LINGAYEN, Pangasinan—Fun-filled and exciting events await visitors and spectators in the last two days of this year’s edition of Pistay Dayat (Sea Festival).
On Sunday, sand sculptors from various areas in the region competed for the best art work carved from sand on the Capitol beachfront. The competition, in three categories—professional, student/youth, children—started at 5 a.m.
Professional category is limited only to five competing groups while 15 groups will compete for the student/youth category. For children category, five groups will vie for the top prize.
Almost simultaneous with the sand sculpting competition, spectators witnessed the Army Sky Diving and Exhibition Artillery Static Display also at the beachfront, coupled with Beach Volleybelles elimination games, along with a Paragliding Exhibition Show. An invitational shootfest, the 1st Urduja Cup will thrill enthusiasts of the sport at the PNP grounds.
Also on Sunday, the much-awaited search for the fairest maiden took place in the evening at the Capitol Plaza. Twenty-five lovely and witty Pangasinense ladies tried to outshine each other for this year’s Limgas na Pangasinan Pageant Night. Dexter A. See
Activities for the sea festival’s main day on May 1 shall start with a Thanksgiving Mass at the Capitol beachfront at exactly 7 in the morning.
After the mass, a grand parade of over a hundred artistically-decorated motorized bancas will cruise along the historic Limahong Channel of the Agno River starting 8 a.m.
One of the major highlights of the festival, Banca Parada, a competition of artistically designed bancas, also showcases the pristine beauty and history of the revived rivers in the province. Winners of the contest will also be announced during the sea festival’s commemorative program (10AM) at the Riverside Resort located in Banaga, Bugallon town.
Fun continues with the holding of Pangasinan 1st Skateboarding Competition to be conducted 1PM at the Capitol beachfront. This will be preceded with the championship games of the Beach Volleybelles competition follows at 3PM.
Pistay Dayat 2017 will not only serve as a venue for revelry. It will likewise be a challenging activity for jobseekers via the Night Job Market Labor Day Celebration, 3PM until 12 midnight at the Pangasinan PESO Building.
And yes, Pangasinenses will have the chance to watch and be entertained by GMA7 stars/talents. The crowd drawer GMA-7 Kapuso Night will be held at 6 o’clock in the evening at the Capitol Plaza.
Matching the Kapuso Night sensation will be a live band concert sponsored by San Miguel Corporation starting at 8PM at the scenic Capitol beachfront.
The following day, May 2, provincial officials and employees, along with youth brigades and non-government organizations, will mass for the coastal clean-up on the Lingayen Gulf beach head, just back of the provincial Capitol and Urduja House.
