GEARING up this 2018 is the annual Bambanti Festival, back with this year’s theme: “Isabela Kong Mahal” (Isabela, My Beloved Land), depicting Isabeleños’ ardent love for the land of their birth through various creative concepts and images.

Spearheaded by the Provincial Government of Isabela, the week-long festival will be celebrated from January 22 – 27, 2018, heralding the province’s rich cultural heritage, the resiliency of her people, as well as its indigenous world-class products, lifestyle, and cuisine as pride of place.

Through the theme “Isabela Kong Mahal”, Isabeleños will showcase their strong commitment to their beloved land and outstanding virtue of hard work, proudly sharing to visitors how their family-inherited traits contributed to the fast growing socio-cultural and economic development of the province.