Panagbenga Festival highlights its Cordillera history and heritage

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Panagbenga Festival highlights its Cordillera history and heritage

BAGUIO CITY — Flower-clad and motifed street dancers sway to the beating of native gongs and drums along Baguio streets during Saturday’s Street Dancing parade of the Baguio Flower Festival (Panagbenga).

On Sunday, comes the much-awaited Float Parade, the country’s own version of Pasadena California’s Float Parade.

Panagbenga which is already on its 17th year is trying all its best to turn back to its native roots– Cordillera history and heritage

Text and photos by Artemio A. Dumlao