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This year’s Pista’y Dayat (sea festival) in Pangasinan will be marked with the same intensity and the same fervor and grandeur as in previous years, notwithstanding the coming election.

This was assured by Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan who said that, despite the coming election, the Pista’y Dayat will continue to be another crowd drawer.

Baraan revealed that Governor Amado Espino Jr. has designated Provincial Assessor Nestor Quiambao as this year’s Pista’y Dayat executive chairman.

Quaimbao, in a news conference with Baraan, said Pista’y Dayat will kick off on April 23 with the opening of the Tourism and Trade Expo.

The activity, he said, will showcase Pangasinan’s prime tourist destinations, tourism services, best local products from towns with one town-one product (OTOP) packages and small and medium enterprises.

A youth camp dubbed “Doypuay Kalangweran” to promote the joy and adventure of camping while exposing the youth to environmental preservation and care will start on April 29.

The Grand Orchestra Showdown, a certified crowd-drawer, will be re-staged on April 23. This will include ballroom dancing.

Meanwhile, a river cruise of decorated bancas called “Banca Parada” along the Agno River will also be held on April 30.

This will be highlighted by the giving of Pakar Awards to the cleanest rivers and riverbanks and a boodle fight (eating with the use of bare hands on food spread atop banana leaves) will follow, to be participated in by local officials.

The afternoon of April 30 is reserved for “Takayan na Dayew,” a presentation of talents of Pangasinenses via vocal solo presentation, and the holding of zarzuela to revive the pastime of the theatrical past of old folks.

On May 1, the Provincial Government will offer a thanksgiving mass for a year of bountiful harvest from the sea.

Another crowd drawer, the “Sayawan ed Aplaya” or street dancing by the beach, will be participated in by street dancers from various towns and cities.

The selection of “Limgas na Pangasinan,” a beauty and talent search will be held in the evening, followed by a spectacular fireworks display called “Manlangalang ya Aplaya.”

Provincial Information Officer Butch Velasco said ever since Governor Espino assumed office, the Pista’y Dayat celebration has become an advocacy for environmental preservation and protection.

He announced that the Provincial Government will tap this year’s Limgas na Dayat’s top five finalists to become the province’s ambassadors of peace, health care, agriculture, education, and tourism and investments, which the Espino Administration’s top five development thrusts.

Sponsored events by media networks will also be held during the Pista’y Dayat Celebration. (PNA)