Pintaflores Festival 2019 Schedule of Activities
Pintaflores Festival is an annual festivity in San Carlos City , Negros Occidental featuring the traditional fiesta celebration in honor of its patron Saint San Carlos Borromeo . Pintaflores came from the Spanish word "pinta" (tattoo) and "flores" (flowers). It is in fact a combined version of the Nabingkalan Tattoo Festival and the Dance of Flowers , both of which derived from the legend of Princess Nabingka , a daughter of a chieftain from Cebu who sailed with her entourage to San Carlos in the early 17th century. The festival showcases street dancing by "tribes" dressed in colorful ethnic-inspired costumes, their body painted with flower design reminiscent of the tattooed Visayans of the Pre Spanish Negros. How to get there: From Cebu , Ceres Bus Lines services the route between Cebu and San Carlos on an air-conditioned bus, for about P200.00 using the Lite Ferries of Fast-craft . From Bacolod , San Carlos City can be reach in abou