This festival was named after Liliw’s
founder, Gat Tayaw, who named the town after the sound of a bird’s song.
The festival being celebrated in April & May, the festival will feature
the agricultural and industrial products of the town. Historical and
cultural themes will be highlighted, but the most fundamental subject of
the festival, which Liliw is so well-known, will be the shoe and
slipper industry. Liliw, Laguna - Gat Tayaw Tsinelas Festival
The Municipality of Liliw’s Gat
Tayaw Tsinelas Festival is a yearly celebrated festival held during the
last week of April. Based from its name, this festival showcases the primary industry of
the said “Footwear Capital of Laguna”.
The footwear industry
that the generation of today inherited is continuously improving
through the efforts of Liliw Mayor Cesar C. Sulibit. And as a result,
the municipality became one of the many famous tourist spots in Laguna.
Their different kinds of footwear are famous all over the Philippines
because of its attractive and in-style collection of slippers, shoes,
and sandals.
All footwear stores
and festival booths are situated on Gat Tayaw Street. The Festival
booths showcase the rich history of the town of Liliw, Disenyong
Liliweño, Tsinelas Making, Uraro Biscuit Making, Eko-Turismo (Kilangin
Falls), Agri-Turismo, and Lutuing Liliw. Besides these attractions, the
Municipal Government of Liliw prepared a lot of fun activities that
everyone will surely enjoy.
Aside from their
footwear industry, the peaceful town of Liliw is also famous for their
delicious and powdery cookies called Uraro (or sometimes called Araro). These are flower-shaped cookies with a distinctive milky taste that melts in the mouth.
Liliw, Laguna
Liliw is a fourth class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines.
It is one of the highland towns forming the southern extremity of the
province. It is situated at the foot of Mt. Banahaw. According to the
2010 census, it has a population of 33,851.Liliw has a total land area of 3,910 hectares (9,700 acres). It is bounded on the north-west by Sta. Cruz; north-east by Magdalena; on the east by Majayjay; on the west by Nagcarlan; and on the south by Dolores, Quezon.
Liliw is perhaps best known for its cold water spring resorts, native
homemade sweets and a sizeable shoe industry that rivals that of Marikina City.Founded in 1571 by Gat Tayaw, the small town of Liliw is nestled at the foot of Mount Banahaw, 17 kilometres (11 mi) away from Santa Cruz, Laguna's capital.
Liliw, Laguna - Gat Tayaw Tsinelas Festival
