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• The Annual Moriones Festival is held in Boac and surrounding areas of Marinduque Island during the Lenten season (March 20-26, 2016). This holy celebration is famed as one of the most colorful festivities in Marinduque and the Philippines.
• The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated every December 8.
• The Annual Bila-Bila (Butterfly) Festival is held on the Feast of the Immaculate Concepcion. It is composed of a festive competition between zones (purok) which includes the Poblacion, Riverside, Ilaya I, Ilaya II, and Seaside Zones. The municipal government of the capital town of Boac enshrined the butterfly in a municipal ordinance entitled "Tree Farming and Butterfly Propagation Ordinance of 2002."
• Bulating Festival, in Brgy. Malbog, a similar practice to Quezon's Boling-Boling Festival is said to have been started by one family in earlier years. It revived in 2001, as part of the municipality’s tourism program. Called "Bulating" the practice is said to be an act of humility before God and/or another form of thanksgiving.