TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Remedios “Matin” Petilla of Palo, Leyte and the founding chair of the Kasadyaan Festival and executive chairman of the Pintados-Kasadyaan Festivals of Festival expressed her gratitude to the members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Leyte who passed and approved a resolution commending her in her effort to showcase and preserve the cultural tradition of the province by expressing it in a festival form.
The resolution of commendation was authored by Board Member and Majority Floor Leader Carlo Loreto.
Loreto explained that said resolution of commendation to Petilla was to acknowledge her efforts to create a festival that will make known not just in the region but in the entire country.
“She had been dreaming for this since she was the chair of the Provincial Tourism Council and was the governor of Leyte, and now her dreams had become a reality with the various awards and recognition that festivals of Leyte are getting from various festival competitions in the country,” Loreto explained.
Among these award winning festivals are the Alikaraw Festival of Hilongos, Buyugan Festival of Abuyog, Karatong Festival of Dulag and now the Lingganay Festival of Alang-alang.
“Without her effort, there is no festival like these that gives honor and pride to the province of Leyte and to the region as well,” Loreto added.
Petilla in response to the commendation said that she was happy to hear that her effort was acknowledged by the members of the provincial board.
“It was an honor for me, but what I’ve did for the Lingganay was to show support to them,” said Petilla.
“I was not the only mayor who was present in the Sinulog but there were other mayors from other towns who went there showing their support to our contingents” she added.
Being the head of the Kasadyaan Festival and to ensure that the festival from Leyte will bag an award, Petilla said that along with her who went to Cebu was the members of KASKU or the Kasadyaan Kultura Leyteña who made critiquing to the presentations of the festivals of the province days before they were present in the Sinulog.
“And they really made a good presentation which is why they bagged the awards,” she added.
With this achievement of festivals of the province, Petilla said that nothing can stop them from holding the Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival this year.
“Even if we were not granted to have a parade last year, we were still able to have the festival competition, so nothing and no one can stop us from holding the festival this year,” Petilla said.
“But we still try to get a permit from the city mayor of Tacloban if he will allow us,” Petilla stressed.
“But even if he didn’t grant us a permit we will still continue the festival presentation,” she added.
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