Samar Day

Last updated February 20, 2019

Samar Day is a Foundation Day celebrated in Samar Province, Philippines. It is currently celebrated on 11 August, but festivities start several days earlier.

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Samar, formerly named as Western Samar, is a province in the Philippines located on Samar Island in Eastern Visayas. Its capital is Catbalogan City. It is bordered by Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte and the Leyte Gulf, and includes several islands in the Samar Sea. Samar is connected to the island of Leyte via the San Juanico Bridge.

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

Background

Samar Day was initially celebrated on 10 November, marking the day that Samar Island was established as a province.^[1] During the Marcos period of martial law, the date of the celebration was moved to August 23.^[1] The date was changed again when it was moved to 11 August in the late 1970s to honor the day that the Queen of Spain established Samar as a separate province from Leyte.^[2]

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Leyte is an island in the Visayas group of the Philippines.

Celebrations and events

Mutya Han Samar

Mutya Han Samar is a provincial-wide beauty pageant held annually (since 1980) on August 9 at Catbalogan City, the provincial capital of Samar, Republic of the Philippines. The pageant is one of the activities of the Samar Day celebrations. Marvin Piczon is the current chairman of the contest.^[3]

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References

1 2 Labro, Ven (15 August 2013). "Festival competition highlights 2013 Samar Day celebration". Manila News Online. Manila News . Retrieved 7 March 2014.
↑ Labro, Vicente S. (16 August 2013). "A festive day of pride for Samareños". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved 7 March 2014.
↑ Article; August 2012; Samar News online; retrieved .

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[news-1] 1 2 Labro, Ven (15 August 2013). "Festival competition highlights 2013 Samar Day celebration". Manila News Online. Manila News . Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[Inquirer-2] Labro, Vicente S. (16 August 2013). "A festive day of pride for Samareños". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[3] Article; August 2012; Samar News online; retrieved .