Panagbenga Grand Street Dance Parade at Drum and Lyre Competition, idinaos sa Baguio City
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00:00 City of Pines led their grand and fun Grand Street Dance Parade
00:06 for the celebration of the Flower Festival.
00:10 Various activities were also held, such as the Drum and Lire Competition.
00:14 This was brought to you by Glory Balegan of PTV Cordeliera.
00:18 Some streets in City of Pines were filled with excitement and colors
00:25 as the contingents of the Drum and Lire Competition and Street Dancing Parade
00:31 followed the first part of the Queen Highlight Events of the Baguio Flower Festival.
00:36 Today, the colorful, joyful music and the dance was not only engrossing,
00:46 but also the smooth integration of tradition, culture, and innovative innovations in Baguio City.
00:53 With each step we take, with each beat of the drum,
00:58 we are writing a new chapter in the history of our city.
01:02 A story of resilience, of sustainability, of innovation, and creativity.
01:10 As we dance through the streets, let us remember the generations that have come before us,
01:17 whose traditions and values continue to inspire us today.
01:21 The National Commission for Culture and the Arts assured their support
01:26 to all the efforts of Baguio LGU to protect and preserve
01:31 the rich heritage of culture and tradition,
01:34 the advancement of the creative industry, and the respect for the country.
01:38 When the flowers are in full bloom, the Baguio community unites,
01:44 organizing a festival where creativity and innovation thrive.
01:49 Festivals like Panagbanga play a crucial role in cultural preservation.
01:56 The annual tradition of this festival is a symbol of paying honor to the abundance of nature,
02:04 highlighting the role of our farmers and other workers in community building even more.
02:12 After the lively and colorful performances of the six participating elementary schools
02:17 in the Drum and Lahr category, the Lukban Elementary School was named champion
02:23 and received a prize of P150,000.
02:27 They also received the Special Award for Innovation in Musical Arrangement.
02:32 They have been studying to join the Drum and Lahr Competition of Panagbanga.
02:37 However, they were only nominated this year.
02:41 This is an overwhelming victory for the group, especially since they were only ranked 2 in the preliminary round.
02:47 In our storyline, we came from the seed, our culture, we embraced it, we planted it.
02:56 And in the years past, we accepted the changes, the modern things that are happening to us.
03:05 So, there is a deepening of the culture, but we also accept the innovation that is happening.
03:11 Although the Rizal tribe prepared for just one week from the town of Rizal, Calinga,
03:16 they were named Grand Champion in the Festival Dance category.
03:21 They also received three Special Awards for Innovation in Musical Arrangement,
03:26 Excellence in Festival Dance Costume, and Excellence in Festival Dance Choreography,
03:31 and will receive a prize of P200,000.
03:35 The performance of 135 high school students of Rizal National School of Arts and Trades is the theme of yesterday.
03:44 From the birth of a child, then when he grows, he has chances, the father and the child, they have a connection.
03:56 And then after that, there was a conflict.
04:01 The conflict is that, at first, the elements that we see, those who live on big trees,
04:10 so the child got the pain from the tree.
04:14 And then that, he was treated by the doctor, and then there was a celebration,
04:19 and we know celebration in Calinga, that is the use, with the use of gongs.
04:25 To watch the colorful and full-of-joy performance of the contingents,
04:30 in the early morning, the viewers headed to Session Road and Harrison Road.
04:36 There are those who slept on the side of the road just to get a good spot.
04:41 There are also many local tourists who came from other regions,
04:45 who really traveled to Baguio City just to watch the Twin Highlight Events of Panagbunga.
04:52 Others are residents who are always present in the year of the Twin Parade.
04:57 I always watch this every year, no matter what happens, I watch it every year.
05:02 Of course, I don't want to delay it because there are a lot of people, you can't be late.
05:07 You really need to come early in the morning so you can sit and get your seat.
05:13 More than 1,700 PNP personnel, police interns and volunteers were deployed for crowd control,
05:21 traffic management and anti-criminality, especially the organizer and police expected
05:27 that Baguio will have more people this Saturday and Sunday.
05:31 Meanwhile, it is expected that more people will be on the 5-kilometer road of Baguio tomorrow
05:38 just to watch the parade of 33 colorful and full-of-joy floats
05:45 that are included in the Grand Float Parade, especially the floats where celebrities ride.
05:52 Glory Balegan for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.
05:56 be nuts.