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Check out some of Compostela Valley’s colorful and unique religious and cultural celebrations and festival marked by feasts, ceremonies, and observances year round.


District I

Compostela
Buganihan Festival – August 1
St. James the Apostle Fiesta – July 25
Market Day – Thursday

Maragusan
Pyagsawitan Festival – November 19-25
Rafflesia Watch – October – March
Kandalaga Octotrek – October
San Vicente – April 5
Market Day – Sunday

Monkayo
Kariyawan Festival – September 4
San Ignacio de Loyola Fiesta – July 31
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History of Comval

Compostela Valley officially became the 78^th province of the Philippines on March 8, 1998 by virtue of Republic Act No. 8470 signed into law by President Fidel V. Ramos on January 30, 1998.

Congressman Lorenzo S. Sarmiento, Sr. filed in 1967 the bill that eventually became Republic Act. No.4867. The Act subdivided the massive Davao Province into Davao Oriental, Davao del N ... Read more »

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