Panagbenga Festival
panagbenga festival kankanaey pronunciation pʌnʌɡ̚ˈbɨŋʌ ilocano pronunciation pɐnɐgˈbɯŋa also called baguio flower festival monthlong annual flower occasion baguio philippine festival held february created tribute city flower way rise devastation luzon earthquake festival includes float covered mostly flower festival also includes street dancing presented dancer clad flowerinspired costume inspired bendian ibaloi dance celebration came cordilleras term kankanaey origin meaning season blooming lawyer damaso e bangaoet jr – managing director camp john hay proposed flower festival board director john hay poro point development corporation city baguio known flower actually come nearby la trinidad provincial capital province benguet festival set february boost tourism considered time inactivity busy day christmas season holy week summer season first edition festival known baguio flower festival formally launched february end archivist curator ike picpican suggested festival renamed panagbenga kankanaey term mean season blossoming time flowering subsequent edition festival started bearing new name base conversion development authority bcda collaboration john hay poro point development corporation jpdc annual camp john hay art contest gave official logo one entry spray indigenous sunflower artwork submitted trisha tabangin student baguio city national high school panagbenga festivity cancelled due covid pandemic march festival returned limited event exclusively funded private donor government fund directed towards ongoing covid relief festival event including street dancing float parade resumed grand float parade th year festival february included record flower float session road melvin jones grandstand burnham park competitor various category amid estimated local foreign tourist lucban elementary school tribu rizal rizal kalinga winner grand street dance competition everlasting xerochrysum bracteatum sunflower city’s official flower monthlong festival start first day february opening parade activity celebrated throughout month include landscape competition cultural show street dancing float parade last week february draw huge crowd parade session road closed week session road bloom activity host variety stall showcasing product locally province festival concludes first weekend march grand firework display official website baguio official website