All set for Batac’s 7th Farmers’ Festival

By Dominic B. dela Cruz

Staff reporter

Batac City—Mayor Jeffrey Jubal Nalupta that they are now all set for the 7^th Farmers’ Festival on May 1-7, 2015.

Mr. Nalupta said the festival is a thanksgiving celebration for the Almighty for giving abundant farm production in the city.

The festival, he added is also a way of thanking Batac farmers for continuously upgrading their farming inputs.

The festival, which began in 2008, is also one of the grandest festival in the city as it showcases the different agriculture activities here, the mayor stressed.

A thanksgiving mass will be held on May 1 at the Immaculate Conception Parish followed by the formal opening ceremony of the 7^th Farmers Festival.

Decorated carosa’s will be paraded and the search for the Most Fabulous Carabao is set on May 2.

One of the festival highlights is the first ever Search for Balasang ti Away [Maiden of the Farm] “Plus Size Edition” 2015. “Plus Size” refers to healthier and bigger women.

A farmers’ festival ball is set on May 3 and the judging of the “Pinaka” crops and a competition of Aweng Ni Batacqeno Kundiman Edition will be on May 4.

The farmers will also be given the chance to talk with city officials and Dept. of Agriculture personnel in a farmers’ forum on May 5, where a Bingo Aliwan will also be held on the same day.

On May 6 will be the pre-judging of floats, final judging of booths and exhibits and the grand parade, carosa parade and parade of floats.

The last day of the festival, May 7, will be for the awarding of winner and the distribution of hybrid of vegetable seeds and subsidized palay seeds.

The mayor promised that this celebration will be the most exciting event of the year for the city as innovations will be added.

He said all the farming barangays here are encouraged to join in all the activities especially in the grand parade of floats which will made up from indigenous materials.

This is where the farmers would bring their innovativeness in the float decorations made up of indigenous materials that are available in their respective barangays, he added.

While the poblacion barangays particularly the barangay officials were also encouraged to attend the grand parade to support the importance of the farming barangays as they are the ones producing food for the people.

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