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Pasaka Festival is generally held every year 14 to 16 of August the

principle fascination of the Tanauan, Leyte's Town Fiesta. Pasaka is a waray


word meaning welcome to advance, wellbeing and fortunes for the
occupants for the coming year. Religious reverence, social move parade out
of appreciation for Our Lady of the Assumption. A type of thanksgiving for
the gifts got and a method for respecting the visitors."Pasaka" is a Waraynon
word and nearby term which signifies "to welcome advance, great wellbeing
and favorable luck" for the years to come. The celebration grandstands
Tanauan's ceramics, banig weaving, cultivating and angling as its wellspring
of occupation. It additionally features its characteristic and marine assets.

"Pasaka" is gotten from one the vernacular dialects of Leyte,


Philippines, Waray-waray, which implies welcome to advance, wellbeing,
and fortunes for the tenants for the coming year. An absolute necessity see
Pasaka move show rivalry is normally held previously or after the road
moving took an interest by ious school contingents of Tanauan, Leyte in the
town court. Pasaka is a pride of Tanauan and an extraordinary fun treat for
the individuals who needs to encounter an essence of neighborhood culture
and celebration. It is one of the great festival.

Tanauan, officially the Municipality of Tanauan, is a 2nd


class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the
2015 census, it has a population of 55,021 people.[3]
Tanauan is one of the oldest towns in Leyte dating back to the year
1710. It comprises 54 barangays. The town has been baptized the title of
“Cradle of the Intellectuals” or "Bungto Han Kamag-araman" since the
Spanish colonial period.[5] Tanauan is approximately 18 kilometers south
of Tacloban City which is the Capital of the Eastern Visayas Region. It is
bounded on the north by the Municipality of Palo, on the south by the
Municipality of Tolosa, on the west by the Municipalities of Dagami and
Tabon-Tabon, and on the east by San Pedro Bay. The town was heavily
damaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in November 2013.[6]

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