Dagupan City is set for this year’s Bangus Festival to be held April 9 to May 1.
Mayor Belen Fernandez said the weeks-long event will kick off with a fun run to drumbeat calamity and disaster preparedness among the residents.
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“With the calamities happening in some parts of the world, it is important to be prepared,” Fernandez said in Filipino.
She said the crowd-drawing Gilon-Gilon Ed Baley Street Dancing Competition will be held on April 26.
Other highlights of the event included Bangus Rodeo, a game on the fastest and most efficient bangus sorter; search for the heaviest bangus; and the “Bangusine,” which will feature various unique dishes with bangus as the primary raw material to be staged on April 28.