image source: flickr
Camiguin is a small island province of the Philippines off the northern coast of Mindanao. It belongs to the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital is Mambajao and it is the second-smallest province both in population and land area. Only Batanes is smaller. The island of Camiguin is in the Bohol Sea about 10 kilometers north of Misamis Oriental.
image source: flickr
The name Camiguin is derived from the native word “Kamagong”, a species of the ebony tree that thrives near Lake Mainit in the province of Surigao del Norte, the region from which the earlier inhabitants of the islands, the Manobos, came. Kinamigin, the local language of Camiguin, is closely related to the Manobo language.
An earlier Spanish geography book writes the island as "Camiguing". There is reason to suppose the Spaniards dropped the final g.
image source: flickr
Lanzones festival is the most colorful moment of Camiguin Island, people like this delicious, very sweet fruits and the happiness of the festival. In the month of October , People from all over the world will come just to watch this big event in Mambajao..
image source: flickr
The people of Camiguin are called Camiguingnon or Camiguinon. The dialects widely spoken in the province are Cebuano and Hiligaynon while only a few people still speak Kinamigin, the ancient tribal dialect of Camiguin. Only in the municipality of Sagay is where the people has retained the usage of the Kinamigin language. English is also widely spoken by the local population.
image source: pinoyambisyoso
Sunken Cemetery
During the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan that lasted from 1871 to about 1875, some areas in the town of Bonbon subsided, sinking the cemetery of the town to below sea level. The place is commemorated by a huge cross erected in 1982.
image source: flickr
Camiguin - Coca cola limited edition softdrink
To promote tourism in Camiguin, Coca Cola agreed to this unique idea of bottling Coke products with a Camiguin promotional cover...
