All set for 6th Batac Farmers Festival

By Dominic Dela Cruz

Staff Reporter

Batac City—Batac mayor Jeffrey Jubal Nalupta announced that the Farmers Day celebration has been set for May 1-7, 2014.

The special day recognizes the importance of the farmers in the city and to appreciate their contribution towards the city’s development.

Nalupta said this year’s festival features different activities and innovations from past celebrations.

The celebration will be kicked off by a thanksgiving mass, opening of booths and exhibits, Zanjera Day/Congress Agri Bingo Part I and pre-judging of the Balasang ti Away pageant on May 1.

The Carosa Parade featuring “karison” [carts] and carabaos will take centerstage on May 2. This parade depicts the old way of the farmers as the carts would be used as floats that would be decorated with the farmers’ high value crops...

At 7 pm of May 2, the Balasang ti Away 2014 will be crowned.

The said beauty tilt features 30 candidates from the city’s 29 rural barangays, including Sitio Bullilising.

On May 3 to 5, the goat and eel catching competition will be held in front of the Imelda Cultural Center; the Farmers Festival Retro Ball with costumes from the 1950s to the 1980s; and the Cyber Village Olympics cum PhilRice Service Express and Zumba will also be staged.

During the celebration, the Batac government will also sign a sister-city document with Cabadbaran City of Agusan del Norte during the Retro Ball on May 4.

The main highlight of the celebration will unfold on May 6 with the grand parade featuring all the city’s barangays along with non-government organizations and other government agencies. Floats in the parade will have their own assigned fruit product.

May 7, the final day, will be for the awarding of winners of the different competitions. Hybrid vegetable and palay seeds for community seed banking will also be distributed.

This year’s theme is “High Value Crops Adaptaren para iti Narang-ay a Pamilya ni Mannalon’.

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