Toslob Festival

Oslob is a fourth class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines.

The name “Oslob” came from a misunderstandings between a native couple, named Umpang and Burong,and two guardia civils (civil guards) in the year 1785 at a place currently named "Nigad" in barangay Daanlungsod. While the said couple were taking a rest under the tree and were eating their boiled bananas while soaking it with vinegar and salt, the two guards asked the couple: “Como se llama esto pueblo?”, meaning ”What is the name of this town?”. The couple not knowing what the civil guards were saying, were thinking that the strangers were asking them what they were doing. Since the couple, at that time, were then soaking bananas with the vinegar and salt, the couple answered ”Toslob”, which means “soak”.

After hearing the word “Toslob”, the civil guards kept on repeating the word “Toslob” thinking that the said word was the name of the town, which was later changed to “Oslob”.

Until now, the flowing of the water at Nigad is still there quenching the thirst of the many people of the place including the nearby inhabitants specially when there is a shortage of water.

The official festival of the Municipality of Oslob is Toslob Festival which is held during the feast of the Immaculate Concepcion which falls in December, every year.

The official festival was originally named Sadsad Festival and then was renamed to Sadsadayon Festival during the first term of Mayor Ronald Guaren in the year 2007. The next year, 2008, the festival's name was changed to Toslob Festival which refers to how the town of Oslob got its name. Thus, the festival has undergone 3 years already (as of 2010).

 In celebration of the town’s annual fiesta of Municipality of Oslob,' Toslob’ is a form of merrymaking and thanksgiving for the blessings received for the past year from the town’s patroness, the Immaculate Conception. Watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLT6f6Efm6I  for you to know how we interpret our thanksgiving for our patroness. Here are some of the photos of our Toslob Festival :