KAPANGAN, Benguet – This town is
now celebrating its 4th Anitap Festival will end Tuesday.
Starting March 13, this town
showcased cultural parade and presentations, agro trade fair with participation
of the community.
Councilor Manny Fermin, committee
chair on Tourism and Environment, said theme
of this year’s festival was “One
community bound on culture for one destiny.”
An agro trade fair to showcase
agricultural products, indigenous products and recycled materials among others
took place March 13, according to Fermin.
March 15 was dedicated as Barangay Day to highlight the role of the barangay in the development of the communities graced by Rep. Ronald Cosalan.
On the same day a “Battle of the Bands” was held. Yesterday
was Children’s and Women’s Day featuring presentations and competitions.
Recognition will also be
accorded to individuals from Kapangan who excelled in their own fields and
brought honor and prestige in the local and international arena.
The Achievers Awards is hoped
to inspire the youth and have these personalities as their models, Fermin said.
Gov. Nestor Fongwan will be
the guest of honor and speaker today (March 17) for the highlight of
festivities. There will be a
cultural parade to be followed by indigenous ritual.
There will be simultaneous
cultural presentations among the respective barangays to perform native chants
and dances and the playing of a native instrument called 'tallak'.
Tallak is an indigenous
instrument which utilizes the Anitap tree in producing sounds and vibrations
similar to gongs, according to Fermin.
Anitap is a common tree in the
barangays which the community hopes to preserve, the reason the town coined its
festival from the tree, Fermin said.
On the same day will be the
Search for Miss and Mister Kapangan.
March 18 will be Municipal
Heroes Day in commemoration of the late BadoDangwa who was a warrior during
World War II.
It
was also designated as Veterans and Senior Citizens Day.
The closing program will also
be on the same day where winners of best booth, and winners in competitions on
agricultural products and recycled materials among others will be awarded.
March 19 was designated
clean-up day. There will also be a 4 x 4 off road challenge on the same day.
Fermin earlier invited all who
were interested to join the week-long festivities to have fun and enjoy what the
town has to offer. -- Susan C. Aro
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