Caption Translation: If you are given a chance to eat at the eat all you can, what will you choose among the five fruits?
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Maradula Festival Barangay Concepcion Talisay City Negros Occidental 6115
Its the season of fruits again here in our Barangay. The Barangay Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Different kinds and different varieties of fruits are with its unique taste are here. Some people here has a wide fruit farm that has different kinds of fruits (later on I will showcase you the different fruits that is here), on the other hand the other people who is living here have their own fruit trees that is surrounding their house.
Along with the bearing of fruits, the MARADULA Festival is also fast approaching.Later on I will explain to you why it is called as MARADULA Festival, but right now, allow me to give a brief description about our Barangay.
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Maradula Festival Barangay Concepcion Talisay City Negros Occidental 6115
The Barangay Concepcion is also known as the Home of Sweet Lanzones. (Lanzones is also known as Langsat, it has a brownish-yellow fruit with a sweet-juicy taste). Barangay Concepcion is known for the sweet lanzones, in view of the fact that our Barangay is the producer and a supplier of the sweet lanzones. The different owner of a fruit farm here in Barangay Concepcion offers "eat all you can", in which the customers will pay just for an affordable price and they can eat different fruits inside the farm, some of the Concepcion people sell the fruits because they also see it as an opportunity to have their income and can feed their families, but there is always the heart of a true Concepcion people wherein they are giving free fruits to those who visit Barangay Concepcion on the day of the Festival. Additionally, there is other fruits that was given by the Almighty God to the people of Concepcion; such as Marang, Mangosteen, Rambutan, and Durian.
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Marang or Breadfruit in English term, is a custard like texture, it also taste sweet. Also, the seeds could be eaten, but you need to let it dry for about 20 minutes, after 20 minutes you have to heat a pan, and then you need to sauté the seeds until you are able to easily remove the cover of it. Tadaa! and that's the time you can enjoy eating the seeds of Marang, it taste so well in which it taste like a peanut.
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Mangosteen it is known as the queen of fruits, for the reason that it has an intensive flavour. It has a purple hard skin and has a flavorsome flesh. Did you know that Mangosteen has a lot of benefits to our health?
According to MedicineNet.com. Mangosteen is rich in antioxidants and vitamins, which are thought to boost immunity, fight inflammation, and protect against diseases like cancer. The fruit is also a good source of fiber and has been shown to provide some other health benefits, such as improved gut health and lower blood sugar levels.
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Rambutan this fruit is also belongs to the family of lychee. For your information Rambutan has a sweet fruity flavor, it also comes with a different varieties, most of them had juicy sweet taste.
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Durian this fruit's skin has a short sharp thorns. When you open this fruit you really have to be careful and make sure to follow the lines that was in the skin of the fruit because that will be your guide so that you can open the fruit well, but note that this is very delicious, actually this is one of my favorite as its flesh has a pillowy texture and it comes with a creamy flavor, but other people doesn't like it because of the strong smell, in which they called it a foul-smelling fruit.
People of Barangay Concepcion is blessed every year for the fruits that was given by the Almighty God, that was the reason why we have MARADULA Festival. During harvesting period the month of October the Festival is celebrated.
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MARADULA stands for the fruits that we have in our Barangay, the;
Ma for Marang and Mangosteen
Ra for Rambutan
Du for Durian
La for Lanzones
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It is like a thanks giving festival to commemorate the abundance of the Concepcion people received during the fruit season. The event includes, giving of fruits to those who is not a resident of Barangay Concepcion that visits the Barangay during the Festival, street and arena dance competition that portrays the life of Concepcion people, also includes the search for Mr. and Ms. MARADULA, as well as having a hip-hop dance competition for the residents of the Barangay. Additionally, it has a day in which they give to the people of Barangay to play different types of Filipino games to let them enjoy the said Festival.
Concepcion people love to share the blessings that they received, that is why they received more than what they deserve.