Panagbenga Festival
Panagbenga Festival (English: Flower Festival) is a month-long annual flower festival occurring in Baguio the summer capital of the Philippines . The term came from Malayo Polynesian origin, meaning Season Blooming.The festival, held during the month of February, was created as a tribute to the city's flowers and as a way to rise up from the devastation of the Earthquake in 1990. The festival includes floats that are decorated with flowers. The festival also includes street dancing, presented by dancers clad in flower-inspired costumes, that is inspired by the Bendian, an Ibaloi dance of celebration that came from the region in Cordillera.
Aside from economic boosts from tourism, the festival also helped the younger generation of indigenous people to rediscover their culture's old traditions. The indigenous people was first wary with government-led tourism because of the threat that they will interfere or change their communities' rituals.
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