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The
PAHOY-PAHOY
Festival
A traditional fiesta presentation of colorful scarecrows and street dancing by farmers of Calbiga, Samar, imitating the scarecrows to dramatize their common struggle and victory over pests and pestilence.
SINULOG: A zarzuela that reenacts the battle between the moro raiders and townspeople featuring the once famous street warrior dance.
The
BOUNDARIES AND
CLIMATE
The municipalities has the total land area of 28.378 hectares marked by broad up land areas and low rugged hills. It is bounded on the north by the municipalities of San Sebastian and Hinabangan: on the south by the municipality of Pinabacdao; on the east by Eastern Samar Province; and on the west by Maqueda Bay. Its climate has no distinct dry and rainy seasons.
The municipality consists of 41 barangays, 6 of which lie along the coast of Maqueda Bay, 7 in the poblacion and 28 at the upland.
Calbiga
IS A FOURTH CLASS
MUNICIPALITY
About 48 kilometers south of Catbalogan, the provincial capital, and 59 kilometers northeast of Tacloban City in Leyte. The poblacion, or town center, lies along the Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway (Maharlika Highway) that links Samar and Leyte to the islands of Luzon and Mindanao.
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MELCHOR F. NACARIO
MUNICIPAL MAYOR
Announcement:
