Captivating Capiz -Roxas City September 17, 2008

  Capiz came from Akean and Kapid (meaning -”twin”). Twin in the local dialect is “kapid” but due to their difficulty in pronouncing the “d” in “kapid” or as inadvertently miscommunicated to them by the natives. Still, some old folks believed that Capiz got it’s name from “Kapiz” or “pios” which were found in abundance at the time. Roxas City is a second class city in the province of Capiz, Philippines. It is the capital and component city of Capiz. The City of Roxas, once known as the municipality of Capiz. PANAY is one of municipality in capiz where  you can find the biggest bell. PONTEVEDRA also is one of the municipality in capiz which celebrates the “Guyumguyuman Festival during the month of May.

Roxas City is?

When you hear the word Roxas city what first come on your mind? Of course, since Roxas City is the component city of Capiz which is located at the heart or center of capiz we can say that it is one of the most beautiful place to visit when you come here in capiz. Why is it? It is because capiz is the seafood’s capital of the Philippines where you can find the different kinds of seafood’s, like alimango, pasayan, diwal and many more.

“Festivals in Roxas City”

Roxas City is celebrating many festivals like Diwal festivals in every month of October, the highlights is showing the many harvest of Diwal, where you can see the biggest Diwal. Roxas City also celebrating the Aswang festivals in every month of November, to prove that the people living in Capiz are not Aswang. The most well known festivals in Roxas City Capiz is the Sinadya sa Halaran Festivals, there are many activities schedule in this festivals, like the search for Mutya sa Sinadya sa Halaran, the grand parade where you can see all the local official together with our very own Senator Mar Roxas.

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