Let's Go: Dumanjug: What's in Dumanjug?

Dumanjug is from the word,Duman which was the king of the municipality. Nahug means fallen, the cause of the king's death. It was established in 1855 by Capitan Pedro Ricamora and Padre Agustin Melgar Dumanjug is located in western south of cebu, about 74 kilometersfrom cebu city.It has a land area of 11,958 hectares. and boundedby town of Barili, on the east by the town of Sibonga,on the southby town of Ronda, and on the west by the Tañon Strait. Duamnjug is also called the TOWN OF FRIENDSHIP, for Dumanjug will be the host for any events in the south such as Beauty pagents,Basketball tournaments, Swiming competitation, DanceSports, and Festive Celebration The Town of Friendship

Dumanjug Church

Dumanjug church is probably the most handsome of the 19th century churches in western Cebu. Made of finely cut coral, its hews closer to the neoclassical idiom for the sedate and chaste simplicity of its decorative elements. The bell tower to one side of the church has a dodecagonal plan, usual for colonial churches. Although made of three stories the floors are unusually high; this is a general characteristic of the church. Established as a parish on 28 March 1854, Dumanjug had as patron Saint Francis of Assisi. It was formerly a visita of Barili. Redondo (1886, 163) describes the Borbon church made of rubble and of new construction, measuring 40.5 fathoms long, 8 fathoms and two palmos wide and 7 fathoms and one palmo tall. The church was cruciform, roofed with tile and bell tower under construction.

Dumanjug Plaza

Bisnok Festival
BISNOK("Bisayang Manok") coinage term, a word blend of Bisayang Manok. The positive characteristic of the Bisayang Manok (Local Chicken) is happy, friendly, and resourceful for their foods and have closer relationship with each other. Some of these characteristics have significance to the people of Dumanjug.It is celebrated every July.BISNOK dance is mimetic of how a native chicken is grilled. The dance steps are patterned after these four basic steps: Kakha- tuka in the dance, is the part where dancers mime the chickens’ way of searching /catching food for themselves. The so-called kakha-tuka. Birig is a replication on how a male chicken courts. A variation of the chicken polka step. Himulbul is a step where the step suggests how to dress a chicken Dabdab is where the dancers portrayed the step when the chicken is put to grill.