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About Panagbenga 2013OVERVIEW:

Panagbenga is an annual flower festival celebrated every February which takes place in Baguio City, Philippines. Theterm Panagbenga comes from a Kankanaeyterm meaning season of blooming. This festival reflects the history,traditions and values of Baguio and the Cordilleras. It lasts over a month long and flourishes through community spiritinvolvement.

MISSION:

The Baguio Flower Festival Foundation Inc. (BFFFI) operates, organizes and manages the Panagbenga Festival toboost the tourism of Baguio and the rest of the Cordilleras through showcasing various events, exhibitions andactivities that promote the history, traditions and values of Baguio and the Cordilleras which is sustained in an earth-friendly manner.

VISION:

The Panagbenga Festival shall be known as the BEST FESTIVAL in the Philippines becoming the benchmark for

excellence in the conduct of other festivals in the Country.

Session Road in BloomA week-long event featuring expositions by the food and other hospitality establishments in the City and in theCountry. It is during this event that Session Road is closed to vehicular traffic and Session Road becomes an al-fresco dining spot complemented by open-air concerts and performances.

WHEN: Last Monday of February to First Sunday of March

WHERE: Session Road

WHAT TO EXPECT:

1. Food carts and cafes2. Various shops3. Concerts and Entertainment4. Stilt walkers

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BAGUIO CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU

The Baguio Convention & Visitors Bureau (BCVB), a private sector led, non-stock,membership-based organization, is tasked to promote tourism attractions, activities,and events of Metro Baguio. It is the marketing and promotions arm of the BaguioTourism Council (BTC) and is under the umbrella group of the North Philippine VisitorsBureau (NPVB). The BCVB is working in tandem with the Manila North Tollways


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Corporation (MNTC) which has given birth to the high profile marketing thrust calledRediscover the North through the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX).

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BAGUIO COUNTRY CLUBThe Baguio Country Club hails from an immensely rich history of more than one hundred colorful years in thehospitality industry. The Clubs remarkable 100 years of existence was celebrated in the year 2005 where its humblebeginnings, memorable events and fond memories were cherished in a historical marker- a recognition by theNational Historical Institute and was captured in a time capsule.

Established in 1905, the Baguio Country Club has earned its reputation not only as one of the most prestigiousmembership Clubs in the country but most importantly as a cradle of historical events.

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THE MANORTourists now have another good reason to frequent the City of Pines! The Manor is not only distinguished by itsimpressive architecture and cozy interiors, but also blessed with an environment that truly sets it apart from otherhotels in Baguio City. This four-storey structure, designed to blend neatly with towering pine trees, provides amagnificent view of the Cordillera mountain range. Here, one can literally open windows to cool, fresh air.

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HOTEL & RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION OF BAGUIOMulti-sectoral group that are stakeholders of the Toursim Industry in the City of Baguio

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SMART COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is the Philippines leading wireless services provider with 52.1 millionsubscribers on its GSM network as of end-September 2012.


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PIXELHUB CREATIVEPixelhub Creativeis a full service marketing communications & digital media innovations agency specializing inbranding, creative consultancy, content management system, application development, and social media strategy forbusinesses across industries here and abroad.

Since our inception in 2006, we have emerged as one formidable creative multimedia solutions company using themost advanced technologies and hip innovations in design and application development.

With affiliates in the Middle East, Netherlands, Denmark, Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom and the UnitedStates, Pixelhub Creative is also a sister company of The Paper Boat Creative in Manila/London.

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JOLLIBEEJollibee is the largest fast food chain in the Philippines, operating a nationwide network of over 750 stores. A

dominant market leader in the Philippines, Jollibee enjoys the lions share of the local market that is more than all theother multinational brands combined. The company has also embarked on an aggressive international expansionplan in the USA, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei, firmly establishing itself as a growinginternational QSR player.

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JOHN HAY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

John Hay Management Corporation is committed in transforming Camp John Hay into the countrys world-classmountain tourism haven, maintaining an ecologically-balanced environment, and fostering unity in cultural diversity.

As steward of Camp John Hay, JHMC commits itself to transform and promote the Camp for tourism, humanresource development center, and multiple use forest watershed reservation while protecting, conserving, andenhancing the John Hay Forest Watershed area.
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GILIGANS ISLANDAuthentic Filipino meals cooked to satisfy your cravings. Truly a must try for its excellent and generous service ofapproachable people.

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VILLA CORDILLERAVILLA CORDILLERAperched in the midst of pine trees, misty mornings, views the fog cloaked mountains of theCordillera, where sights and sounds of nature call into the weary traveller for a warm and relaxing stay.

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BITSTOP NETWORK SERVICES

BNSHostingis a service of Bitstop Network Services Inc. We are composed of a group of certified professionals inboth hardware (Comptia+), Security (EC-Council, Security+) and Software (Microsoft, Cisco). Our clients are ourpartners. When our partners succeed, we succeed along with them. Our aim is to promote online businesses andprovide our partners with the service to help them get their objectives. Our network is powered by multiple carriersusing multiple links Fiber, Microwave and Copper. We have one of the most interconnected networks in the country.

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GLOBEGlobe is a leading telecommunications company in the Philippines. Our mission is to transform and enrich livesthrough communications by way of our vision of making great things possible.

Through our renewed commitment to enriching lives through ease and relevance, our goal is to enrich everydaycommunications by simplifying and removing obstacles in communication technology so that we bring our customerscloser to what matters to them most.
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TV5TV5 (formerly known as ABC 5) is a major Filipino commercial television network based in Novaliches, Quezon City,Philippines. It is owned and operated by the ABC Development Corporation, solely owned by MediaQuest Holdings,Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the beneficial trust fund of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Companyheaded by business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan.

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CITY OF BAGUIOThe name Baguio conjures, for both the international and domestic traveler, a highland retreat in the Grand Cordillerain Northern Luzon, with pine trees, crisp cold breezes and low verdant knolls and hillocks. Through the numerousdecades Baguio has morphed from what was once a grassy marshland into one of the cleanest and greenest, mosthighly urbanized cities in the country. It has made its mark as a premiere tourist destination in the Northern part of thePhilippines with its cool climate, foggy hills, panoramic views and lovely flowers.

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DEPARTMENT OF TOURISMThe Department of Tourism (DOT) shall be the primary government agency charged with the responsibility toencourage, promote, and develop tourism as a major socio-economic activity to generate foreign currency andemployment and to spread the benefits of tourism to both the private and public sector.

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PEPSI COLAPepsi-Cola came to the Philippines through John Clarkin, a native of Minnesota, USA, who came with the Americanforces at the close of World War II. On October 16, 1946, Clarkin acquired a franchise to bottle Pepsi in thePhilippines. He consequently founded the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of the Philippine Islands Ltd. and became itspresident and general manager.


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SAN MIGUEL BREWERYSan Miguel Brewery Inc. (SMB) is the largest producer of beer in the Philippines, with a total market share ofapproximately more than 95% in 2008. The Company has five breweries strategically located across the Philippinesand a highly developed distribution system serving approximately 471,000 retail outlets.

SMB carries a portfolio of eight strong and popular beer brands: San Mig Light, Red Horse Beer, Cerveza Negra,Gold Eagle Beer, San Miguel Strong Ice, San Miguel Super Dry, San Miguel Premium All-Malt Beerand itsflagship brand San Miguel Pale Pilsen.

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SUN CELLULARDigitel Mobile Philippines, Inc. (DMPI), commercially known as Sun Cellularis a wholly-owned subsidiary ofDigitel, and is one of the Philippines leading mobile telecommunications companies. It was established by DIGITELin September 2001 to provide wireless public and private telecommunications services.

Sun Cellular, offers a wide range of service innovations for mobile telephony from voice, messaging and internationalroaming services, to wireless broadband and value-added services for consumers and businesses alike. It hasreceived accolades over the years with awards such as the Most Promising Telecom Service Provider in Asia Pacificaward in the 2009 Frost & Sullivan ICT Award in Singapore.

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VICTORY LINERVictory Liner, Inc. is one of the largest provincial bus companies operating in the Philippines. This bus company

played a major role in transport industry since it became the product of Japanese occupation in the countryafter World War II.

Today, Victory Liner, Inc. has grown as one of the largest bus transportation business groups in the Philippines,

servicing all key destinations in Northern Luzon. As of today, Victory Liner deploys more than 900 buses in its dailyoperations. The company is a sister company of Five Star Bus Company.

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PLDT

Founded on November 28, 1928, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company(PLDT) is the leading telecommunications provider in the Philippines. Through its threeprincipal business groups fixed line, wireless, and information and communicationtechnology PLDT offers the largest and most diversified range of telecommunications

services across the Philippines most extensive fiber optic backbone and fixed line,cellular and satellite networks.

PLDT is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE:TEL) and its AmericanDepositary Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:PHI). PLDT hasone of the largest market capitalizations among Philippine-listed companies.

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2GO EXPRESS2GO Express is the official carrier of Panagbenga 2013.

2GO Group Inc. is the largest, premier logistics provider in the Philippines. The group owns and operates successfulbrands such as 2GO Travel, 2GO Freight, 2GO Express, and 2GO Logistics, offering an array of logistics and travelservices.

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2GO TRAVEL2GO Group Inc. is the largest, premier logistics provider in the Philippines. The group owns and operates successfulbrands such as 2GO Travel, 2GO Freight, 2GO Express, and 2GO Logistics, offering an array of logistics and travelservices.

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INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL INCInternational Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IPI) was born out of the desire of one family to enhance the quality of human lifeby producing health care products at affordable prices.

They started out as a liniment business with Efficascent Oil, a product that they firmly believed in. Inspired by theirvision of becoming a major player in the pharmaceutical industry, coupled with patience and perseverance, theirdream slowly became a reality. The company eventually succeeded in gaining a sizable market share because ofemployees who believed in them as well as the people who trusted their products.

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SPLASH CORPORATIONSplash Corporation is a 100% Filipino-owned, publicly-listed company. The company was founded by the husbandand wife tandem of Dr. Rolando Hortaleza and Dr. Rosalinda Ang-Hortaleza. The company has been consistently atthe Top 300 corporations in the Philippines since 1998 and one of the biggest players in the personal care industry. Itis only the Filipino company to be in the top 10 companies of the industry. As of December 12, 2010, the companyhas a total market capitalization of P1.5 billion. Its share price is P2.27.

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ELECTROLUXElectrolux is a global leader in home appliances and appliances for professional use, selling more than 40 millionproducts to customers in 150 countries every year. Our focus is on innovations that are thoughtfully designed, basedon extensive consumer insight, to meet the real needs of consumers and professionals. Our products includerefrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, vacuum cleaners and cookers sold under esteemed brands such asElectrolux, AEG-Electrolux, Zanussi, Eureka and Frigidaire. In 2009, Electrolux had sales of SEK 109 billion and51,000 employees.

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After Baguio's Panagbenga, it's Session Roadin Bloom


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One of the colorful floats in the annual flower festival parade on the last weekend ofFebruary. Photo by SHERWIN BALLESTEROS

The famous empanada of Ilocos side by side with the batchoyof Iloilo, woven bags and

wooden carvings from Palawan and the Cordilleraseven if you're from Baguio City, Session Road

in Bloom's offerings will make you feel just like any other tourist.


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For one whole week every year, Baguio's best-known thoroughfare is transformed into a sloping fair

ground with close to a hundred stalls snaking down the 450-meter two-way road in the summer

capital's central business district.

Aptly called Session Road in Bloom, it caps the festivities of Baguio's annual Flower Festival or

Panagbenga, a celebration of abundant harvest in the country's biggest producer of cut flowers. This

year, the festival was held from Feb. 26 to March 4

The culinary and colorful delights in Session in Bloomas most locals choose to call itare as

diverse as the citys current cultural mix, as strange and novel to a resident as the chilly air of Baguio

is to anyone who lives in the lowlands. It is, in recent years, also been as much about the food as it

is about anything elsea welcome respite from all the walking that tourists usually have to endure inthis hilly city to see its sights.

The scent of fried longganisa from Baguio or Vigan lingers in the still-chilly March air, mingling with

the sweet aroma of freshly steamed yellow corn on the cob and the smoky smell of beef

forshawarma. At times, the scent of rainwater trickling down the gravel road punctuates the

afternoon air, as drizzles have become regular this time of the year.

Aside from the predictable street fare of foot-long sausages and burgerswhich have been the

staple alongside shawarmaan assortment of provincial delicacies has sprouted in the stalls. This is

a welcome treat for after-office revelers, students, and tourists on extended vacations to longer

journeys by foot in the city of pedestrians.


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Gold-painted metal done in intricate patterns are made into mirror frames and lamps, amongothers.Photo byNIKKA CORSINO

As much a treat for the palate as it is for the eyes is the famed Ilocos empanada, prepared and

deep-fried for everyone to see with its fire-orange wrap, egg, and Vigan longganisa. Perhaps the

best companion for the empanada is the sinanglao, a stew made of pork intestines usually served in

any of the Ilocos strip's well-known food destinations, including the Dap-ayan in Laoag, Ilocos Norte

and Vigan in Ilocos Sur.

Ilonggo fare also came in the form ofbatchoy, beef or pork stock with intestines, chicharon, and

pancit miki orbihon, as well as the Visayan chicken inasal.
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Balutfrom Pateros and native cakes from Cainta are also available, as areputo bumbongand

chocolate bars with pili nuts and laingall the way from Bicol.

Wooden and bamboo lamps with marble accents create colorful illusions andpatterns. Photo byNIKKA CORSINO

Stalls selling handicrafts also dotted the fair: woven bags and wooden carvings from Asin town in

Benguet province; frames, intricate bowls, lamps, and vases made from metal and wood; mother of

pearl jewelry and carved wooden masks from Palawan.

Artist Derek Pelenia from Palawan showed us several of his artworks for sale - elaborate illustrations

of Tagbanua rituals that look like etched artwork but are actually carved out of black marine plywood

and colored to finish.
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Session in Bloomusually held during the first week of Marchfollows Panagbenga's two

highlightsthe consecutive weekend parades that never fail to attract tourists by the millions.

Artist Derek Pelenia of Palawan prefers marine plywood as the base for his elaboratecarvings for its versatility and durability. His works sell for about P2,000 to P5,000. Photo byNIKKACORSINO

Designed for only 25,000 residents, however, Baguio City gets full to bursting on the last weekend ofFebruary with about a million spectators lining the city streets to see the parade of dancers and 20 or

so gigantic floats made of flowers.

Since 2010 had been an election year, with countless candidates using the festival for their political

campaigns, this year's parades were decidedly less cluttered, more colorful, and more focused.
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The Street Dancing Parade, held on a Saturday morning as always, featured what appeared to me

as the most colorful set of costumes and props so far. I had spotted headdresses seemingly

influenced by the Masskara Festival, and male and female street dancers alike donning tattoos

typical of Cordillera tribes.

This year's dancers had a touch of the Ati-Atihan of Visayas. Photo by SHERWINBALLESTEROS

This year also had more upbeat routines, courtesy of a remixed version of the Panagbenga hymn;

intriguingly, the new tune drew flak because the song's original composer, who had allowed the

remix, reportedly disliked the outcome.

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election sorties. The floats22 of themranged from a gigantic bunny to a pair of giant strawberries

to a reptile-like bird with flapping wings, with the occasional celebrity driving the crowd to a frenzy

just like in recent years.

Although a better crowd control policy is yet to be implemented so everyone can witness the parades

as well as anybody can, Baguio City's Panagbenga will always be worth a visit. The city becomes

livelier than it is the whole year, and everyone seems to be in a cheery mode, never mind if you get

calloused feet along the way. The strawberry-flavored taho, after all, is found nowhere else. - YA,

GMA News

Panagbenga Festival

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The flowers of Baguio is one of the reasons for the Panagbenga festival.

Panagbenga Festival (English: Flower Festival) is a month-long annual flowerfestivaloccurring

inBaguio, the summer capital of thePhilippines.[1]

The term is ofMalayo-Polynesianorigin, meaning

"season of blooming".[1]

The festival, held during the month of February, was created as a tribute to the

city's flowers and as a way to rise up from the devastation of the 1990 Luzon earthquake.[2]

The festival

includes floats that are decorated with flowers not unlike those used in Pasadena'sRose Parade. The

festival also includes street dancing, presented by dancers clad in flower-inspired costumes, that is

inspired by the Bendian, anIbaloidance of celebration that came from theCordillera region.[3]

Aside from economic boosts from tourism, the festival also helped the younger generation of indigenous

people to rediscover their culture's old traditions. The indigenous people was first wary with government-

led tourism because of the threat that they will interfere or change their communities' rituals.[4]

Contents

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1 History

2 Schedule of events

3 References

4 External links

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The A. Lim of the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA).[5]

Entries from the annualCamp

John Nichol Sibugart contest gave its official logo: a spray of sunflowers. The festival was set in February

to boost tourism as it was considered as a month of inactivity between the busy days ofChristmas

seasonand theHoly Weekand the summer season.[6]

In 1996, archivist and curator Ike Picpican suggested that the festival be renamed as Panagbenga,

aKankanaeyterm that means "a season of blossoming, a time for flowering".[2]

Schedule of events[edit]

Opening parade

Date: February 1

Venue: Session Road and Melvin Jones Grounds.

The parade signals the start of the Panagbenga. This will be participated by a

representative contingent of volunteers. The parade will be followed by a short opening program,

together with competitions between drum and lyre including street dancing contingent among

elementary students.

Trade Fair and Bazaar

Date: First Saturday of February until First Sunday of March

Venue: Burnham Park

Parade and Street Dancing Competition

Date: Fourth Saturday of February

Venue: Session Road up to Melvin Jones Grounds

Float and Marching Band Competitions

Date: Fourth Sunday of February

Venue: Session Road up to Melvin Jones Grounds

The parade opens with a shower of rose petals along Session Road while marching

bands played lively tunes that sets the mode for the parade. Colourful costumes and lively

dance numbers come next followed by cleverly crafted, vibrant and multicoloured floats

made entirely from flowers of every kind.

Session Road in Bloom

Date: Fourth Monday of February until First Sunday of March

Venue: Session Road
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