Pindangan Festival Opens CSF’s 10th Cityhood Celebration

The annual street dancing competition among students and residents from various schools and barangays in the City of San Fernando marked the first day of the five-day celebration for the 10th cityhood foundation anniversary of the city.

Known as the “Pindangan Festival”, students from the elementary, secondary and tertiary levels and including the different barangays and civic organizations in the city set foot their best street dance steps and displayed their colorful costumes on March 15.

Mayor Pablo Ortega greeted the competitors as they started dancing at around 7:00 a.m. along the city streets wearing colorful attires. The participants later gathered at the city plaza for their respective dance exhibitions.

According to Councilor Joseph M. de Guzman, the organizer of the competition, the winners of the street dancing competition for category A, which includes elementary schools, are Lingsat Community School as the Champion, Catbangen Central School as first runner-up and San Agustin Elementary School as second runner-up. Lingsat Community School also bagged the Most Entertaining Award, while the Dalumpinas Elementary School won the Best in Costume and Props award. The Catbangen Central School was considered the Most Organized and the Tanquigan Elementary School was the Most Original/Unique.

For Category B, which comprises high schools and colleges, Union Christian College (UCC) was again declared as Champion, while Sacyud National High School and Don Quintin Balcita Sr. Memorial National High School were first and second runners-up, respectively. Union Christian College also bagged the Most Entertaining, Best in Costume and Props and Most Organized awards, while CICOSAT was chosen as the Most Original/Unique.

Category C comprises of the different barangays and civic organizations and Barangay Poro won as the Champion again this year and was adjudged as the Most Entertaining and Best in Costume. Barangay Ilocanos Sur won as first runner-up and was chosen as Most Organized. The second runner-up for the category was Barangay IV. Barangay San Agustin was chosen as the Most Original/Unique.

Residents, local and foreign tourists alike trooped to the streets during the festival to witness the street dancing by the participants in a stunning display of mastery, gaiety, coordination and energy.