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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 "Healing Festival" 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 'Healing Festival.' <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 'Healing Festival.' <em>Annie Fe Perez, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p><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 'witches'</a></p>

<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 'Healing Festival.' <em>Annie Fe Perez, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p><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 'witches'</a></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 'Healing Festival.' <em>Annie Fe Perez, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div>

<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 "Healing Festival" at the highest peak of the island, the Bandilaan Mountain View Park.</p>

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'