TUMATAROK BUSWAK FESTIVAL - MINALABAC CAMARINES SUR The Tumatarok Festival is a celebration of faith, farming, and Filipino identity of Minalabacaños It is found in the center of Minalabac, where a community thrives on tradition and agriculture. Every May 11, life suddenly bursts into colors, melodies, and sacred rites, for this town is celebrating the Tumatarok, or Buswak Festival. More than just a fiesta, Tumatarok is a festival with deep significance, wherein faith, cultural customs, and agricultural legacies collide for the sake of their people. The term tumatarok describes the minalabacaños who represent rice planters in the local Bicolano language. These peoples represent the future of farming. the perpetuation of a way of life that is handed down from generation to generation. Buswak is the rice plant during its fruit-bearing stage when it blossoms and looks forward to a bountiful harvest. Therefore, combined, these two terms refer to the duality of the festiva...