Shariff Kabunsuan Festival : Celebrating Cultural Diversity

Colorful and elaborately decorated boats will navigate along Rio Grande de Mindanao on Dec. 19 to commemorate the entry of Islamic missionary Shariff Kabunsuan to spread Islam in southern Philippines centuries ago. Cotabato Shariff Kabunsuan Festival The celebration, called “Ginakit,” is expected once again to brighten the usually murky and now heavily silted waterways, as [...]