BAGUIO CITY – Three major events of the Panagbenga Festival inaugurated consecutively as the 30th edition of the much-anticipated and crowd-drawing festival in Baguio City opens on February 1.
With the theme “Blooming Without End,” elementary drum and lyre contingents will once again perform in a street dancing parade to enliven the opening of the month-long celebration of the Panagbenga Festival.
Participants in the elementary drum and lyre competition are Tuba Central School Drum and Lyre Corps; Pugo Central School, El Tribu D’Lucban Elemetary School. Baguio Central School, Lucban Elementary School, Puguis Elemenrtary School and Mabini ElementarySchool.
Before the parade, an “Uggayam” interfaith program will be held at Panagbenga Park at around 7:00 a.m., where various religious groups will offer prayers to wish for a successful and peaceful celebration, followed by a traditional ‘canao’.
The parade starts at 8:00 a.m. led by Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan and the city councils, Congressman Mauricio Domogan, officials of the Baguio Flower Festival Foundation.Inc., Baguio Tourism Council and Liga ng mga Barangays along Session, Harrison Road, towards Malvin Jones Football Ground in Burnham Park.
Two other major events
inaugarated, the opening of the Market Encounter, where products from the Cordillera region and invited entrepreneurs from various areas will be displayed and purchased.
Panagbengascapes will also beinaugurated for the landscaping competition and exhibition located at the Rose Garden. Here you can see various designs of flower and plant landscapes that will be displayed by 12 famous landscapers of Baguio City.
The much-awaited grand street dancing parade and flower float parade will take place on February 28 and March 1, followed by the Session Road in Bloom the next day with the entire celebration ending on March 8. (By Zaldy Comanda)
