and playing.  These corals are the habitat of the different flora and fauna of the seas.  This awesome scenario is a glimpse or a touch of paradise in Moalboal’s underwater world.  Fisherman may had long seen & even had touched these corals though gave  less attention.  They may had tended to their bountiful catch unaware that the corals were the very reason for their good catch.

                Several years back then, diving as a marine sport or hobby was not known to many in Moalboal.  However, divers in the Moalboal waters spread the good news that Moalboal really is a good and in fact one of the best diving destinations in the country in general and in the province of Cebu in particular.  The good news spread far and wide that Moalboal is a real diving capital.  These magnificent corals paved and brought Moalboal to the limelight & much more to the global arena.  The simple nipa huts that  sprouted within the beach areas had metarmorphosed into elegants, gallant, plush beach resorts, resto bars, diving shops and souvenir shops.  Tourists both foreign & national had tremendously increased.  Economy had flourished.