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After a 10-hour drive from Manila to Ilagan Metropolis in Isabela, a visit that has guests surrounded by view of the province’s agricultural nature, they get a affirmation of the world’s bounty. Upon arrival to the town capitol on a cold Wednesday morning, we discovered ourselves surrounded by cubicles full of meals and different merchandise, and locals excited to expertise the comeback of the province’s Bambanti Competition.
After a lapse of two years because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Bambanti Competition in Isabela returned to onsite actions from Jan. 20 to twenty-eight. This yr’s pageant theme was “Isabela, Pagharap sa Bagong Hamon ng Kinabukasan” (Isabella: Going through the New Challenges of the Future).
The Bambanti Competition (“bambanti” is the Ilocano phrase for “scarecrow”) was launched in 1997 through the time period of then-governor Benjamin Dy, and the primary festivals had been held in Might, the province’s founding month. Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III, who assumed the governorship in 2011 and is the present vice-governor, drafted the decision that moved the pageant to January.
Isabela, positioned in Luzon’s Cagayan Valley, at 12,414 sq kilometers, is the nation’s second largest province. It’s recognized for its agriculture and is taken into account the corn capital of the Philippines, so the Bambanti Competition is a celebration of the earlier yr’s harvest. The annual pageant goals to foster unity among the many province’s residents, promote and protect its cultural heritage, and advertise’s native merchandise and industries.
Amidst the occasional rain and the chilly January climate, the province celebrated the return of the pageant with a magnificence pageant, a cooking contest, and road dance competitions, held amongst agri-ecotourism cubicles from the provinces’ cities and cities which bought native merchandise. Preparation for this yr’s pageant started as early as June 2022.
Since 2020, the pageant’s contests noticed the 31 taking part cities and cities divided into two classes, A and B. This was finished upon the request of the native authorities models, Isabela vice-governor Mr. Dy informed BusinessWorld on the sidelines of the festivities, explaining that having two classes gave the chance for extra contingents to win money prizes which might be allotted to the profitable metropolis or municipality’s initiatives.
THE CONTESTS
The primary contest on Jan. 25 was the Queen Isabela pageant which turned a part of the pageant in 2020. After holding the titled for 3 years (because of the pandemic), Roseann Camille Fernandez of the municipality of Quirino handed the crown on to Catherine Pleasure L. Legaspi from the municipality of San Manuel. Assuming nothing forces the cancelation of the pageant once more, Ms. Legaspi will put on the crown for a yr, relinquishing it to the following magnificence in 2024.
The wonder pageant was adopted by the Makan Ken Mainum (Meals and Drink) contest, an initiative of the vice-governor’s spouse, Mary Ann Arcega-Dy. The lean — through which contributors discover their creativity in getting ready dishes utilizing elements and produce from their very own cities — is taken into account the spotlight of the pageant.
This yr’s Makan Ken Mainum welcomed youthful contestants — ages 9 to 14. Tourism officers from every of the taking part contingents took cost in deciding on contributors from the varied colleges. The youngsters underwent brief culinary programs and had been supervised by a cooking coach for his or her competitors recipe.
“It’s aimed to find signature dishes and drinks of the Isabeleños na puwede natin ipagmalaki sa ating probinsya (which our province could be pleased with) — not solely in Isabela however in your complete nation,” Ms. Arcega-Dy stated through the opening speech on the contest on Jan. 26.
The competitors’s choose, Cornelio “Cocoy” Ventura III, a chef who’s a local of Isabela, famous that “after the pandemic, folks simply need to be expressive and so they have been ready for this time to be out and about particularly the youngsters who’ve been caught [at home]… that is their time to point out what they will do and likewise pursue one thing that’s thrilling other than being on their telephones and being in class.”
Chatting with the press after the competition, Mr. Ventura stated, “Youngsters have very wild and nice creativeness. I give kudos to these youngsters for being so artistic.”
The cooking tilt’s first prize was awarded to the town of Santiago’s Binalkot a baboy and rooster sinaba — wrapped pork and rooster in a banana leaf vessel. The municipality of Tumauini’s multi-layered drink with flower extracts gained Finest Drink.
As a means of preserving document, Ms. Arcega-Dy is spearheading the publication of a cookbook of the profitable recipes from the final seven years of the pageant.
STREET DANCING
As in different festivals across the nation, a spotlight of Bambanti is the road dance competitors and dance showdown. This yr, 20 contingents — divided into Class A and B — paraded in colourful scarecrow costumes and carried out three-minute dance sequences about their space’s standard myths, business, or pandemic resilience.
The town of Cauayan (Class A) and municipality of San Agustin (Class B) bagged the primary prizes for Finest Avenue Dance Contingent, whereas the municipalities of Echague (Class A) and Quirino (Class B) bagged the primary prizes for the Finest Streetdance Showdown Contingent.
The varied cubicles in The Bambanti Village additionally obtained awards. The designs of the cubicles, which displayed every city and metropolis’s native produce, had been impressed by the industries and native produce of every space. First prize for Finest Agri-ecotourism sales space went to the futuristic sales space of Ilagan Metropolis (Class A) and the fairytale forest themed sales space of the municipality of Cordon (Class B).
The varied cities and municipalities additionally arrange large scarecrow installations, and the municipalities of Dinapigue gained in Class A for its large magnificence queen determine product of the dried fish sapsap holding a crown, whereas Cabatuan took the prize in Class B for its large scarecrow product of abaca and rattan.
The municipality of Quirino was named the pageant’s total champion for 2023 and gained P1 million value of initiatives. The municipality of San Agustin adopted as the primary runner-up, receiving P750,000 value of initiatives. Second runner-up was a tie between the municipality of Alicia and the Metropolis of Ilagan which each obtained P250,000 value of initiatives. — Michelle Anne P. Soliman
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