SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan—This city that claims to be the mango and bamboo trading capital of Pangasinan will celebrate the Mango-Bamboo Festival last week of April.

Mayor Julian Resuello said the twin festival also reminds the public that the city produces the sweetest mangoes in the provinces and the city’s long stretch of bamboo plants of more than 200 kilometers along its rivers and creeks.

Resuello said many people rely on mango and bamboo production here and traders not only from neighboring towns but also 13 other provinces come here for mango trading.

Every harvest time, traders from other areas come here because they rely on the skills of city folks here classifying which mangoes pass export quality.

He added that there is a big requirement for bamboos and the cityfolks have the skills of making products made of bamboo like furniture, baskets, lamp shades, bahay kubo (nipa huts), among others.

The people here are also tapped to spray mango trees even outside Pangasinan, Resuello added.

Except for 15 barangays, the rest of 86 barangays here are into bamboo production.

But unlike other towns or cities that make much fanfare about their festivals, Resuello said they are not fond of gimmicks.

“We just want others to recognize us by going to our city and discover the truths about our claims,” he said.