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What is ‘Pasungay” festival all about? Pasungay festival is a celebration in honor to Sto. Niño. It is a festival of bullfight or a bull derby and this was held on the Municipality of San Joaquin, Iloilo in every third Saturday of January. And this one of the tourist attraction prepared by every San Joaquinhon for a long week celebration of their Municipal Fiesta. This festival is a fight between two bulls until one tire out or gives up and run. The bulls are pit against each other by weight category for this annual Bull fight. On the arena you will witness the ferocious display of power and skills of the bulls.
According to the story, Pasungay was started during the Spanish era. It was begun when two raging bulls were set loose by the herdsmen or the cow keeper. The fight was witness by the farmers resting in the hillside. The farmers were amused on what they have seen. This was aroused the interest of townspeople and later it became a popular amusement in the most barangay fiesta.
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Every entry on this festival was groomed and handpicked months before the festivals. And their skills and abilities are test during the elimination round made by a neighboring group of experts or won several times in Barangay fiesta. And they are trained by an expert to develop their endurance, power and strength in order secure their victory.
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