Pavia’s Carabao Carroza Festival is know as one of the oldest carabao festival in Iloilo. The festival is held on first week of May. The Carrozza Parade is one of the highlights of the festival where the carabaos are paraded around with beautifully decorated Carrozza with the town muses in it. The main event is of course the “Carabao Carroza” race. Afterwards, the people of pavia will get to enjoy the feasts prepared in homes. There’s no streetdancing competition as commonly found in most festivals. But there’s enough activity to keep the people entertained. It was my first time to witness the Carabao Carroza festival. However, the transport strike slightly ruined the festive mood since it was difficult to catch a jeepney in a scorching heat. Nonetheless, I managed to make it to the Carabao-Carroza Race held at Pavia NHS school grounds. I was flabbergasted to witness how Carabao can run quite fast. I had this impression that carabaos were slow moving beasts who loves to soak in muddy water. Anyway, it was dangerous to get to close to the finish line since there’s a possibilty of getting trampled by these powerful beasts. After the race ended, I did a bit of roaming around and checking out the carrozas on display in the school grounds.
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