As you travel in the southeastern part of Cebu, you will reach the municipality of Alcoy. Having the biggest dolomite
deposits in the Philippines, in this municipality also you can find the specie of
bird that believed to be an extinct on this time namely the Cebu Black Shama or
called by the locals as "siloy". The birds can be found in Mag-abo Forest
in Nug-as, Alcoy, one of the remaining virgin forests in the province. They
sing a melody that will surely make your stress gone. In order to endorse, the
officials of municipality created a festival for a cause to conserve the
bird's decreasing population. The festival was held every year during the town
fiesta at the third day of August in honor to St. Rose of Lima.It is called Siloy Festival.
