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Island-wide·Specialty Product·Purple rice, ube, brown sugar

🧺Kalamay-dampa

Island-wide, Island-wide, Marinduque

About this place

A distinctive Marinduque sweet delicacy made of glutinous purple/black rice (not plain purple rice), ube (purple yam), and brown sugar cooked to a sticky consistency and formed into triangular portions topped with coconut curd (latik); a popular pasalubong and festival treat.

Best Time to Visit

Available year-round. Best selection during local fiestas.

What to Bring

CashExtra bag for pasalubongList of what to buy
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Locals Say

If you want the authentic Marinduque experience, you have to find this place. Locals are proud of it for good reason.
— A Marinduque local

How to Get Here

From Boac (capital): Take a jeepney or tricycle heading toward Island-wide. Tell the driver "Kalamay-dampa" — most locals know it.

Address: Available at local markets and vendors across Marinduque

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