TOURISM

KORONADAL CITY - The Department of Toursim (DOT-12) on Thursday night sponsored a dinner evening and gala night for Piyesta Kolondatal participants to the Koronadal City International Folklore Festival which turned out to be like TV's Show Time. The dinner turned into a dance show as foreign and local participants took turns on center stage to introduce dance steps, according to Nelly Dillera, DOT-12 regional director.

KORONADAL CITY - Stricter security has been imposed in and around Koronadal City as the International Folklore Festival entered its third day, police said. We ask the public to cooperate with the law enforcers in maintaining peace and order in the city while we enjoy the festival, Supt. Nestor Salcedo, Koronadal City police cheif.

KORONADAL CITY - Residents here and in South Cotabato have been feted with world class cultural presentation as the Council of International Organization forFolklore and Folkarts (CIOFF)-Koronadal International Folklore Festival 2015 started Monday.A street dancing parade signaled the start of the international event featuring local and international cultural groups.Participants fromJapan, Sri Lanka, Poland, Turkey, Slovenia, Russia, Chinese Taipei and Indonesia, in their traditional and cultural dress wowed the crowd as they marched along major city streets.Several groups from Philippines

KORONADAL CITY - Russian delegates to the Council forInternational Folklore and Folk Arts show what they've got during the street dancing parade of the Koronadal City's International Folklore Festival on August 10-19, 2015.Thousands of onlookers and viewers could only say wow, ohh, and beautiful as delegates to the festival, including Mexico, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, among others join the opening ceremonies.

TIMANAN, South Upi, Maguindanao - Colorful and rich Teduray-Lambangian culture and tradition was highlighted during the Entingayen Festival organized by Our Lady of Salvation Parish as it celebrates 34th patronal fiesta on Aug. 16: the Lumao National High School here.Traditional dress, colorful decors, traditional music and rendition take center stage as the festival was held over the weekend in Lumao National High School (LNHS) grounds in Sitio Guila-Guila,Barangay Kuya, South Upi. Entingayen” in Teduray roughly means everything God
has createdand in air, in land and in water.

COTABATO CITY – The tribal groups in
Muslim Mindanao can be identified through the food they prepare and offer to
guests, so the saying goes.

This is what is happening in an eat all you can” event
inside the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) compound here as the
Cultural Village highlights seven tribal groupings.

KORONADAL CITY -- Participants from nine foreign countries to the Council ofInternational Folklore and Folk Arts (CIOFF) International Folklore Festival 2015will show off their rich culture in a city-wide parade that will signal the start of international event today.The foreign delegates that are already in town are Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Mexico. They are to join the parade this afternoon, according to Koronadal City Mayor Peter Miguel.Miguel told DXOM Radyo Bida that an opening program will start at 3 p.m.at theSouth Cotabato Sports Complex.

COTABATO CITY -- Hongkong-trained chef Tony Wang was amazed to learn that the Chinese and Mindanao's Muslim communities use almost the same herbs and spices for centuries-old recipes cooked traditional ways that continue to transcend modernity.Wang, who works in a plush hotel in Cotabato City, was one of the chefs invited by officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to Thursday's food festival at the 32-hectare ARMM compound in Cotabato City.The food festival was held in the mock Tausug and Maguindanaon villages, which are showcases of the daily goings-on in typical Muslim villa

KORONADAL CITY - President Aquino today declared August 10, 2015 as Special Non Working Holiday in this city as it hosts the Council of International Organizations of Folklore and FolkArts (CIOFF)2015 International Folklore Festival.Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa signed Thursday Presidential Proclamation 1089 in response to a request by Koronadal City Mayor Peter Miguel to declare special non working day in the city on Monday.

KORONADAL CITY - Mayor Peter Miguel today announced that the international event this city is hosting starting August 8 is ready and prepared.And he was wuick to add thatthe withdrawal of some of the country-participants to the Koronadal City International Folklore Festival this month won't affect the international event of the Confederation of International Organizations of Festival and Folk Arts (CIOFFA).Miguel, speaking over DXOM-AM Radyo Bida Koronadal, said the participants from Armenia, Thailand and India, who earlier confirmed participation for the August 9-18 festival, informed his