Umajam Festival
The purpose in celebrating the Umayam Festival is to give more meaning and glory in order to achieve to success. The Umayam Festival is through boat competition in any manner that will suit to customs and tradition of the people of Loreto. For how many decade we made sacrifices in commuting just to reach our point of destination because pump boat was the only available in times of need especially on emergency cases and Umayam river is our main passage. We believe that Umayam Festival will give additional victory which highlight the affair as the hope and aspiration of our people and it will be implanted in their hearts and minds and never be forgotten in the next generation to come. Source: Municipal Ordinance No. 010-05
The true and original word is spelled and read as “Umajam” and not the present Umayam hence, it will do more justice to the history of the town if the original and true word is used which is derived from the longest river in the Municipality – The Umajam River. Source: Municipal Ordinance No. 039-2016
