- When
- 🗓️ The Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (February or early March)
- Month
- February (Pebrero) – March (Marso)
What to expect
Paoay's pre-Lent celebration. The mayor marks a cross of rice flour on foreheads, and townsfolk in abel cloth dance in the streets near UNESCO-listed Paoay Church and share dudol.
Dates can change year to year: check the official source before you go.
Getting there
See Guling-Guling Festival on the map with the nearest airport, sea port and bus terminal, the weather, and places to stay, eat and visit nearby in Paoay.
More festivals in Ilocos Norte
Other festivals in February
- Aurora Day / Pasidayaw Festival · Baler, Aurora
- Bodong Festival (formerly Ullalim) · Tabuk City, Kalinga
- Dagkot Festival · Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte
- Dia de Zamboanga · Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur
- Iloilo Paraw Regatta · Iloilo City (Arevalo), Iloilo
- International Bamboo Organ Festival · Las Piñas City, Metro Manila – Fourth District