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| Colorful costumes and props adorned this year's Panagbenga Street Parade. |
Fun is over the weekend when the awaited Panagbenga Street Parade started
earlier. A number of expected and unexpected street dance numbers were
performed and thousands and thousands of flowers adorned the performer’s props
and costumes. There were a lot of tourists who witnessed the parade and most of
them, as I saw them, enjoyed the 2013 event.
Street Dance Parade. You can turn on HD settings.
Panagbenga 2013 Series: Street
Parade
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| University of Luzon marching band |
The street parade was less speculated compared the grand float parade
which usually happens on the last Sunday of February—but wait, did I just say
“less”? Oh I guess I’m wrong because there was an army of visitors who came to
this town to celebrate with us in this year’s flower festival! Hundreds of
thousands came over to Baguio to see how we celebrate Panagbenga Festival.
Street parade was like the opening day, there are drum-and-lyre
performances and of course street dances. Only that more dance numbers were
shown this time and most of them were enjoyable. The locals of Cordillera,
collectively known as “Igorots” showed their intact culture by performing
G-string local dances which jive to the beats of the gongs. Somehow I noticed
when the Koreans performed too, the way they dance is similar to how
Cordillerans dance too—in tune of the beats of drums and gongs. Unlike dances
which were influenced by colonizers, their dances don’t have musical melody at
all. It’s because it’s the dance that counts, not the song, which shows the
body sway and movements and what it mimics culturally.
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| Koreans presented their own cultural dance. |
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| Entries for the Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom painting activity. |
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| Drum-and-lyre winning group (elementary division) |
The winners of drum-and-lyre competition on the opening day performed
again. Some marching bands and cultural groups like those of University of
Luzon and Saint Louis University also showcased their talents. This time,
Kalinga, a northern Cordillera province, joined this year’s street dance parade
by showcase of their cultural dance. All the dances were fun and Panagbenga
Festival only shows that it is one of the highlight festivals in the
Philippines.
The show started before 9 AM (I was expecting this to start by 7AM). As
early as 5 AM there were already a lot of tourists who secured their spaces alongside
Session Road. Unlucky me, I was not able to wake up early so the result, I was
not in an ideal slot where I can see a good view of the performances. Thanks to
that optical zoom, I was still able to take pictures somehow up-close.
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| People of the Cordillera present their own cultural performances during the street dance parade. |
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| The wooden kart, or bike, of the people of Kalinga. |
The street parade only lasted for almost two hours but it was totally fun.
I can’t describe how the people smile and laugh when a kid dancer who is a
little boy gives the best of his “kembot”. Haha. Besides we were lucky to be
seen on TV! Hehehe.
Well, if you still happen not to see any street
parade, I guess it’s time for you to visit 2014 Panagbenga Festival in Baguio.
The 2013 street parade just told us how alive Cordillera culture was. And not
only that, the dances, the people and the place—they’re lovely. Panagbenga
2013—amazing!
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| Andrei Felix of Umagang Kay Ganda (ABS-CBN) |
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| Miss Benguet |
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| Mayor Mauricio Domigan of Baguio City |
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| See how many tourists attended the event! Unfortunately most of these tourists didn't know how to manage their trash and littered our beautiful city. |
Panagbenga 2013 Festival Series:
Part 1: Panagbenga 2013 Opening Day
Part 5: 2013 Panagbenga Float Parade
Extra Scoop: Komikon Baguio
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