There are doubts as to its authenticity, but the Bicolanos have embraced the epic as a source of their indigenous identity. The Ibalong fragment tells of ... her son with Handiong. The character of ...

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LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, Philippines — The heroes of Ibalong came to life in an ... 22 giant masks and floats depicting the characters of the Bicol epic were featured in a parade from Saint Vincent ...

While the original Ibalong epic celebrates the conquest of what is now Bicol, playwright Rody Vera has decided to take the audience on a different journey, integrating a call for environmental ...

Philippine theater group Tanghalang Pilipino opens their season with the Bicolano epic MANILA, Philippines – Tanghalang Pilipino unveiled their latest production, “Ibalong,” a dance-theater ...

The Ibalong Festival comes from the Ibalong epic, a tale of three heroes who fought to keep the peace for the town of Ibalong: Baltog, Handyong and Bantong. They fought mythical creatures such as ...

The celebration closed the city’s monthlong Ibalong Festival. The tilt highlighted vital chapters of the Bicol epic Ibalong, which is about Handyong and his warriors who went to Bicol ...