LC takes 4th place in Aliwan Fest 2014 dance tilt

By Dominic B. dela Cruz

Staff Reporter

PROVING THAT Laoag City can hold its own in national competitions, the city’s contingent to the 2014 Aliwan Festival took fourth place in the dance competition.

The event, held April 24-26, 2014 in Manila, was organized by the Manila Broadcasting Co. and Star City in cooperation with the city governments of Manila and Pasay, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Parks Development Committee.

Competing with 15 other groups from all over the country, the city’s Pamulinawen Festival entry shone in the country’s grandest festival. This year’s event featured the best talents from the country’s 16 regions in a showcase of cultural tourism highlighting the Filipinos’ penchant for merrymaking in its colorful and grandiose proportions.

Laoag mayor Chevylle V. Fariñas congratulated all the students, parents, choreographers and all the people who supported the city’s contingent.

Ms. Fariñas said it is a big honor for the city to be in the top five as this is a national event.

She added that the Laoag Pamulinawen Festival showcases the unique characteristics, traditions, hobbies, and cultures of Ilocanos and parts of the presentation were shown during the province-wide Tan-ok and Mini Tan-ok Festivals where Laoag emerged as champions.

Laoag strictly followed the criteria that props in all the competitions shall focus on presentations that best incorporate indigenous culture and folkloric traditions.

The Pamulinawen Festival dancers used authentic cultural elements and the dance movements were enhanced by live music and fully showcased with full color of the community represented.

This time, Laoag focused only one entry which was the dance competition. The city forego competing in the float competition since it has already won this multiple times.

Ms. Fariñas stressed that the win was not simply about the prize but the honor and pride in promoting Laoag as the northern tourism gateway to the Philippines.

The Laoag government spent less than P1 million for the competition compared to other competitors which they assessed have spent multi-million pesos for their presentations.

The top winners for the dance competition received cash prizes of P1,000,000, P500,000, P250,000, P150,000, and P100,000, aside from the P50,000.00 each for the top five.

While the Festival Queen winners received cash prizes of P100,000, P50,000, and P10,000 for the Reyna ng Aliwan, first runner-up and three second runners-up, respectively.

Winners for minor awards like the Best in Festival Costume, Best in Evening Gown, Best in Swimsuit and Best in Talent also received cash prizes of P5,000 each.

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