Tawagan Sur contingent emerges champion in the ritual show down competition

By Gideon C. Corgue

PAGADIAN CITY, January 22--- The 2024 Pasalamat Festival on Sunday, January 21 was a great success with the legendary contingent from Barangay Tawagan Sur in Pagadian City emerging victorious.


The Tawagan Sur contingent, one of the crowd favorites is the champion of this year's Pasalamat Festival as they won the 1st place in the Ritual Showdown competition for four (4) consecutive years. As a result, they received the P600,000 cash prize.

The second place was won by the contingent of barangay Danlugan and received P550,000; Third place was obtained by cluster 3 which includes the following barangays: Bulatok, Gatas, Sta. Maria, San Jose, and San Francisco and received P500,000; Fourth place - barangay Tuburan contingent and received P450,000; and fifth place went to Balangasan and received a P400,000 prize.


Meanwhile, national government agencies (NGAs) and non-government organizations (NGOs) who participated in the street dance competition were also given P15,000 cash prizes.

The winners of the various categories are as follows: Most Festive Group and Funniest Group- LGBTQA, Most Colorful Group - DepEd Zamboanga del Sur National High School (Main Campus), Most Discipline Group- Suzuki Riders Club Motor Club, and Best in Street Dancing - Tricycle and Operators Drivers Association (TODA).

In Best in Costume category, five groups emerged winners as follows: Order of the Amaranth, WMSU-ESU, Lady Eagles Club, Guardians Brotherhood, and POGA.

Mayor Samuel Co said that the local government of the city is celebrating the feast of the patron saint Si Sr. Sto. Nino every year to thank the Lord for all the blessings he has bestowed on the residents of the city.


Co observed that the neighboring cities of the country experienced natural calamities such as earthquakes, floods, typhoons and diseases but he spared the people from disasters.

He also thanked the Lord for the many infrastructure projects that have been built in the city and the many projects that have been scheduled to be built, especially the P240-M project in the Pagadian City Coliseum and many others.

The good mayor also expressed his gratitude to the high school students of public and private schools who performed street dance and ritual showdown, trainers and barangay officials who made the festival a great success. (jcc/The Pagadian Times)

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