"Mudpack Festival"
Mambukal Resort
Mambukal Resort celebrates its annual Mudpack
Festival every 3rd week of June. Mambukal
Resort continues to advocate and promote
the preservation of our environment through
the Mudpack Festival. This unique event
centers on the harmony of man and nature.
The celebration features Mambukals distinct
multi-colored clay to stir peoples awareness
of the importance of our environment. It is a
Festival of Arts and serves as a venue for
artists from all over Negros Occidental to
gather and exhibit their respective artistic
talents in ethnic music, dance and crafts.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FESTIVAL
Tribal Dance Competition
The festival also serves as a venue for artists all
over Negros Occidental to gather and exhibit
their artistic talents in ethnic music,
dance and crafts. It is a festival of arts.
Clay Body Painting Competition
Body painting with clay and other natural pigments
existed in most, if not all, tribalist cultures.
Often worn during ceremonies, it still survives in
this ancient form among the indigenous people
of Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific islands,
parts of Africa, India, Japan and more.
In this ritual art forms we find body painting,
tattoos, piercing, nose-ears-mouth plugs, Mehndi, henna and scarification.
The place of body art forms in this old cultures is very important.
It is a part of their social and spiritual life and
is a main element in the important moments of the human life
Miss Earth Mambukal Pageant
Held at the height of monsoon season, the Mambukal Mudpack Festival in
Murcia, Negros Occidental, celebrates the harmony of man and nature and
encourages environmentalism among young people. To get in the spirit, participants
cover themselves with the rich soil known as Mambukal clay.
How to get here
The gateway to Negros Occidental, Bacolod
City is 55 minutes from Manila by air, with
Philippine Airlines, Air Philippines, and Cebu
Pacific Air providing daily flights, Bacolod is
30 minutes from Cebu City by air with
daily flights povided by PAL and Cebu Pacific.
From Bacolod to Mambukal Mountain Resort
is a 35-minute drive by private car passing
through Murcia town. Public utility vehicles
plying this are located at the northwestern
side of the Libertad Public Market. Jeepney
trips to Mambukal start at 7:20 a.m. to
7:00 p.m. Fare is about Php30 per person.
Enjoy MAmbukal Experience!!!!!