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Panagbenga Festival pays tribute to beautiful blooms, unites diverse Baguio
Taking inspiration from Pasadena’s “The Rose Parade,” Baguio City’s Panagbenga Festival is held not in honor of some saint or legend but pays tribute to the city’s beautiful blooms. A historian and museum curator, Ike Picpican, named the festival Panagbenga, a word in the local Kankanaey dialect that refers to a season of blossoming. For a…
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Panagbenga 2015 Schedule of Activities
The Panagbenga Festival in Baguio City, now on its 20th year, pays tribute to the city’s beautiful blooms. Although it’s a month-long celebration, the flower festival’s highlights include the Grand Street Dancing Parade and the Grand Float Parade. The street dancing parade happens on a seven-kilometer stretch of street and involves performers garbed in colorful…