Young Baguio streetdancers going to Aliwan Festival

BAGUIO CITY – The streetdancers from the Special Performing Arts of the Baguio City National High School will represent the city in the Aliwan Festival in Pasay City,

The school’s contingent won in the high school category of the Panagbenga grand streetdancing competition last March 2.

Baguio Flower Festival Foundation, Inc. (BFFFI) Board of Director Freddie Alquiros, said the foundation will fund the participation of the school to the Aliwan Festival in April as part of their reward.

Alquiros said the performance of the BCNHS entitled “Wonders of Baguio” depicts the ethnicity and the cultural identity of Cordillera tribes. Ethnic clothes, bead works, back dresses, head dresses, props made out of recycled cartoons, newspapers, bamboo sticks, feathers, fur, tiger grass and intricate hand-painted props made by the students and teachers highlighted the said presentation.

BCNHS bested five contingents in the high school division. Placing second is University of the Cordilleras (UC) senior high school followed by the Saint Louis University (SLU) senior high school, Pinsao National High School, Pines City National High School and Remnant International College.

Alquiros said the BFFFI is waiting for the Aliwan invitation before the foundation finalizes the BCNHS’s participation in the country’s most prestigious gathering of festivals.

Annually, the BFFFI sponsors a contingent from Baguio City to represent the city in the Aliwan festival where among the contested performances include the streetdancing, float parade and the culminating event, the Search for Ms. Aliwan.