Baco's Banana Festival

BANANA FESTIVAL is being held every March 18 to 19 in Baco, Oriental Mindoro. It is a celebration for the abundance of bananas. It showcases the different varieties of banana like the Senorita, the Latundan, the Lacatan and the Saba. It also features a banana cookfest and a "saba"-inspired street dancing competition and beauty pageant. Festivities coincide with the town fiesta held in honor of the patron, St. Joseph.