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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. Until 2020, Vulcan Point was an island in Yellow Lake, itself in Volcano Island, located in Lake (*) Taal, (10[1])making it a third-order island. This island’s provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac (-5[1])are crossed by the Zambales Mountains. The ancestors of this island’s Igorot people carved rice terraces into Banaue in the province of Ifugao. This island, home to Quezon City, houses a (10[1])city that contains the Binondo District and the Malacañang Palace. For 10 points, name this island home to the Philippine capital of Manila. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Luzon
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