Third Place winner at the 21st Pintados Kasadyaan Festival and former winner at Sinulog Festival in Cebu and Aliwan Festival in Manila.
produced winning performances at the famous Sinulog Festival of Cebu and the national Aliwan Fiesta – Battle of Festival Champions in Manila. Among the Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival Champions in the past that have won at the Sinulog and Aliwan Festivals are the Buyogan Festival of Abuyog, Tanauan’s Pasaka Festival and the Lingganay Festival of Alangalang, Leyte.
THIS YEAR’S WINNERS This year’s Kasadyaan competition was won by Barugo’s Sanggatan Festival (first place) with P750,000 cash price for the performers and another P to the changing of the guards among
The amount of effort and financial
25,000 to the winning choreographer.
many local governments after the
resources that went into the prepara-
The second place went to Tulo-usa
May 9, 2016 elections. At the Pintados
tion, production and transportation of
Festival of Tolosa, Leyte with P500,000
presentation however, there were six
the props and sets, not to mention the
purse, plus P20,000 to its choreogra-
Barangays from Leyte and Tacloban
amount of time and effort that went
pher, while the Buyogan Festival of
City who participated. They were the
into the creation of the storyline, cho-
Abuyog was third with P250,000 cash
Tribu Kawayan (Brgy. Kawayan), Tribu
reography, music and rehearsals were
prize and P15,000 to its choreographer.
Siete Quatro (Brgy. Lower Nula-tula),
indeed in the hundreds of thousands
While all the winners performed in the
Tribu Kasirangan (Brgy. Quarry), Tribu
for each of the participating munici-
grandest of scale with their massive
Mangirisda (Tanauan, National High
palities. But the results were worth the
and colorful props that completely
School), Tribu Manangete (Fisher-
gargantuan efforts and financial cost.
filled the basketball court sized stage,
man’s Village) and Banigan Tribe
The investment made by the festival
the superior story line, dance execu-
(Simeon Ocdol National High School,
organizers and sponsors during the
tion and set designs of the Barugo and
Basey, Samar. Be that as it may, one
last 21 years has elevated the Pinta-
Tolosa contingents earned the nod of
can imagine the enormous amount of
dos-Kasadyaan Festival of Festivals as
the three veteran judges from the Ali-
time and resources needed to produce
one of the country’s premier cultural
wan Festival and Ballet Philippines.
a festival entry of such magnitude.
event. This festival has consistently
Huge and larger than life images of the
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