IRIGA CITY, Camarines Sur – Ten school-based contingents and 38 traditional bullcarts braved a heavy downpour on Wednesday to celebrate the annual Tinagba Festival, a tradition dating back to 1974 when locals here offer their first harvest of the year in a celebration coinciding with the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Despite the inclement weather, the city government proceeded with the festivities. Participants paraded three kilometers around the city and ended at St. Anthony de Padua parish and the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, where farmers and participants offered their agricultural produce as a gesture of thanksgiving. Mayor […]... Keep on reading: Iriga’s Tinagba fest draws crowds amid rains