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                    [Title] => Surigao Norte celebrates Bonok-Bonok Festival
                    [Summary] => Surigao del Norte’s much-awaited yearly festival in honor of its patron saint, San Nicolas de Tolentino, is expected to be bigger, better and more exciting. 


Surigaonons traditionally call it Bonok-Bonok, which originated as a tribal dance from the Mamanwa tribe of Surigao, depicting rituals for a bountiful harvest and good health.


Moreover, these traditional rituals are held as part of the people of Surigao del Norte’s thanksgiving and appeal for continued protection from any natural calamities that might affect their province. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-09-08 00:00:00
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Surigao Norte celebrates Bonok-Bonok Festival

September 8, 2006 - 12:00am

Surigao del Norte’s much-awaited yearly festival in honor of its patron saint, San Nicolas de Tolentino, is expected to be bigger, better and more exciting. Surigaonons traditionally call it Bonok-Bonok, which...

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