Buyogan of Abuyog Leyte is Grand Champion of Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival 2008

Buyogan of Abuyog Leyte is Grand Champion of Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival

Buyogan, a consistent crowd pleaser does it again.. Buyogan bested 18 other contingents from all over Leyte to take the crown of the Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival 2008. Winning P500,000 cash prize!

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte – The Buyogan Festival of Abuyog, Leyte wowed
the crowd in the recently held Leyte Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival of
Festivals and successfully defended its crown this year as they again
managed to grab the top spot as the grand festival champion.

Already a crowd favorite even during the parade, Abuyog’s mystical
bees, fairies, colorful dancers and lively tune bested 18 other
contingents who participated this year’s top-rated festival.

Buyogon took home P500,000 as cash prize and trophy and another
P50,000 for winning the Best in Festival Music award.

Where Abuyog was the crowd-favorite, the surprise winner was the
Karatong Festival of Dulag, Leyte, which has not been joining the
yearly festival in the previous years but grabbed the second spot
this year.

“We really wanted to win as this is a good opportunity for our town
of Dulag to be known and promoted in other parts of the country,”
said Dulag Mayor Manuel Sia Que.

Sia Que did not join the festival as a supportive spectator of his
festival, but was himself a part of the performing contingent.

Karatong earned P300,000 for gaining the second spot and another
P100,000 for being adjudged as the Best in Street Dance Performance.

Meanwhile, coming in third place was the Alikaraw Festival of
Hilongos, Leyte, a spot which was a notch lower that their previous
year finish after dominating the Kasadyaan Festival in the previous
years.

They received P250,000 in cash prize and trophy.

The Alikaraw, to recall, finished fourth in the prestigious Aliwan
Festival last May, where Buyogan placed sixth in the same event.

DYVL Aksiyon Radyo, the Manila Broadcasting Company’s (MBC) Tacloban-
based station, announced after the competition, that the top two in
this year’s Kasadyaan Festival would join the Aliwan Festival again
in Manila next year representing Leyte province.

Both Buyogan and Karatong earned the said spot.

Other winning contingents were the Bato-Balani Festival of Bato,
Leyte for fourth place, the Pamilig Festival of Sta. Fe, Leyte for
the fifth place and Pasaka Festival of Tanauan, Leyte for the sixth
place.

They received P200,000, P100,000 and P50,000 in cash prizes
respectively.

The other delegations came from the Sinuog Festival of Isabel, Indang
Festival of Hindang, Tabon Festival of Tabon Tabon, Lantawan Festival
of Capoocan, Buling-Buling Festival of Tabango, Kaplag Festival of
Mahaplag, Viajedores of Lapaz, Binaybayon Festival of Baybay City,
Sanggutan Festival of Barugo, Karukatik Festival of Burauen,
Lingganay Festival of Alangalang, Haru Festival of Jaro and Tambula
Festival of Babatngon.

Meanwhile, PAGCOR Vice-chairman Remedios “Matin” Petilla, who is the
executive chairperson of the festival, said that she herself was awed
with the presentations made by all the 19 participating and competing
contingents.

“It was really a grandiose presentation by all the participating
delegates,” Petilla said.

She said that as part of improving more the contingents to organize
all the choreographers in the province so they could improve more
their performances in next year’s festival.

By Provincial Media Relations Center (PMRC Leyte)
June 30, 2008