GenSan’s Kalilangan Festival 2019
There’s always an exciting buzz of anticipation every
first quarter of the year across the city that comes when festival season
approaches. Of course, despite that it is always summer in GenSan, holiday season
like this builds up just as fun as Christmas itself.
The build-up comes in the form of the Kalilangan
Festival, a week-long celebration that takes us out of the early summer
doldrums and gets us right up to the steps of cultural festivity. While nearly
the entire city participates in, not to mention other nearby provinces, many do
not know that the Kalilangan Festival comes in full circle to commemorate
GenSan’s founding anniversary.
The festival highlights the Street Dancing
Competition participated by different schools featuring the colourful ensembles
of mostly from the B’laans, Maguindanaons, and other ethnic groups in the
metropolis. Each participating group showcased an extraordinarily intense number
that involves so much more than simply putting a good show.
As much as I wanted to have everything on record, I
just enjoy the moment and munch every piece of goodness it gives. In this
regard, here are the only snaps I got from GenSan’s Kalilangan Festival 2019 featuring
the diverse beauty of a heneral.
General Santos City’s 30th Kalilangan
Festival and 80th Founding Anniversary were successfully held with a
colourful addition of modern taste fronted by Mr. Ralph Layco, Festival
Director and the team from the Local Government Unit.
I would like to thank the sponsors for the warm
welcome and great accommodation, the Summit Tours, Q Citypark Hotel, Tambilawan
Kamayan Restaurant, Good Bull, Family County Hotel, and Venue 88. Also, a special shout out to Francis for
inviting the Davao Bloggers and for making sure our visit will be remarkable.
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