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Utanon Festival
Early morning, I was watching “Maayong Buntag Kapamilya” and I happened to see the Mayor of Dalaguete talking about an “Utanon Festival”. Having lived in Cebu for almost 14 years now, I had never heard of such festival. After the show ended, I decided to go online and research a little about this. Turns out, it’s no wonder I had never heard of the “Utanon Festival” because it is still only of its second time.
“Utanon Festival is a festival of music and dance featuring our high value crops and vegetables as a major form of trade, its contribution to the local economy, its role in cultural diversity and its significance as an industry representative of Dalaguetnons as a people. The festival shall focus on the concept of the people’s cultural practices of religious worship as thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest. It shall become a marketing tool for the promotion of our vegetable industry and gives emphasis that vegetable farming is a sustainable source of livelihood. These economic components shall be coupled with our reputation as a town of music and world class musicians featuring our cultural heritage. This will be held during the Annual celebration of our Patron Saint San Guillermo de Aquitania on February.
