Winning the grand prize of P100, 000, the beautifully crafted Binmaley float (left photo) designed to depict the town’s famous Sigay Festival gracefully traverses the main roads of Lingayen during the Parada na Dayew:Grand Cultural Parade during the 432nd anniversary celebration of Agew na Pangasinan last April 11. Right photo shows Mapandan Street Dancers as they show their winning dance streak of Pandan Festival. Mapandan notched the top prize of P100, 000 in the street dance competition as they emerged champion among 20 LGU contingents. The floats were interspersed with street dancer contingents creating a riot of sights and sounds. (PIO Photo by Bob Sison and Meinard Sadim)
The craftsmanship and ingenuity of Pangasinenses prevailed following a colorful parade of floats and exciting performance of street dancers during the Parada Na Dayew , a grand cultural parade highlighting the various festivals of Pangasinan towns during the 432nd founding anniversary celebration of Agew na Pangasinan last April 11.
The float design and street dance competition which provided color and excitement to the Agew na Pangasinan celebration proved to be a huge success with the active involvement of some 5,000 participants from the LGUs who brought out their artistic skills and innovative ideas through their beautifully designed floats and the creative execution of their dance acts with the performers clad in colorful costumes.
The scorching heat of the sun did not dampen the energy of participants as well as the spectators as the floats, depicting the history and culture of their localities or showcasing their best products, traversed the main thoroughfares of Lingayen town while the street dancers danced away the summer heat with their dance performances showcasing the various festivals of each participating town.
As this developed, Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. congratulated the participants to the competition and personally awarded the cash prizes and trophies to the winners.
The Sigay Festival depicted in the Binmaley Float garnered unanimous votes from the panel of judges when it was adjudged the champion in the float design competition earning a cash prize of P100, 000 and a trophy from the province.
The other winners in the float design competition include Bautista winning 1st runner up with a cash of P75, 000 and trophy; Lingayen-2nd runner up with trophy and P50,000; Aguilar-3rd runner winning P40,000; San Nicolas, 4th runner-up with 30, 000 and San Fabian occupying 5th runner up and a cash prize of P20,000.
The Mapandan community romped off with the major prize of P100,000 and trophy earning the championship with its street dance presentation featuring the Pandan Festival.
It was a lucky day for Binmaley as it took another major prize of P75,000 for winning 1st runner up. Sto. Tomas town’s corn festival depicted in their dance presentation won 2nd runner up with a cash of P50,000; San Nicolas, known as the vegetable basket of eastern Pangasinan and the gateway to Cagayan Valley through the Villaverde Trail notched the 3th runner up position and cash of P40,000. Villasis was 4th runner up with P30,000 cash while Urbiztondo ran away with P20,000 cash prize for the 5th runner up.
The top 6 winners in the street dance competition will perform during the opening of the Palarong Pambansa on May 6. (PIO/Angeline D. Villanueva)
Repost from http://www.pangasinan.gov.ph/2012/04/craftsmanship-prevails-at-parada-na-dayew/
