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| Photo by: Ruel D. Tabada |
DIPOLOG
CITY - Following a positive feedback from schools and local
government units (LGUs) to the “Tunog-tugan festival” outreach program, Mayor
Evelyn T. Uy has expressed her gratitude for the support extended by schools
and LGUs to the activity.
Mayor
Uy personally thanked the constituents, students, faculty and staff, school
officials of Colegio de San Francisco Javier of the municipality of Rizal, St.
Joseph College in Sindangan town, local government officials and residents of
the municipalities of Sapang-dalaga, Misamis Occidental, Siayan, Zamboanga del
Norte and Dapitan City for supporting the outreach performances of the
participants to the First International Gongs and Bamboos Music Festival held
last Feb. 18- 20 in the city.
According
to Mayors Dennis Animas of Sapang-dalaga, Flora Villarosa of Siayan, and
Agapito Cardino of Dapitan City, the said outreach performances of the Tunog-tugan
had awakened and increased the level of awareness of their constituents on the
music, culture and history of our neighboring countries and afforded them a new
experience.
They
also thanked Mayor Uy for bringing Tunog-tugan to their municipalities and
sharing with them the learning experience of communicating through music of
gongs and bamboo musical instruments which are abundant in Southeast Asia.
On
the other hand, Mayor Uy made it sure that this International Festival of Gongs
and Bamboos, which she believes will further increase the knowledge of talented
Dipolognons in the field of music and arts including the neighboring
municipalities, would all bring them to another level of cultural identity,
heritage, and patrimony for she feels “tunog-tugan is a modest way of
celebrating interests.”
In
another development, Dr. Ramon Santos, who was the festival’s director, also
expressed his utmost gratitude to the local government of Dipolog through Mayor
Evelyn T. Uy for including Tunog-tugan Festival as one of the major activities
of Dipolog’s Centennial Celebration.
With
this year’s celebration of art month and its theme, “Celebrating Icons,”
Director Santos concluded that Dipolog’s vision of becoming peaceful
self-reliant super-city by the year 2030(SWIGAPORE 2030), will be achieved by
all Dipolognons because he believes that a city that develops its art, culture
and history is a livable city.(FPG/PRR/CIO,ATR/PIA9)