2013 Pasalamat Festival (gcc)

KAPATAGAN TOPS 2013 PASALAMAT FESTIVAL Kapagatan, Lanao del Norte contingent wins this year’s  Pasalamat festival open-invitational street dancing competition, besting 9 other contingents.  The grand champion received P500,000, while the first runner-up took P350,00, second runner-up received P200,000, third runner-up P100,000 and fourth runner-up received P50,000.00, respectively. 

Wearing colorful costumes, contingents perform in the major streets of Pagadian City during the ‘Pasalamat’, Pagadian’s top festival attraction in honor of Sto. Niño. Ten contingents from public secondary schools and LGUs in Zamboanga del Sur and Lanao del Norte joined the street dancing competition.

Pagadian City mayor Samuel Co (on microphone) hands-over half-million cash prize to municipal tourism officer Johnny Paul Lagura during the awarding ceremony of ‘Pasalamat’ Festival at the city gym on January 20, 2013. While Kapatagan National High School principal Mrs. Letecia Lagura (3^rd from right) receives the plaque of appreciation.

Creatures made of cardboard and pieces of wood are the props of contingents that participated  in the Pasalamat Festival.

Major streets in Pagadian City reverberated with sounds of drum-beatings and shouts of “Viva Señor Sto. Niño” as more than thousands of people took part in the popular festival over the weekend. The festival drew repeated applause and cheers from the audience at the final showdown held at the city gym.