Sublian festival is a week long celebration which culminates every year on the 23rd of July, is rooted in the Batangueños devotion to the town’s patron: the Holy Cross in Bauan and Agoncillo, and the Sto. Niño in Batangas City. This religious devotion translated to a dance from indigenous to Batangas: the Subli. Traditionaly performed to the accompaniment of drums and chanting, the Subli praises the Patron in a combination of poetry, movement and music. Today, the Sublian festival features not just devotional dance-song but street dancing indigenous Filipino games, Harana (serenades), the Lupakan, Awitan at Sayawan: an event which combines the sharing of Nilupak (local delicacy made of bananas and sweet potato) with folk songs and dancesand even a Malunggayan Fiesta, a day that celebrates the nutritional benefits of the malunggay (moringa) plant. The Sublian Festival also coincides with the city’s founding anniversary. 

 

   According to (http://www.batangas.gov.ph/portal/festivals-fiestas/) Sublian Festival is the top 3 most visited festival in batangas as of 2018 with a total of 4,000 number of tourist.

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