by Alex
Sanchez
Pagadian
City – As earlier announced by Pagadian City Mayor Samuel Co during a press
conference the street dancing, which was one of the major highlights of the Pasalamat
Sinulog festival was participated in by contingents’ from different towns and provinces in Mindanao.
Kapatagan town in Lanao del Norte sent a contingent that topped the competition
staged on the 20th day of January and ran away with a cash prize of
P500,000.00, while Tukuran town in Zamboanga del Sur garnered 2nd
place and earned P350,000. The third place that got P200,000 went to a national
high school contingent from Pagadian City.
On the 18th day of January was the “Kapuso night” and
true to Mayor Co’s promise entertainers, actors and actresses and other
personalities of GMA7 captivated the audience with songs and plays for more
than two hours. On the next day was the “Kapamilya night”,where not to be
outdone, entertainers and glamorous personalities from Abs-Cbn treated the
public free of charge to a musical extravaganza that lasted also for more than
two hours.
A structure that stands out and was noticeable to all, who attended
the nocturnal shows and presentations at Plaza Luz was the one hundred feet
Christmas tree, dazzling with lights of different colors. Lighted lanterns were
also displayed in the entire duration of the celebration not to mention the
well lighted city streets.
Summing up these activities with a fluvial parade participated by several boats and ship, which were ostentatiously decorated and preceded by a holy mass celebrated by about a dozen priests, headed by Bishop Cabajar of the diocese of Pagadian together with the other minor activities, the Pasalamat festival was quite successful and above all it was peacefully celebrated, thanks to the support of the Philippine National Police headed by its newly assigned Provincial Director in the person of PSSUPT Thomas Abellar, who Mayor Co lauded for extending an invaluable support to ensure peace and order in the city during the entire celebration of the city’s fiesta in honor of the Holy Child, dubbed the Pasalamat Festival.
Summing up these activities with a fluvial parade participated by several boats and ship, which were ostentatiously decorated and preceded by a holy mass celebrated by about a dozen priests, headed by Bishop Cabajar of the diocese of Pagadian together with the other minor activities, the Pasalamat festival was quite successful and above all it was peacefully celebrated, thanks to the support of the Philippine National Police headed by its newly assigned Provincial Director in the person of PSSUPT Thomas Abellar, who Mayor Co lauded for extending an invaluable support to ensure peace and order in the city during the entire celebration of the city’s fiesta in honor of the Holy Child, dubbed the Pasalamat Festival.
