CULTURE

GETTING TO KNOW NAGA

Established in 1575 as the third Spanish royal city established in the Spanish East Indies, after Manila and Iloilo, modern Naga City, known as the Pilgrim City of the south, hosts the largest annual Marian pilgrimage in Asia for devotees of Our Lady of Peñafrancia. At the height of the annual Traslacion and fluvial parade, religious tourists flock the city to participate in the grand festival, resulting in a booming tourism trade.