A festival showcasing colorful costumes fashioned from abaca fiber. It is highlighted by a grand street presentation with the participants clad in these colorful abaca costumes.
The Padaraw Festival of Bulan which is celebrated every Fiesta time (May 30th) expresses a community’s gladness and thanksgiving for God’s bounties and gifts, properly expressed in ethnic music and creative street dancing. Padaraw is derived from a purely Bicol term which is commonly used by local fishermen. The root word is “daraw”. Daraw refers to the groups or schools of fishes which is collect in one part of the sea. This daraw becomes a convergence point for the fishermen to make their catch for the day. Padaraw therefore, refers to unity. Padaraw also expresses not only the bounties of the sea but of the plains and mountains as well, for which the people of Bulan give thanks to God.
