Arts and crafts showcased in 13th Las Piñas Water Lily Festival
Published Aug 4, 2018 10:50 am
Water lily-inspired gowns and costumes and water lily-made handicrafts brought splashes of color and vibrant life to this year’s celebration of the 13th Las Piñas Water Lily Festival held Friday at the Villar SIPAG grounds in Las Piñas City.
The annual festivity, a brainchild of Las Piñas daughter Sen. Cynthia A. Villar, was packed with families and foreign and local tourists who flocked to the city to marvel at the display of creative water lily products, and to participate in the handmade paper demonstration using the versatile aquatic blooms.
Villar, who initiated the use of water lilies as raw material for handicrafts, cheered at how weavers from the country’s weaving and handicrafts industry were able to introduce modern concepts and innovation in the development and production of artistically designed water lily baskets, bags, textiles, trays, mats, hampers, slippers, chests, lampshades and other products.
SEN. VILLAR WITH MISS WATER LILY 2018 WINNERS. Sen. Cynthia Villar poses with the winners of the Miss Water Lily Festival 2018 now on its 13th year. The winners are Arlyn Claire M. Sangab of Barangay Pamplona 1 who won the grand trophy and P20,000 cash; Rebecca Kirsten S. Lopez of Barangay Talon 4, 1st runner-up who got P15,000 cash and Rojielen Angela Autencio of Barangay Pulanglupa 1, second runner-up who got P10,000 cash. Patricia Mariel R. Velasquez of Barangay Talon 3 bagged the People's choice award. The water lily festival is an annual celebration in Las Pinas to showcase the useful products out of the aquatic bloom. (MANILA BULLETIN)
‘We have come a long way with the idea of transforming these flowers into unique arts and crafts. From swamping our waterways and causing floods in our city, these lovely blooms have become stable sources of livelihood not only for Las Piñas residents but also for many of our kababayans, especially those who live near the rivers,’ Villar said.
Villar expressed hope that the growing weaving and handicrafts industry would lure more entrepreneurs and local residents to venture into water lily-making businesses to further boost the flowers’ usefulness.
‘I am always excited to see new products made out of these water lilies. I look forward to the time that the water lily industry is named as among the country’s top earning industries and water lily-made products considered as major goods for export to other countries,’ Villar said.
Participants in the exhibit display were the Water Lily Arts & Crafts Center( LasPiñas City), Sta. Rosa Livelihood Organization Inc. (Sta. Rosa, Laguna), Cardona Livelihood Products (Cardona, Rizal), Kabuhayansa Water Lily (Cainta, Rizal), Joneg Foundation (Teresa, Rizal), Pililla Water lily Weavers (Pililla, Rizal), Maynilad Water lily Weavers (Potatan, Muntinlupa) and Pateros Weavers.
Aside from the water lily products showcase and demonstration, festival visitors likewise feasted their eyes on the parade of 13 beautiful ladies clad in uniquely - designed mestizaterno made of 100 percent water lily who participated in the Miss Las Piñas Water Lily 2018.
A street dancing competition among Las Piñas’ junior high school students got visitors on their feet as they clapped and cheered their favorite groups. The studends danced to the modern beat wearing in costumes and props made of water lily as their main components.
Villar, the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, was one of the board of judges for the beauty pageant and street dancing contest.
Representatives from the city’s 13 barangays participated in the beauty pageant.
Ms. Arlyn Claire M. Sangab of Barangay Pamplona 1 brought home the Miss Las Piñas Water Lily 2018 crown and the prize of P25,000 cash.
First runner-up, Ms. Rebecca Kirsten S. Lopez of Barangay Talon 4, won P15,000; while Ms.Rojielen Angela Autencio of Barangay Pulanglupa 1 went home with a cash prize of P10,000.
The biggest criteria for judging the winners was 40 percent for the uniqueness and creativity of the contestants’ mestizaternos, which must be made of 100 percent water lily and should reflect the natural color of the aquatic plant.
Other criteria were physical beauty, 30 percent, and intelligence and wit, 30 percent.
Meanwhile, students from the Golden Achers National High School won the top honors in the street dancing competition and brought home the grand champion trophy and a cash prize of P50,000.
Dancing students from CAA National High School won the second honor and brought home a trophy and P30,000; while the Las Pinas East National High School dancing group won the third honors and got a trophy and P20,000 in cash.
Participant groups, with maximum of 50 members each, were required to submit their unique concept synopsis with waterlily as its main component in the costume and props.
SEN. VILLAR WITH MISS WATER LILY 2018 WINNERS. Sen. Cynthia Villar poses with the winners of the Miss Water Lily Festival 2018 now on its 13th year. The winners are Arlyn Claire M. Sangab of Barangay Pamplona 1 who won the grand trophy and P20,000 cash; Rebecca Kirsten S. Lopez of Barangay Talon 4, 1st runner-up who got P15,000 cash and Rojielen Angela Autencio of Barangay Pulanglupa 1, second runner-up who got P10,000 cash. Patricia Mariel R. Velasquez of Barangay Talon 3 bagged the People's choice award. The water lily festival is an annual celebration in Las Pinas to showcase the useful products out of the aquatic bloom. (MANILA BULLETIN)
‘We have come a long way with the idea of transforming these flowers into unique arts and crafts. From swamping our waterways and causing floods in our city, these lovely blooms have become stable sources of livelihood not only for Las Piñas residents but also for many of our kababayans, especially those who live near the rivers,’ Villar said.
Villar expressed hope that the growing weaving and handicrafts industry would lure more entrepreneurs and local residents to venture into water lily-making businesses to further boost the flowers’ usefulness.
‘I am always excited to see new products made out of these water lilies. I look forward to the time that the water lily industry is named as among the country’s top earning industries and water lily-made products considered as major goods for export to other countries,’ Villar said.
Participants in the exhibit display were the Water Lily Arts & Crafts Center( LasPiñas City), Sta. Rosa Livelihood Organization Inc. (Sta. Rosa, Laguna), Cardona Livelihood Products (Cardona, Rizal), Kabuhayansa Water Lily (Cainta, Rizal), Joneg Foundation (Teresa, Rizal), Pililla Water lily Weavers (Pililla, Rizal), Maynilad Water lily Weavers (Potatan, Muntinlupa) and Pateros Weavers.
Aside from the water lily products showcase and demonstration, festival visitors likewise feasted their eyes on the parade of 13 beautiful ladies clad in uniquely - designed mestizaterno made of 100 percent water lily who participated in the Miss Las Piñas Water Lily 2018.
A street dancing competition among Las Piñas’ junior high school students got visitors on their feet as they clapped and cheered their favorite groups. The studends danced to the modern beat wearing in costumes and props made of water lily as their main components.
Villar, the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, was one of the board of judges for the beauty pageant and street dancing contest.
Representatives from the city’s 13 barangays participated in the beauty pageant.
Ms. Arlyn Claire M. Sangab of Barangay Pamplona 1 brought home the Miss Las Piñas Water Lily 2018 crown and the prize of P25,000 cash.
First runner-up, Ms. Rebecca Kirsten S. Lopez of Barangay Talon 4, won P15,000; while Ms.Rojielen Angela Autencio of Barangay Pulanglupa 1 went home with a cash prize of P10,000.
The biggest criteria for judging the winners was 40 percent for the uniqueness and creativity of the contestants’ mestizaternos, which must be made of 100 percent water lily and should reflect the natural color of the aquatic plant.
Other criteria were physical beauty, 30 percent, and intelligence and wit, 30 percent.
Meanwhile, students from the Golden Achers National High School won the top honors in the street dancing competition and brought home the grand champion trophy and a cash prize of P50,000.
Dancing students from CAA National High School won the second honor and brought home a trophy and P30,000; while the Las Pinas East National High School dancing group won the third honors and got a trophy and P20,000 in cash.
Participant groups, with maximum of 50 members each, were required to submit their unique concept synopsis with waterlily as its main component in the costume and props.