Mindanao is bursting with good stories despite conflicts in certain parts of the region. Take, for example, Gumasa in Sarangani, home to Mindanao’s biggest beach party, the Sarangani Bay Festival. The festival itself has become the province’s great leveler – where a farmhand can rub elbows with celebrities and politicians. One can discover the most rural of settings and still get one of nature’s few remaining unspoiled beauties.
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