Events

SOLI - SOLI FESTIVAL

BOGSOTOY GAMES

A much-anticipated holiday event featuring colorful
parades with people wearing traditional clothing and
performing indigenous dances and parties, is
famously known as the "Soli-Soli Festival." This
festival is celebrated by the whole township in honor
of St. Joseph. It falls on the third Sunday of March
every year. It is a merrymaking celebration that was
inspired from the lovely grass which is harvested
from the lake and woven into native handicrafts that
are then sold to local and mainland market outlets.

Getting into the nationwide Oktoberfest craze, San
Francisco has launched its own version of this
festivity: "Bogsotoy," the first of which was held on
the 31st of October, 2004. "Bogsotoy" is a series of
racing events with a touch of mixed traditional and
modern sports. Part of this event is a boat race,
which is where the word "Bogsotoy," comes from;
"bogsay" means "to paddle," and "sotoy" means "to
go swiftly" or "to go quickly." Bogsotoy has been an
annual event ever since.

Dreams are good realities are better......

DISCOVER CAMOTES

conceptualized by Governor Gwendolyn Garcia to
address the ever-growing tourism industry in the
Province of Cebu. The influx of foreign and Balikbayan
therefore must be seriously considered a top priority
to promote cultural awareness and as an
income-generating arm of the local government.

In this tour, both already-established and potential tourist hot-spots are highlighted as
points of interest to publicize to the curiosity-seeking visitors the natural and
man-made wonders of our province. This increases awareness of various points of
interest of our heritage, as well as the beautiful landscapes and beachfronts that
abound in our province, all of which are must-sees for visitors, both foreign and local.
Soroy-Suroy Sugbo certainly caters to this demand.