Panagbenga Festival
The Panagbenga Festival is a hopeful and the prettiest festival in the country. It celebrates the rising up of Baguio City after the 1990 Luzon earthquakes. The Kankanaey term ‘Panagbenga’ means ‘A Season of Blossoming’. The entire city is decorated with blooming and colourful flowers. It lasts for a whole month and also includes a Grand Float Parade, where giant floats of different characters are made of flowers and displayed in the parade.
There is also a dance and costume competition where participants dance to Cordilleran music, along with celebrities and local performers. Session Street and Burnham Park is the main spot of celebration. Baguio city is known as the Summer Capital of the Philippines due to this festival.
