Philippine Travel Blog - The Travelers Guide to Philippine Destinations

Negors Occidental will once again shine at its brightest as the province is gearing for the upcoming “Panaad sa Negros Festival”.

World-renowned Masskara Festival of Bacolod

Panaad is a Hiligaynon word meaning, Promise. The festival is touted as the province’s mother of all festivals.

This year’s edition is slated April 22-30. No less then Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo has been invited to grace the festival.

Experiencing the Pana-ad Festival is like touring the entire Negros Occidental in just one sitting. The highlights of the festival include: trade fairs from various Negros towns and cities, amateur singing competition, drum and bugle corps contest, the Lin-ay sang Negros (Lady of Negros) beauty Pageant, and the grand festival showdown from various towns and cities.

Exprected to join this year’s Grand Festival competition are:

Masskara of Bacolod, Babaylan of Bago, Dinagsa of Cadiz, Mamlambus of Escalante, Himaya-an of Himamaylan, Sinulog of Kabankalan, Pasalamat of La Carlota, Sinigayan of Sagay, Pintaflores of San Carlos, Pasaway of Sipalay, Minuluan of Talisay, Silaynon of Silay and Malihaw of Victorias, the Lumbayag of Binalbagan, Hudyaw of Calatrava, Pabalhas sa Tablas of Candoni, Lubay-Lubay of Cauayan, Kali-Kalihan of Don Salvador Benedicto, Ugyonan of EB Magalona, Hinugyaw of Hinigaran, Pagbana-ag of Hinoba-an, Tigkalalag of Isabela, Kisi-Kisi of Ilog, Bailes de Luces of La Castellana, Pinta Puto of Manapla, Magayon of Moises Padilla, Tinabu-ay of Murcia, Ponte Piedra of Pontevedra,Salapan of Pulupandan, Sag-ahan of Toboso, Bulang-Bulang of San Enrique and Humay-Humay of Valladolid.

Kabankalan City’ Sinulog Festival

The search for Lin-ay sang Negros 2006 will be held on April 29 at the Pana-ad Park and Stadium.

The Pana-ad Stadium, home of the 2006 Pana-ad sa Negros Festival

Popularity: 5% [?]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 18th, 2006 at 6:26 pm and is filed under Road Trip. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.