SABSABONG ti Mayo, a fashion show spectacle of Reina Helenas and other treats takes center stage this month as Summer in Baguio enters its final stretch.
City Councilor Elmer Datuin and City Tourism Officer Benedicto Alhambra who head the Summer in Baguio preparations said the Sabsabong activity slated May 27-28 at the Baguio Convention Center aims to promote ‘amianan’ tourism through a fashion show that features gowns made out of recyclable and environmentally friendly eco-fiber.
This year’s edition will banner the theme, “Alamin ang Yamang Turismo ng Hilagang Luzon.”
Beauties from various towns in Luzon will be featured in the show donning the recyclable gowns which will be dubbed as the ‘cultural bearers of the ideals for a Magandang Baguio’ through a symbolic choreography and props.
The fashion show will include an appropriate representation from the city’s women leaders and sectoral representatives.
Representatives from neighboring towns, cities and provinces particularly those involved in the tourism industry have been invited to the activity.
Aside from promoting tourism of the north, the activity also aims to introduce a tourism attraction that would pave the way to the creation of a new spectacle in the month of May and introduce the city to the world of new fashion with respect to the various cultural practices and the love of nature and its endowment.
The first day, May 27, will feature the Amianan Tourism Forum at 8 a.m. at the Baguio Convention Center while on May 28, a Santacruzan grand parade and the Grand Fashion Show will be staged at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. respectively at the SM City Baguio.
The activity will be spearheaded by the City Government under Mayor Mauricio Domogan, the Department of Tourism Cordillera, Department of Trade and Industry, the Baguio Tourism Council and the Baguio Community of Volunteers Movement.
Also slated this month are the barangay fiesta celebrations of barangays AZCKO, Balsigan, Cabinet Hill, Teachers Camp, Camdas, Camp Allen, Country Club Village, Dontogan, DPS Compound, East Modernsite, Marcoville, Engineers Hill, Fairview, Gabriela Silang, Gefa-Lower QM, Gibraltar, Kayang Hilltop, Kias, Lower Dagsian, Lower General Luna, Marcoville, Mines View Park, Middle Quezon Hill, MRR- Queen of Peace, New Lucban, Upper Quezon Hill, North Sanitary Camp, Outlook Drive, Pacdal, Fil- Ann, Saint Joseph Village and Upper QM.
Other activities at the Baguio Convention Center are the Martial Arts Festival on May 14-15 and Re-Cycle for Baguio, May 23-25 and National Flag Day on May 28. (Aileen Refuerzo/With reports from Jaime Bugaoan II/UB Intern)