Flowers From Panagbenga
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History of Panagbenga Festival
The Panagbenga Festival, formerly as the Baguio Flower Festival, was formed in 1995 as the brainchild of Attorney Damaso Bangaoet Jr. of the John Hay Poro Point Development Corporation (JPDC) and Victor A. Lim of the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA). Entries from the annual Camp John Hay art contest gave its official logo: a spray of sunflowers. The festival was set in February to boost tourism as it was considered as a month of inactivity between the busy days of Christmas season and the Holy Week and the summer season.
In 1996, archivist and curator Ike Picpican suggested that the festival be renamed as Panagbenga, a Kankanaey term that means “a season of blossoming, a time for flowering”.
In 2007, Members of the Team Unity and other candidates from the opposition gave their political campaign in the festival. All the candidates broke the festival’s guidelines by handing out campaign materials. Some tourists were displeased of their presence as people that wanted to take pictures with the candidates spilled over the streets and disrupted the parade.
Events
Panagbenga Festival usually commences with the traditional dance of the Cordillerans, the Cañao
. Attracting thousands of visitors are several flower festival-related activities like the Bulaklak Rock Battle of the Bands, a local arts show, a skateboard competition, a Dolls of Japan Exhibit and Eiga Sai filmfest, Kitefest, barangay beautification contest, the search for Mr. and Ms. Baguio Flower Festival, and the famous floral floats, street-dancers, and bands parade.
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