What is Bulacan famous for? Give Us Your Top 3 Answers

What is Bulacan famous for? Name the top three things you think of when you hear BULACAN. Try to do the same for each of the towns / cities in Bulacan.

What is Bulacan famous for? Top 3 Answers on the Board! Survey Says!

I’m a true-blue Bulakenya, ‘born and bred’ in Bulacan. Apart from being HOME, these are the 3 things that I believe Bulacan is famous for:

• History
  1. Malolos Republic
  2. Republic of Kakarong de Sili
  3. Battle of Biak na Bato
• Food
  1. Pastillas
  2. Different kinds of Kakanin
  3. Ensaymada
• Culture
  1. Malalim na Tagalog (*Read our feature article on this.)
  2. Native works – buntal hats, woven bags, barong, embroidery
  3. Religious traditions and old churches

Read: Bulakenyo Vocabularies Part 1: ‘ika Nga Namin sa Bulacan! and Bulakenyo Vocabularies Part 2: ‘ika Nga Namin sa Bulacan!

What is Bulacan famous for? Try the Town and Cities Version:

I can honestly say that this “What is Bulacan famous for?” challenge was hard for me, especially for some of the towns that I do not go to often. I challenge you to do the same and pass the “What is Bulacan famous for?” challenge forward. This is the Bulacan Towns and Cities Edition.

These are the 21 towns and 3 cities in Bulacan. What is Bulacan famous for, for each of these? Can you put in the 3 things you think of when you hear these? Below are my answers.

• Angat is famous for:
  1. Angat Dam
  2. Angat atershed
  3. Santa Monica Church
• Balagtas is famous for:
  1. Francisco Balagtas
  2. Bigaa
  3. Balagtas Exit of NLEX
• Baliuag is famous for:
  1. Baliwag Transit
  2. Bunta hats
  3. church of Baliwag (old church — San Agustin)
• Bocaue is famous for:
  1. Pagoda
  2. Fireworks / firecrackers
  3. pancit alanganin
• Bulakan is famous for:
  1. Marcelo H. del Pilar
  2. Gregorio del Pilar
  3. old church (Our Lady of Assumption Church)
• Bustos is famous for:
  1. Minasa
  2. rice
  3. Bustos Dam

• Calumpit is famous for:
  1. Calumpit River
  2. fiesta (San Juan, i.e., they splash you with water)
  3. longganisang Calumpit
• Doña Remedios Trinidad is famous for:
  1. Imelda Marcos
  2. Sierra Madre mountains
  3. last frontier
• Guiguinto is famous for:
  1. plants
  2. Halamanan Festival
  3. Eurobake
• Hagonoy is famous for:
  1. National Shrine of St. Anne
  2. seafood
  3. floods (sorry!!!)
• Malolos is famous for:
  1. Malolos Cathedral
  2. Barasoain
  3. Malolos Republic
• Marilao is famous for:
  1. Divine Mercy Shrine
  2. that small YUMMY puto –> Putong Polo
  3. SM Marilao

• Meycauayan is famous for:
  1. jewelries
  2. polluted river
  3. St. Mary’s Meycauayan
• Norzagaray is famous for:
  1. marble
  2. Sierra Madre mountains
  3. Pinagrealan Cave
• Obando is famous for:
  1. fertility rites
  2. Sta. Clara
  3. San Pascual Baylon
• Pandi is famous for:
  1. barong
  2. Kakarong de Sili
  3. embroidery
• Paombong is famous for:
  1. sukang Paombong
  2. Kapitangan (especially during Holy Week)
  3. bermuda grass
• Plaridel is famous for:
  1. Marcelo H. del Pilar’s pen name
  2. St. James the Apostle
  3. Plaridel airport

• Pulilan is famous for:
  1. kneeling carabao
  2. Butterfly Haven
  3. San Isidro Labrador
• San Ildefonso is famous for:
  1. St. Paul University
  2. Bahay na Pula
  3. woven bags
• San Jose Del Monte is famous for:
  1. Grotto (Lourdes)
  2. Balagbag
  3. Padre Pio
• San Miguel is famous for:
  1. pastillas
  2. Biak-na-Bato
  3. chicharon
• San Rafael is famous for:
  1. kakanin
  2. St. Paul San Rafael
  3. 8 waves
• Sta. Maria is famous for:
  1. chicharon
  2. Maine Mendoza
  3. Philippine Arena

This is the alphabetical list of the 21 towns and 3 cities in Bulacan. As a Bulakenyo, try to answer ‘What is Bulacan famous for?‘. Use this blank list below to put your top 3 answers for each of the towns / cities; and forward this challenge to another Bulakenyo.

• Angat
• Balagtas
• Baliuag
• Bocaue
• Bulakan
• Bustos
• Calumpit
• Doña Remedios Trinidad
• Guiguinto
• Hagonoy
• Malolos
• Marilao
• Meycauayan
• Norzagaray
• Obando
• Pandi
• Paombong
• Plaridel
• Pulilan
• San Ildefonso
• San Jose Del Monte
• San Miguel
• San Rafael
• Sta. Maria

Read: Discover Bulacan: Land of the Heroes

Listen to the Bulacan Tourism Jingle as well. It highlights what each of our towns / cities are famous for: Bulacan Tourism Jingle.

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