Bayambang bids for longest BBQ

BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan — Residents of this town are getting all excited about one of the mayor’s bids to put Bayambang in the world map of pop culture.

Mayor Ricardo Camacho bared over the weekend his plan to get residents involved in a bid for a Guinness World Record for the “longest barbeque” in April next year.

Preparations are already being made for the municipality’s bid to establish a 7.7-kilometer-long barbeque to break, hopefully, the 6.2-km feat done in Turkey in 2010.

This endeavor will be the highlight of the “Malangsi Fishtival” on April 5, 2014, which is also the celebration of Bayambang’s 400th founding anniversary.

The newly elected barangay officials from all 77 villages here have already committed their unconditional support for all the activities wrapped up in the festival by signing a manifesto.

Freshwater fish species like catfish, mudfish, “tilapia” and “gurami” will be the featured barbeque of the world-record breaking bid.

Based on the plan approved by Camacho, the barbeque grill will start in Wawa and extend through to Barangays Telbang Buayaen, Poblacion Zone III, Zone V, Tamaro, Tambac, Nalsian Norte, and down to Nalsian Sur. -- LBI