Philippine Festivals

Panaad Festival

Posted on June 26th, 2007 by mvg.
Categories: Uncategorized.

Furniture made from tamarind tree in Kabankalan City

THE Kabankalan City’s theme booth features varied arrays of pandan displays like coasters, mats, placemats and bags. Beaded slippers, necklaces with different styles bejeweled beads and dolls dressed in different and impressive styles of tailored gowns added glitters to the display rack.(more)

Lin-ay beauties II

Aiza S. Corbete
Lin-ay sang Talisay
Loves drawing

This Talisay beauty is quite confident given pieces of papers to draw for poster making.

She has some experiences in campus sports team as muse but to place her on stage where hundreds or more than a thousand were watching, is extremely new to Aiza S. Corbete.(more)

Let’s unite, guv urges Negrenses
Nicolas C. Delfin

UNITY and cooperation. These were the calls of Negros Occidental Governor Joseph Marañon to all Negrenses despite political differences between opposing candidates for this May 14, 2007 elections.(more)

Lin-ay beauties
Lin-ay sang Himamaylan
Vanessa D. Isok
A future educator

“People should know that my town, now a city was once the capital of Negros in 1795″,  says Vanessa Dingcong Isok in such a gentle but persuasive remark.  Indeed, an educator by heart and her words are immersed in scholarship.(more)

250-strong security force to guard Panaad

THE heat is on!

Despite the scorching heat of summer at 35 degrees Celsius, the forthcoming national elections and the threat of insurgency, the 14th Panaad sa Negros Festival opens Saturday at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City with the same fervor it has always been known for.(more)

Panaad Festival in Negros Occidental

Panaad sa Negros was conceptualized in 1993 by the Provincial Government and representatives of the private sector to showcase the festivals of each of the then six  cities and 26 municipalities of Negros Occidental - their history, cultural heritage, commerce and industry and tourism potential.

This was to be a yearly summer event for Negrenses, both here and abroad, to look forward to and come home for.(more)

‘If others can, why can’t I?’
Erwin Ambo S. Delilan

OF the 23 candidates vying for this year’s Lin-ay sang Negros crown, Frebejean Bartolo of Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB) town, the youngest town in Negros Occidental, is one among the first-timers with no experience at all in joining beauty contest.(more)