Panagbenga Festival is a month-long annual flower festival occurring in Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines. The term is of Malayo-Polynesian origin, meaning "season of blooming". The festival, held during the month of February, was created as a tribute to the city's flowers and as a way to rise up from the devastation of the 1990 Luzon earthquake. The festival includes floats that are decorated with flowers unlike those used in Pasadena's Rose Parade. The festival also includes street dancing, presented by dancers clad in flower-inspired costumes, that is inspired by the Bendian, an Ibaloi dance of celebration that came from the Cordillera region.
Panagbenga Festival 2013 Schedule of Activities
Theme: "A Blooming Odyssey"
February 1, 2013
Grand Opening Parade
Drum and Lyre Dance Competition (Elementary Division)
Panagbenga Park to Athletic Bowl
February 1 - March 3, 2013
Market Encounter & Landscaping Competition
Burnham Park
February 10, 2013
Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom
Melvin Jones
February 10, 2013
Handog ng Panagbenga sa Pamilya Baguio
Burnham Park
February 10, 2013
Fluvial Float Parade
Burnham Lake
February 23, 2013
Grand Street Dancing Parade
Panagbenga Park to Athletic Bowl
February 24, 2013
Grand Float Parade
Panagbenga Park to Athletic Bowl
February 25 - March 3, 2013
Session Road in Bloom
Panagbenga Park to Athletic Bowl
March 4, 2013
Closing Ceremonies
Athletic Bowl
HOW TO GET TO BAGUIO CITY
From Manila, take a Victory Liner bus bound for Baguio City. Terminals can be found in Pasay, Cubao or Sampaloc.
Fare: about 455 pesos
Travel time: around 6 hours.
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