Bisnok Festival

BISNOK which means "Bisayang Manok" (grilled chicken) is the famous delicacy that the town of Dumanjug is known for When we say inasal Bisayang Manok, you cannot find it in a famous supermarket, Bar B Q haus, or any establishments but only the town of Dumanjug produces the delicious Inasal Bisayang Manok.The word Bisaya as generic term is used as modifier which means what is local to Cebu or indigenious to Cebuanos like bisaya nga pan, bisayang utan, etc. “Manok” refers to the chicken raised by the residents in the community.BISNOK is 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.