Aliwan 2014 Champion - Lumad Basakanon of Sinulog Cebu City

 

Bad News turns into Good News!! Cebu just thought that Sinulog Festival - Lumad Basakanon will not be participating this year Aliwan 2014, it was January 22 2014 an article from sunstar release a report that "Lumad Basakanon not joining Aliwan Festival" but I think the group and its organizer change their minds. Well, good decisions, because recently Aliwan 2014, the Sinulog Festival of Cebu City which Lumad Basakanon is representative tribe was declared as Aliwan 2014 Street Dance Champion.



The competition was called as "Grand Festival of Champions, Aliwan Fiesta", wherein different Philippine Festivals contingents gathered and compete through showcasing their dance, culture, pageantry, musicality and creativity of every regions. The grand parade was held last Saturday, April 26, 2014, in Aliw Theatre at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), in Manila. Lumad Basakanon, of Brgy. San Nicolas, was a Hall of Famer for three consecutive Aliwan Fiesta championships last 2006-2008 and now they are back on the ground for 1 million grand prize as Aliwan 2014 Champion. (",)

Here are the winning titles of Cebu City during the Aliwan 2014.

Streetdance Competition Champion - Lumad Basakanon, Cebu City,
Sinulog Festival Reyna ng Aliwan 2014 – Festival Queen ( 6th consecutive wins in Reyna ng Aliwan since 2009.)
Ms. Steffi Rose Aberasturi – Cebu City, Sinulog Festival
2nd Runners-up Ms. Maria Gigante – Bantayan Island Cebu, Palawod Festival

Float Category 2nd Place - Utanon Festival Float, Dalaguete Cebu

Special Awards
Best in Musicality - Lumad Basakanon, Cebu City, Sinulog Festival
Best in Costume - Lumad Basakanon, Cebu City, Sinulog Festival

Wow!! I love Cebu!!

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Bad News for Lumad Basakanon

Champion Free Interpretation Category, Sinulog Festival 2014

Tribu Lumad Basakanon, Brgy San Nicolas Basak Cebu City

A re post from the news of http://www.sunstar.com.ph/ "Lumad Basakanon not joining Aliwan Festival" By Princess Dawn H. Felicitas Wednesday, January 22, 2014

FOR financial reasons, Basak-San Nicolas Barangay Captain George Rama said he doesn’t want Lumad Basakanon to join in the Aliwan Festival in Pasay City in April. In an interview with Sun.Star Cebu yesterday, Rama said they need at least P3 million to join Aliwan, an amount which for him is too big to raise.

Rama said he would prefer that such amount be used to address different problems in the barangay or in the city, or to help typhoon and earthquake survivors. “Ganahan ko muadto. Ganahan sad ang mga dancers. Pero daghan pa kaayog problema oy. Daghang trahediya. Kung muadto mi didto dako kaayo ang gasto kay mahal man ang plite (I’d love to go. The dancers would love to go. But we have so many problems right now),” he said.

Rama said they will have to spend for the boat fare from Cebu to Manila and back for the estimated 400 dancers, props men and support staff of Lumad Basakanon. It does not include yet the different committees for the contingent.

Asked if they will not use the more than P2 million they won in the Sinulog grand parade, Rama said he prefers that the money be divided among the Basakanon dancers and props men.

It will serve as a reward for them for all the effort they put in during the three months they practiced for the Sinulog grand parade free interpretation category, he said.

On asking financial assistance from the City, Rama said he is not optimistic about it, considering that the City Council rejected their request in 2013.

Goodluck for Lumad!!

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Lumad Basakanon for Sinulog 2010

Photo from Lumad Basakanon

The Aliwan Fiesta Hall of Fame "LUMAD BASAKANON" - Prepare for the big "EXPOSE" this coming Sinulog 2010. Last October 3 was the screening of the participantes for Lumad Basakanon dancers and it was held at Basak Gymnasium with 200 applicants who wants to join the group. This year Sinulog is the 30th year of the festival, and all the Sinulog Dancers and Musicians will be challenge to show their best of dances and music with the real roots of Sinulog. This a great challenge from the choreographers, dancers and contingents since it will be a big celebration for the coming of 30th Sinulog 2010.

What to be expect from the Lumad Basakanon this coming Sinulog 2010?? This is a big excitement and Boom!! Suprise... Last year performance of Lumad Basakanon was defeated by the tribe of Buyogan Festival of Buyogan Leyte and according to the Lumad Basakon Festival Queen "New trend was being sought by the judges to the group in which they didn’t find it."

The wining year of Lumad Basakanon during Sinulog performance was 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008 also declared as Hall of Fame for being three times Champion of Aliwan Fiesta in Manila.

Kudos to Lumad Basakanon!! and Expect the Unexpected this coming Sinulog 2010.
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