Bacacay Chronicles

Bacacay Chronicles This page is all about our townโ€™s nature, culture, health and faith.

๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‰๐’–๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’•๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐๐š๐œ๐š๐œ๐š๐ฒ, ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’–๐’Ž๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’• โ€” ๐’Š๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’„๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’†, ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’‰๐’๐’๐’…, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’…๐’†. ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ’šDuring ...
25/11/2025

๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‰๐’–๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’•๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐๐š๐œ๐š๐œ๐š๐ฒ, ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’–๐’Ž๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’• โ€” ๐’Š๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’„๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’†, ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’‰๐’๐’๐’…, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’…๐’†. ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ’š

During the annual Karagumoy Festival, locals celebrate this beloved plant in many ways:

๐Ÿงบ ๐™†๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ-๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ โ€“ showcasing the artistry of our local weavers, from banig to bags and tampipi.

๐ŸŽถ ๐™†๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™– ๐™†๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฎ & ๐˜พ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ โ€“ music, dance, and stories woven with our traditions.

๐Ÿ‘‘ ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ฎ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™†๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฎ โ€“ honoring the beauty, talent, and spirit of Bacacayanos.

๐ŸŽ‰ Plus parades, food & handicraft stalls, community nights, and the Karagumoy Foam Party that keep the fiesta alive all week!

๐‘ด๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’†๐’™๐’• ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“ and tune in to Bacacay's official tourism page, Bacacay Yon, for more updates and future events. ๐Ÿ“…โœจ

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Every strand of Karagumoy supports families, keeps weaving traditions alive, and tells the world that Karagumoy is Bacacayโ€™s pride.

๐‘ด๐’‚๐’…๐’‹๐’‚ ๐’๐’‚, ๐’…๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’…๐’Š ๐’”๐’‚ ๐๐š๐œ๐š๐œ๐š๐ฒ โ€” ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’, ๐’„๐’†๐’๐’†๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’–๐’Ž๐’๐’š! ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒดโœจ

23/11/2025

๐‘ด๐˜ผ๐‘ซ๐™…๐˜ผ ๐™‰๐˜ผ, ๐™Ž๐™€๐™€ ๐™’๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™ ๐™’๐™€ ๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™‘๐™€ ๐™„๐™‰ ๐™Ž๐™๐™Š๐™๐™€!! ๐Ÿ˜„๐ŸŒฟโœจ

Here in ๐๐š๐œ๐š๐œ๐š๐ฒ, it has been a customary tradition for local weavers to transform these humble Karagumoy leaves into beautiful creations that carry the heart of Bicolano culture ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿงบ. These leaves are used to make banig (mats), bags, hats, and telescope baskets called โ€œtampipiโ€โ€”the OG suitcases back in the day! ๐Ÿ‘’๐Ÿ‘œโœจ

Theyโ€™re also woven into fancy finds like picture frames, wall pockets, and even traditional slippers ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ๐Ÿงถ๐Ÿฉด.

๐‘ท๐‘จ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ถ ๐‘บ๐‘ฐ๐’€๐‘จ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘จ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘พ๐‘จ? ๐Ÿค”๐ŸŒฑ
In preparing the fiber, the spiny margins and midribs of the leaves are removed, then the leaves are cut into strips of desired width. The strips are sun-dried and allowed to wilt โ˜€๏ธ. To make them pliable, theyโ€™re rolled under one end of a heavy log, dried again, and thenโ€”ready na for weaving! ๐Ÿชตโœจ

๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ด ๐‘ต๐’€๐‘ถ ๐‘ฉ๐‘จ? ๐Ÿ‘€๐ŸŒฟ
Finely woven mats are used for sleeping, while coarser ones are used to dry copra and rice under the sun ๐ŸŒพโ˜€๏ธ.
The more you know! ๐ŸŒŸ

And if you ever visit Bacacay, donโ€™t just pass throughโ€”come, explore, and bring home a piece of Karagumoy craft ๐Ÿงบ๐Ÿ’š. Supporting our local weavers and small businesses means helping keep this tradition alive for the next generations.

๐‘ด๐’‚๐’“๐’Š ๐’๐’‚ ๐’…๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’…๐’Š ๐’”๐’‚ ๐๐š๐œ๐š๐œ๐š๐ฒโ€”๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’, ๐’˜๐’†๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’„๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’†! ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒดโœจ

Another huge thanks and credits to Filipinas Heritage Library for providing the sources used in this post!

References:

[1] Brown, W. H. (1951). Useful Plants of the Philippines. (Vol. 1, pp. 80-87). Manila: Bureau of Printing.

[2] Brown, W. H. (1919). Philippine Fiber Plants. (pp. 24-30). Manila: Bureau of Printing.
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๐‘ฏ๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’”๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’• ๐’‰๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’๐’Š ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’–๐’Ž๐’๐’š! ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐ŸŒฟ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐€๐ฅ๐›๐š๐ฒ, you can also spot this species in ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฏ๐š ๐•๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ฒ๐š...
22/11/2025

๐‘ฏ๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’”๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’• ๐’‰๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’๐’Š ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’–๐’Ž๐’๐’š! ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐ŸŒฟ

๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐€๐ฅ๐›๐š๐ฒ, you can also spot this species in ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฏ๐š ๐•๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ฒ๐š, ๐‘๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ฅ, ๐‹๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐š, ๐“๐š๐ฒ๐š๐›๐š๐ฌ, ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, ๐’๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ž๐ฒ๐ญ๐ž, and even on the islands of ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ and ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ฎ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐ŸŒฑโœจ

๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™ก๐™– ๐™ ๐™–๐™—๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™—๐™–๐™ฎ๐™—๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ, ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ฎ๐™–๐™œ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’–๐’Ž๐’๐’š โ€” ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™–, ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ค! ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒดโœจ

Another huge thanks and credits to Filipinas Heritage Library for providing the sources used in this post!

References:

[1] Brown, W. H. (1951). Useful Plants of the Philippines. (Vol. 1, pp. 80-87). Manila: Bureau of Printing.

[2] Brown, W. H. (1919). Philippine Fiber Plants. (pp. 24-30). Manila: Bureau of Printing.

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