FESTIVALS IN SIARGAO ISLAND BURGOS, Surigao SDN- Lukay-Lukay (palm leaf) Festival is celebrated every year, as a major highlight of the town fiesta, which date usually falls on July 26. The celebration was sought to give thanks to the town patron Sra. Sta Ana for a bountiful coco harvest that become a major livelihood of the townspeople. The said DAPA, Surigao SDN- Hudyaka (SPREE) Festival is the most prestigious inter-municipality competition in the island. Considering the town as the commercial center, the festival is participated by various schools and entities. Hudyaka Festival is much like the Cebu’s Sinulog celebration taking that both have the same patron saint- St. Nino and both are celebrated on the 2 nd week of the month of January. The festival was renamed as ‘Hudyaka Festival’ last 2009 after using the GEN. LUNA, Surigao SDN- 3 Tikyabang Festival. Known as the surfing site of the country, the municipality of Gen. Luna has also its proudly unique festivity which they offer towards their patron saint Santo Tomas de Villanueva for a blessed harvest of crabs PHOTO CREDITS: 1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mojojo2x/5627993500 / 2. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15591819 3. http://www.reefbreakonline.com/local_news.html 4.http://flickriver.com/photos/28722516@N02/ DEL CARMEN, Surigao SDN- 2 Bakhaw (Mangrove) Festival marks a celebration, in honoring of the Lady of Carmen, commemorating its eco- tourist spot region of having the vastest 4