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Panorama of the island province of Marinduque, Philippines
MIMAROPA · Philippines

Where the Philippines keeps its heart.

A heart-shaped island of penitent Moriones, coral-stone churches, hidden caves and quiet white shores — proud, warm, and quietly extraordinary.

Explore the Island Meet the Moriones
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Towns
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Signature Spots
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Festivals
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Heart
Why Marinduque

Four reasons it stays with you

A masked Morion during the Moriones Festival in Marinduque
Living Heritage

Home of the Moriones

Every Holy Week, masked penitents transform the island into a centuries-old passion play found nowhere else on earth.

A heart-shaped island

Geographically near the center of the archipelago and shaped like a heart — clear water, calm coves and the perfect cone of Mount Malindig.

Centuries of faith

From the fortress-like Boac Cathedral, a National Cultural Treasure, to bell towers and ancestral homes that have watched over the towns for 200 years.

Sun setting over the Marinduque coast beneath Mount Malindig
Wild & Untamed

Caves, falls & springs

Seven-chambered limestone caves, cold mountain waterfalls and warm sulfur springs fed by a sleeping volcano.

Signature Destinations

Places worth the crossing

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The Calendar

Festivals to plan around

Moriones Festival — Province-wide (Boac, Gasan, Mogpog), Marinduque
Festival Holy Week · March–April

Moriones Festival

Province-wide (Boac, Gasan, Mogpog)

Marinduque's world-renowned Lenten folk-religious festival. Penitents don elaborate, hand-carved Roman-centurion masks and costumes as "Moriones," reenacting the story of Longinus — the blind soldier whose sight was restored at the Crucifixion and who was later beheaded for his conversion. A week of street drama, the playful "pugutan," and riots of color make it one of the Philippines' most iconic cultural spectacles.

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Find Your Way

The island, mapped

Every signature spot, pinned. Tap a marker to preview and open its guide.