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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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