Zambales gears up for mango fest to feature sweetest variety

STREET DANCE/ APRIL 16,2015
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SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — This province is gearing up for the 10-day celebration of mango festivity, also known as the “Dinamulag Festival,” from May 2 to May 11.

Among the highlights of the festival are the street dance, float parade competitions, agri-tourism trade fair, and mango-picking activities, according to the provincial government.

Other activities include a beauty pageant, a drum and lyre competition, sporting events, and motocross, and bicycle races, among others.

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Zambales is known for its distinctively sweet carabao or dinamulag variety.

In 1995, the Guinness Book of World Records cited mangoes grown in Zambales as the world’s sweetest.

In 2013, the Department of Agriculture labeled Zambales mangoes as the country’s sweetest variety. INQ