Marinduque Province

Welcome to Marinduque!

Marinduque is a heart-shaped island and the smallest province of Region IV, located between the Bondoc Peninsula and Mindoro Islands. It is bounded by Quezon Province on the north, Bondoc Peninsula on the East, Romblon on the south and Mindoro Oriental of the west. Legend says that the original name of the island was 'Malandik'. The Spanish found it hard to pronounce so they called the island Marinduc. Later Marinduc became Marinduque.

Marinduque is popular for the Moriones Festival. A unique and lively Lenten custom featuring masked men, called "morions", dressed in colorful costumes in resemblance of Roman soldiers. The festivity is about the story of Longinus reenacted in pantomime and held during the entire Holy Week. Another gem of the province is the Kalutang. It is composed of a band of local practitioners that has perfected the art of producing crisp melodies that blends with the synched, catchy rhythm boosted by the booming bass. Each musicians holds in each hand the end of special chosen branch of the kwatingan tree found on the island, carefully cut to the musician's specifications.