Kagay-an Festival

Higaonon Dance Festival, a narrative dance competition anchored on the indigenous tradition of the Higaonon tribe in Mindanao which will be held in two (2) phases: a street dance and a showdown with cash prizes of Php200,000, Php150,000 and Php100,000 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, respectively and Php10,000 consolation prize each for non-winners. The Higaonon Dance Festival aims to promote a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Cagayan’s original inhabitants.

The street dancing parade starts at 8:00am and ends at the showdown venue. Along the parade route, three judges’ will be deployed in various judging stations where contingents will perform for a maximum of three (3) minutes using a unified Higaonon musical beat.

Higaonon Costumes must be close to the original traditional garb with the dominant colors of red, in combination with gold, black and white.

Participating contingents Higaonon Dance Festival include

* Barangay Kauswagan
* Barangay 20
* Consolacion
* Barangay 35
* Barangay 31
* Barangay 30
* Barangay 1
* Bayanga
* Lapasan
* Misamis Oriental Jasaan
* Misamis Oriental Balingasag
* St. Mary’s Academy in Gingoog City

The “Higaonon Dance Festival 2008” is one of the five core events featured in the Kagay-an Festival 2008, spearheaded and organized by the Promote CdO Foundation, Inc. under president Ruben Vegafria.

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Kagay-an Festival 2008

Quoted: ”…once they’re here, introduce to them the best that the city can offer that will make them come back again and again.” — Rudolfo Meñes, president Promote CDO Foundation

Promoting Cagayan de Oro as a major tourism destination for the global community is the focus of this year’s Kagay-an Festival.

Rudolfo Meñes, president of Promote CDO Foundation tasked by the city government to lead this year’s annual fiesta celebration, disclosed that the goal of Kagay-an Festival is to succeed in attracting more international tourists to come to Cagayan de Oro during the month-long celebration.

In a press conference preceding the launch of the 2007 Kagay-an Festival held at the Kiosko Kagawasan in Divisoria over the weekend, Meñes pointed out that visitors who first come to Cagayan de Oro for tourism often come back to the city to explore its business potentials.

”The key here is to give them one good reason to come over to Cagayan de Oro, and once they’re here, introduce to them the best that the city can offer that will make them come back again and again,” Meñes said.

Promote CDO Foundation unveiled during Saturday’s launch, the five core events that make up this year’s Kagay-an Festival as well as the official logo and music video of the festival.

These events include the street dancing competition; float parade competition; agro-industrial trade fair; river activities such as dragon boat race, fluvial parade, river rafting and kayaking; and the Search for Miss Kagay-an Tourism.

The foundation also unveiled other accredited fiesta activities such as horse race, airsoft competition, and live-band competition, among others.

Meanwhile, Ruben Vegafria, chair of the 2007 fiesta management committee disclosed that this year’s street dancing competition promises something different and new as competing performers will have to perform using only one Higaonon beat.

Vegafria also said that prizes of the various competitions in this year’s Kagay-an Festival will be more attractive compared to the previous celebrations.

On the other hand, Ramid Gualberto chair of the Miss Kagay-an Tourism 2007 committee said that the beauty pageant committee will undertake a tedious process in screening the candidates of this year’s search.

Gualberto explained that this will ensure that the successful lady who will be crowned Miss Kagay-an Tourism 2007 can truly deliver the tasks expected of her as the city’s ambassadress of goodwill and as a key figure in the promotion of Cagayan de Oro as a major tourism destination in the country. (City Information Office)

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