Maasin holds 9th Tultugan Festival
The bamboo, which is abundant in Maasin, Iloilo, will again
take center stage in the town's Tultugan Festival slated on
December 26
All roads lead to the town of Maasin some 30 kilometers from Iloilo City as this bustling central Iloilo town holds the ninth edition of its annual festivity, the Tultugan Festival, on December 26, 2007.
This would be the first Tultugan Festival under the leadership of youthful Mayor Mariano "Jingjing" D. Malones, Jr. and this early he had guaranteed an even bigger and brighter festival for Maasinanons and their visitors and guests.
"I would like to invite everyone to visit Maasin and be witness to our annual celebration which again would depict our town's rich cultural heritage as well as further promote Maasin's main product, the bamboo," said the 29-year old Malones, the youngest-ever mayor in history to have occupied the town's top executive post.
"And since this would be the first Tultugan Festival under my term, I intend to make it as bigger and as brighter as it was during the time of my father, former mayor and now Board Member Mariano M. Malones, Sr.," the youthful mayor further quipped.
It was learned that this year's Tultugan Festival will feature six participating groups representing six public high schools and elementary schools in Maasin. Like the previous years, they would perform their choreographed presentation before a jam-packed Maasin Sports Complex.
A panel of judges would score them based on a pre-set criteria for judging.
Cash prizes as well as trophies are at stake in the competitions, with the first prize going home with a beautifully-crafted championship trophy and P40,000 in cash. The first runner-up will get a trophy and P30,000 while the second runner-up pockets a trophy and P20,000. The other three non-winning groups will get P10,000 as consolation prize.
Aside from the major prizes, the panel of judges would select the groups that will be declared Best in Sound, Best in Costume, Best in Choreography, Best in Presentation, and Best in Headdress.