CEBU CITY -- Showcasing its Kabkaban Festival, Carcar City emerged as the biggest winner in the Pasigarbo Sa Sugbo, which made a successful comeback on Sunday, Aug. 28, after a two-year hiatus.
Carcar copped the title in the ritual showdown and pocketed a whopping P5 million top purse.
The city also pocketed an additional P2 million after it won the street dancing competition. The city’s choreographer also took home a brand new motorcycle after its victory in the ritual showdown.
Carcar also earned P100,00 for bagging the Best Festival Jingle award. Adding to the city’s winnings was its third place finish in the Best in Andas that netted them P100,000.
Toledo City’s Hinulawan Festival placed second in the ritual showdown and earned P4 million. City of Naga with its Dagitab Festival, clinched third place and P3 million, while Minglanilla wound up fourth and took P2 million for its Sugat-Kabanhawan.
Rounding up the top five was Bantayan’s Palawod Festival, which received P1 million.
Completing the top 10 in the ritual showdown were Talisay City’s Halad Inasal Festival (P900,000), Liloan’s Rosquillos Festival (P800,000), Dalaguete’s Utanon Festival (P700,000), Consolacion’s Sarok Festival (P600,000) and Moalboal’s Kagasangan Festival (P500,000).
Pocketing P1.5 million was Barili’s Panumod Festival, which wound up second in the street dancing competition.
Liloan’s Rosquillos Festival placed third and got P1 million, Minglanilla’s Sugat-Kabanhawan Festival finished fourth and took home P750,000, while Dalaguete’s Utanon Festival ranked fifth, good for P500,000.
Minglanilla’s Sugat-Kabanhawan Festival pocketed P300,00 after winning the Best in Andas award while Mandaue City’s Panagtagbo Festival placed third and was awarded with P200,000.
The Best Decorated Audio Van award went to Madridejos’ Isda Festival, which got P500,000.
Madridejos was followed by Balamban’s Lingaw-Sadya Festival (P400,000), Minglanilla’s Sugat-Kabanhawan Festival (P300,000), Consolacion’s Sarok Festival (P200,000), and Bantayan’s Palawod Festival (P100,000).
The Best Festival Costume award went to Minglanilla’s Sugat-Kabanhawan Festival, which got P100,000.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the cash-rich Pasigarbo Sa Sugbo went on a two-year hiatus.
In announcing the return of the Pasigarbo dubbed as ‘Festival of Festivals,’ Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said the province is exiting the pandemic as Cebu is ‘back to normal.’ The Pasigarbo sa Sugbo (Showcase/Pride of Cebu) festival features street dancing and ritual showdown from 50 contingents representing each of the component towns and cities of Cebu Province.
The contingents, which have at least 100 dancers and crew, paraded from the Capitol to the Cebu City Sports Center where the ritual showdown was held.