Region: Cagayan Valley

• The Cagayan Valley Region includes the provinces of:

  • Batanes
  • Cagayan
  • Isabela
  • Nueva Vizcaya
  • Quirino
• E. Festivals and Special Events. Batanes

  • Ivatan Festival (June 19- July 1) previously called the Payuhuan Festival, it features the unique practice in Batanes of voluntary working for others as one community.
• Cagayan

  • Aggao Nac Cagayan(June 23-29) celebration of the establishment of the province in 1583.
  • Piat Sambali Festival (June 23-30) Sambali is a war dance of tribes that were later on united and converted to Christianity through the intercession of the Lady of Piat.
  • Bangkarera Festival (May 10) a thanksgiving celebration that features an exciting boat race in honor of their patron saint, St. Peter Thelmo.
• Isabela

  • Baka Festival (February 15) in honor of their patron saint San Pablo, the festival is aimed to showcase and promote the local cattle industry of the town of San Pablo.
  • Binallay Festival (May) showcases the binallay, a white cake that locals usually eat during Holy Week, as their symbol of the noble characteristics they aspire to have as an individual.
  • Binnadangan Festival or Palay Festival (July 4) a thanksgiving celebration for the rich agricultural bounty of Roxas.
• Gawagawayan Festival (April 10-13) a thanksgiving celebration for the bountiful harvest in the city of Cauayan; also features the ethno- linguistics groups residing in the city.
• Nueva Vizcaya

  • Panagyaman festival (May 19-24)celebration of the founding anniversary of the province
  • Grand Ammungan Festival (May) showcases the convergence of Indigenous cultures of Nueva Vizcaya.
  • Citrus Festival (August) a thanksgiving celebration for the bountiful harvest of citrus in the town of Kasibu.
• Quirino

  • Quirino Motorismo (July 22-24) dubbed as the only motor biking festival in the country.
  • Panagdadapun Festival (September 8-10)celebration of the founding anniversary of the province.
  • Aquero Festival (February 11-13) in honor of the Our Lady of Lourdes, it is a religious festival Cor the pilgrims
• There are four major cultural groups in the Cagayan Region. These are the Ivatan, Ibanag, Itawes, and Ilocano
• The Ivatans are known for their oral traditions such as lyric songs (lagt), working songs (kaluaan) and legends (kabbata)
• The Ibanag literally means "people of the river," as they are the people who settled along the banks of the Cagayan River and the northern coasts of Luzon.
• The Itawes have been variously called Itawit, Itawiq, Tawish, Itawi, Itaves, and Itabes. The Itawes means the people from across the river. In many towns, the Itawes live with the Ibanag and Ibanag has become the standard language
• The Ilocanos make up the 3rd largest ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines and is the most prominent ethnic group in the Philippines.
• Languages and dialects spoken in the region include Tagalog, English, Ivatan, Ichbayaten, Ilokano, Ibanag, Itawis, Gaddang, and Isinay.