By
Gideon C. Corgue
BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur – The municipality of Bayog marked its 48th founding
anniversary on Friday featuring street dancing competition locally known as
“Palad-Palad Festival.”
Palad-Palad Festival, which is
held yearly showcases tribal dance and music with the participants in
indigenous costumes.
Bayog, a third class municipality located
some 78 kilometers from Pagadian City, became the 29th municipality
of the province on May 8, 1967, by virtue of Republic Act No. 4872 authored by
the then congressman Vincenso Sagun.
Mayor Leonadro Babasa Jr. said the
town’s 28 barangays, which are grouped into four clusters participated in the
festival, each depicting the culture, tradition and way of life of the tribes living
in the municipality through dances.
Almost 300 dancers composed mostly
of high school students dressed in colorful and outlandish costumes show off
their dancing skills to the delight of the audience.
In the three-hour showdown, cluster
2 barangays-Kahayagan, Dipili Pulangbato, Dimalinao, Bantal, Liba, and
Conacon-emerged as grand prize winner, taking home P80 thousand.
Cluster 4 consists of Balukbahan, Bobuan,
Caoayan, Datagan, Deprorehan, Matin-ao and Sigacad bagged the second prize of P60
thousand.
Cluster 3, which comprises Poblacion,
Matun-og, Camp Blessing, Supon, Kanipaan, Baking and Dagum was declared second
runner up and took home P40 thousand.
While Cluster 1, composed San
Isidro, Depore. Balumbunan, Lamare, Salawagan, Damit and Depore, was adjudged
third runner up and received P30 thousand.
