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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/nation/03/23/siqui1.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">The mananambal of Siquijor gather every Holy Week for the annual Healing Festival of the island. <em>Annie Fe Perez, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Every Holy Week, the local government of the province of Siquijor holds a &quot;Healing Festival&quot; at the highest peak of the island, the Bandilaan Mountain View Park.</p><p>There, the mananambal --the local term for the healers of Siquijor-- gather, prepare, and brew their medicinal potions indigenous to the island.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/nation/03/23/siqui2.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">A tourist consults a mananambal during the annual &#x27;Healing Festival.&#x27; <em>Annie Fe Perez, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>The festival, which also provides stalls for healers and herbalists where patients and tourists can consult them, has been an annual event since 2009.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/nation/03/23/siqui3.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">A tourist consults a mananambal during the annual &#x27;Healing Festival.&#x27; <em>Annie Fe Perez, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><div><strong>FULL STORY: </strong><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/04/23/14/why-siquijor-loves-its-witches" target="_blank">Why Siquijor loves its &#x27;witches&#x27;</a></div>

Every Holy Week, the local government of Siquijor holds a 'Healing Festival' at the highest peak of the island, the Bandilaan Mountain View Park.

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LOOK: Siquijor holds annual 'healing festival'

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Published March 24, 2016 04:58 PM PHT

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