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On this island, Mumbaki doctors offer black pigs to gods on behalf of visitors. The Afi Festival, in which 4,000 torchbearers dance to remember a system of slash-and-burn farming called kaingin, is held in this island's city of Tuguegarao. Ligñon Hill overlooks the largest city in this island's Bicol Region. (-5[1])Until 2020, Vulcan Point was an island in Yellow Lake, itself in Volcano Island, located in Lake (*) Taal, (10[2])making it a third-order island. This island’s provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac are crossed by the Zambales Mountains. The (10[1])ancestors of this island’s Igorot people carved rice terraces (10[1])into Banaue in the province of Ifugao. This island, home to Quezon City, (10[1])houses a city that contains the Binondo District and the Malacañang Palace. For 10 points, name this island home to the Philippine capital of Manila. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Luzon
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