LINGAYEN—The month-long Pista’y Dayat (Sea Festival) 2018 started on April 20 with an array of events to showcase the “distinctly Pangasinan brand of summer revelry.”

Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Officer Malu Elduayan said the unique sights and sounds of the Pista’y Dayat on opening day gave spectators a foretaste of the diverse activities prepared by the provincial government during this year’s staging of Pista’y Dayat, known as the “Mother of all Local Festivals of Pangasinan.”

The opening program of the Pista’y Dayat merriment led by Governor Amado I. Espino III started mid-afternoon at the Capitol beachfront with the ribbon-cutting of the 11th Pangasinan Tourism and Trade Expo located at the compound beside the Capitol Resort Hotel.

While guests viewed entries to the Plants, Garden and Landscape Competition and the Bonsai Show, trumpets blared, drums rolled, strings strummed, and bodies swayed at the Kansyonan tan Sayawan, showcasing the famous orchestras from Basista town and the newly formed Provincial Capitol Orchestra.

Early evening, the reprise of the “Kidiyam PangAwaran” (Sparkles of Pangasinan History) 3-D Lights and Sounds Show took place at the Capitol Plaza while the “Limgas na Pangasinan” Pre-Pageant, featuring the parade of One-Town, One-Product (OTOP) inspired festival costumes, and talent showdown of the 23 Limgas candidates reeled off at the Sison Auditorium.

Visitors got a glimpse of Pangasinan’s tourist destinations, accommodation facilities and tourism-related establishments, and arts and crafts at the expo in addition to the display of Pangasinan’s best products and services through the OTOP booths by various towns and cities, the Expo.

Elduayan said partners in tourism and trade development and promotion of the provincial government will be recognized during the “Aliguas ed Turismo tan Ekonomiya” awards night. (PIO)

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