It’s Pista’y Dayat fever again
LINGAYEN–This year’s Pista’y Dayat celebration will have the same intensity and the same grandeur as in previous years, notwithstanding the busy schedules of provincial officials who are in the thick of campaigning, announced Provincial Administrator Raffy Baraan during the Lingguhang Talakayan sa Kapitolyo last April 12.
Provincial Treasurer Nestor Quiambao, this year’s executive chairman, said Pista’y Dayat will kick off with the opening of the Tourism and Trade Expo on April 23, which will showcase Pangasinan’s prime tourist destinations, tourism services, best local products from towns with one town-one product (OTOP) packages and small and medium enterprises.
The Doypuay Kalangweran youth camp, aiming to promote the joy and adventure of camping while exposing the youth to environmental preservation and care, will start on April 29.
A certified crowd drawer, the ‘Grand Orchestra Showdown’, with ballroom dancing, will be restaged on April 29.
Meanwhile, Banca Parada, a river cruise of decorated bancas along the Agno River, the presentation of the ‘Pakar Awards’ to the cleanest rivers and riverbanks and a boodle fight among local officials will be held on the morning of April 30.
Takayan na Dayew a presentation of talents of Pangasinenses via vocal solo presentation and the night for the revival of theatrical past times of our old folks call zarzuela, will be held in the afternoon.
On May 1, the provincial government will offer a thanksgiving mass for a year of bountiful harvest from the sea.
The Sayawan ed Aplaya, or street dancing, another crowd drawer to be participated in by street dancers from various towns and cities will be held.
The selection of Limgas na Pangasinan, a beauty and talent search, will be held in the evening followed by the spectacular fireworks display Manlangalang ya Aplaya.
Provincial Information Officer Butch Velasco said ever since Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. assumed office, the Pista’y Dayat celebration has become an advocacy for environmental preservation and protection.
Velasco also bared that the provincial government will tap this year’s Limgas na Dayat top five finalists to become the province’s ambassadors of peace, health care, agriculture, education, and tourism and investments, the top five development thrusts of the Espino Administration.
Sponsored events by media networks will also be held during the Pista’y Dayat celebration.
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