Looking Back: Panagbenga 2008 Videos

(An iKUWADERNO.com EXCLUSIVE feature on Panagbenga 2008 Highlihts captured on videos)

Before we reminisce last year's Panagbenga celebration, I will somehow give you some important details on what is Panagbenga and why it is celebrated.

Panagbenga is month-long annual flower festival occurring in Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines. The term is of Malayo-Polynesian origin, meaning "season of blooming".  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.  The festival includes floats that are decorated with flowers unlike those used in Pasadena's Rose Parade. The festival also includes street dancing, presented by dancers clad in flower-inspired costumes, that is inspired by the Bendian, an Ibaloi dance of celebration that came from the Cordillera region.

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.

<sup>Now that we all know a bit about Panagbenga's true meaning.  It is time for the highlights of Panagbenga 2008!

We compiled the videos of the previous Panagbenga Flower Festival celebrations! Here's our special treat to our avid Panagbenga addicts! hehe</sup>

Panagbenga 2008 Float Parade on YouTube Videos:

1. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNduiPhiB3c

2. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh4sOoeMhdA

3. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzmIvzrmCPo

4. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHIxKU7looY

5.httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2yQb7OMKF8

Panagbenga 2008 Street Dancing Parade on YouTube Videos:

1. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXjOAEMRDA8

2. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qwJwiXkb_I

3. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpuPr1jFbf0

 

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