Each and every month of October, the breathtaking city of Zamboanga, as the “City of Flowers”, commemorates its grand annual Zamboanga Hermosa Festival or also famously identified as Fiesta Pilar accompanied by 12 days and nights of activities and numerous festivities. The gorgeous city of Zamboanga greets a huge number of tourists, both local and foreign alike, to the province’s largest, most flamboyant festival of the season. The two day festivities are pretty much honoring the miraculous image of Our Lady of the Pilar Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragosa, which in turn is also typically referred to as the “Fiesta Pilar” at the renowned Fort Pila who has a unique fiesta in October. The folks of Zamboanga passionately convinced that the lady has acted as their unifying ethnic and heritage symbol.
In honor of her feast day, Zamboanga demonstrates its devotion as well as its commitment with a nine-night procession, the affair comes with live music entertainment, ethnic acts; street parades, fireworks displays as well as one of the extremely astounding components of the celebrations feature a brilliant regatta accompanied by old sailing ships and yachts flashing red, yellow as well as other extremely colorful sails. Additionally there are art exhibitions and also colorful flower shows featuring the botanical natural treasures of Mindanao’s tropical vegetations.
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