The Dinamulag Festival also known as the Zambales Mango Festival is an annual festival held in the province of Zambales in the Philippines to celebrate or encourage bountiful harvest of the province's mangoes. The festival was first held in 1999. The mascot is a mango.
7-508: Mangoes are a primary crop of the province of Zambales. Mangoes harvest in the town of Palauig are mostly exported to other provinces and Metro Manila. The festival is held to celebrate bountiful harvest of mangoes in the provinces. Mangoes cultivated in Zambales particularly the Dinamulag variety of Carabao mangoes were cited as the world's sweetest mangoes by Guinness World Records in 1995 and
14-479: A tender melting consistency, very sweet, and very aromatic. Like other Southeast Asian-type mangoes, it is polyembryonic (in contrast to Indian-type mangoes). Unripe or underripe carabao mangoes are very sour, and are traditionally eaten with condiments like shrimp paste , salt, vinegar, and/or soy sauce or pickled into burong mangga . Fruiting season is usually from late May to early July. There are 14 different strains of Carabao mango. These strains include
21-466: Is named after the carabao , the national animal of the Philippines and a native Filipino breed of domesticated water buffalo . Carabao mangoes are around 12.5 cm (5 in) in length and 8.5 cm ( 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) in diameter. These fruits are kidney-shaped and can range from being short to elongated. When ripe, the fruit is bright yellow. The flesh is a rich yellow in color with
28-576: The Philippine mango or Manila mango among other names, is a variety of particularly sweet mango from the Philippines . It is one of the most important varieties of mango cultivated in the Philippines . The variety is reputed internationally due to its sweetness and exotic taste. The mango variety was listed as the sweetest in the world by the 1995 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records . It
35-849: The Talaban and Fresco of Guimaras , MMSU Gold of the Ilocos Region and Lamao and Sweet Elena of Zambales . A comparative study conducted by Bureau of Agricultural Research of the Department of Agriculture in 2003 found that the Sweet Elena of Zambales is the sweetest Carabao mango strain. The Mexican Ataulfo and Manilita mango cultivars descended from the Philippine mango through the Manila galleon trade between 1600 and 1800. Both of these cultivars are sometimes referred to as "Manila mangoes" in trade. During
42-584: The country's sweetest mangoes by the Department of Agriculture in 2013. In 2015, other events unrelated to the province's mangoes such as sports events were introduced while the province's fruit remain the centerpiece of the festival. The 18th Dinamulag Festival was held on April 4-8, 2017 at Iba People's Park in Iba, Zambales . One of the highlights of the festival was the Street Dancing Competition, which The Masinloc Street Dancers won. They also have
49-447: The most titles with seven on the event. Some of the guests of the that event were Senator Teofisto "TG" Guingona , Chicser Group among others. Also came to the said festival are some local officials of Zambales like Iba Mayor Rundstedt Ebdane, Botolan Mayor Bing Maniquiz, Candelaria Mayor Napoleon Edquid, Board Member Renato Collado, Board Member Sancho Abasta Jr. .... Carabao mango The Carabao mango , also known as
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