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Buglas Festival: Oriental Negros’s Biggest Tourism Spectacle

Posted on December 19, 2007

Oriental Negros, Philippinesâ€™ biggest festival is set to open with a big bang! The first edition of the Buglas Festival 2007 is set to open on December 21. Previously known as the Buglasan, this event was then held every third week of October.

But sometime in the middle of 2007, Oriental Negros Governor Emilio Macias II suggested that the event be moved to December.

Yagyag Festival performing at the 2007 Cebu Sinulog Festival

The Buglasan (or the new Buglas Festival) is sometimes compared to as the Oriental Negrosâ€™ version of the Panaad sa Negros, an annual event of showcasing the best of each and every town in Negros Occidental. The Panaad sa Negros is held annually at the Panaad Park and Stadium located in Bacolod City. The Buglas Festival, on the other hand, will be held in Oriental Negrosâ€™ capital, Dumaguete City.

Some of the highlights of the Buglas Festival are the trade fairs where each town and city gets to showcase the best of their place. There is also the annual Parade of Festivals competition where the winning groups of each townâ€™s festival competes against the other festivals.

The perennial winners in this competition are the Yagyag Festival of Brgy. Cangmating, in the town of Sibulan. Also included in this list is the Tawo tawo Festival of Bayawan.

The Yagyag Festival has already performed in various cities including the annual Sinulog Festival in Cebu and has also been invited to perform in Tokyo, Japan in 2005. The Tawo tawo Festival is the 4th place winner in the 2007 Cebu Sinulog Festival besting more than 40 other contingents.

Check the schedule of activities of the Buglas Festival below:

December 21 (Friday)
4:00 p.m. Ecumenical Service Sidlakang Negros Stage
5:00 p.m. Opening LGU Booth, NOHHRA, and Corporate Booths Sidlakang Negros Stage
5:30 p.m. Launching of Sidlakang Negros Showroom Sidlakang Negros Stage
8:00 p.m. Modern Dance Competition Sidlakang Negros Stage

December 22 (Saturday)
7:00 a.m. Bulilit Football Tournament SU Ballfield
8:00 a.m. Buglas Bangga sa Balinsasayao Kayaking and Canoe Competition Twin Lakes, Sibulan
4:00 p.m. Bulilit Minus-one Singing Contest Sidlakang Negros Stage
8:00 p.m. Parol and Sayawit Competition L. Macias Sports and Cultural Center

December 23 (Sunday)
1:00 p.m. RBOs Sectoral Activities PAO Conference Hall
5:00 p.m. Children Choir Competition Sidlakang Negros Stage
6:00 p.m. Rondalla Competition - Junior Division Sidlakang Negros Stage
7:00 p.m. Balak and Balitaw Competition Sidlakang Negros Stage
8:00 p.m. Rondalla Competition - Senior Division (Kumparsa) Sidlakang Negros Stage
10:00 p.m. 5th Buglas Farm Family Congress/Pinaka Contest PAO Conference Hall

December 24 (Monday)
10:00 a.m. Closing and Awarding RBO Sectoral Activities PAO Conference Hall
5:00 p.m. NORSU AFROTC Drill Sidlakang Negros field
8:00 p.m. Negros Oriental Performs Sidlakang Negros Stage

December 25 (Tuesday)
Sponsors Night Sidlakang Negros Stage

December 26 (Wednesday)
9:00 p.m. Live Band Competition Sidlakang Negros Stage

December 27 (Thursday)
7:00 p.m. Folk Dance Competition Sidlakang Negros Stage
8:00 p.m. Minus-one Singing Competition Sidlakang Negros Stage

December 28 (Friday)
8:00 a.m. Festivals of Festival Showdown LMSCC
2:00 p.m. Festivals of Festival Streetdance Dumaguete Thoroughfares
4:00 p.m. Buglas Derby Dumaguete City Cockpit
8:00 p.m. Buglas Festival King and Queen Sidlakang Negros Stage

December 29 (Saturday)
8:00 a.m. Buglas Age Group Lawn Tennis Tournament Praxevilla Tennis Club
8:00 a.m. Open Lawn Chess Tournament Negros Oriental Lawn Chess Park
9:00 a.m. Lutong Garbo sa Negros NOHS Assembly Hall
6:00 p.m. Pakwela Air Philippines Sidlakang Negros Stage
7:00 p.m. Dancesport Competition Sidlakang Negros Stage

â€” Bulilit Division (7 to 12 years old)
â€“ Junior Division (13 to 20 years old)
â€“ Senior Division (21 above)

December 30 (Sunday)
4:00 p.m. Thanksgiving Mass Freedom Park
5:00 p.m. Outstanding Oriental Negrense Awards Convention Center
6:00 p.m. Tayada and Variety Show Sidlakang Negros Stage
7:00 p.m. Awardees Testimonial Dinner Convention Center
8:00 p.m. Duet/Quartet Competition Sidlakang Negros Stage

December 31 (Monday)
8:00 p.m. Awarding of Photo and Video Competitions Provincial Tourism Office
9:00 p.m. Ballroom Dancing Rizal Boulevard
11:45 p.m - 12:15 a.m. Fireworks Rizal Boulevard

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