Nabas, Aklan
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Nabas is a 4th class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. It is located on the Buruanga Peninsula at the northwest tip of Panay Island. It is a coastal town bounded on the north by Sibuyan Sea; on the south by the municipalities of Pandan and Libertad, Antique; on the east by Sibuyan Sea and Ibajay, Aklan; and on the west by Malay and Buruanga.
According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 25,014 people in 4,691 households.
[edit] Barangays
Nabas is politically subdivided into 20 barangays.
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[edit] Nabas Bariw Festival
The Nabas Bariw Festival is celebrated to commemorate the feast day of St. Isidore the Farmer, the town's patron saint. It is celebrated annually from May 12–15. This celebration showcase the town's hat, mat and other bariw products as well as the town's unique tourism sites and natural attractions.
During this affair, various skills in mat, hat and bag making and designing are demonstrated. Among the events is a contest to produce the biggest hat and mat contest. The festival is highlighted by continuous street dancing by folks from the town's 20 barangays dressed in colorful bariw costumes accompanied by indigenous bamboo instruments.
The festival is intended to promote the town's cottage industry, which is thriving livelihood activity in Nabas. It also promotes the town's well preserved cold spring resorts, lagoons, long winding coastline, rivers, and low elevation intact forest home to various endemic flora and fauna.
[edit] External links
- Official website of the Municipality of Nabas
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
