Panaad Festival
The Panaad Festival is the mother of all festival in Negross Occidental, it bring s together all the cities and towns in Negros into one "super" festival. It is staged in the Panaad Park and Stadium, where each town and city has their own booth, showcasing the different aspects of the towns and cities like their history, culture, tourist attactions, industries etc...
I was in awe of how much effort Negrenses put into this festival, especially the local gov't. Ir really gave me the impression that LGUs in Negros Occ. are very active in promoting the province's tourism, and they are doing a good job at it ... no wonder they're always featured in DOT ads.
Here are some of the nice booths that we saw:
Talisay City
Sagay City
La Carlota City
Silay City
Kabankalan City
I have only one complaint during the Panaad Festival. As we were eating in an inasalan somewhere in the park. A child went up to us and begged for money, as in we were so surprised to see the little boy. He was so malnourished, as in he/it was the thinnest kid I have ever seen in my life ... after we gave him some money, one kid went to us after the other all just as thin and sickly as the first one ... there was even a girl who asked for donation for a religious cause or whatever, lol. Ano abi nila sa amon, mangaranon! sa kilid2 na lang gani kami nag kaon para maka save dasun mangayo pa sila hhmmm... Pero, the most upsetting event was when we were finished eating and 2 kids went to our table to ask for our chicken, which we've already eaten to the bone ... We had no choice but to agree and after we said yes, the 2 kids immediately grabed the chicken (bones) by their bare hands, one ate in front of us and the other ate a few meters from us .... it was so sad
I began to think about this Panaad thing .... the each LGU spend millions into this event yet they can't even attend to these children popularized by the name "Batang Negros", who have nothing to eat to fend for themselves and scavenge for other people's food and they probably have no home to go to.
Anyways,
We returned home at 10:00pm and went straight to sleep, woohoo!
The second day, we reserved for touring Bacolod City. Unexpectedly a schoolmate txted us and invited us to a 2 day trip to Silay, all expense paid. Yes! mwahahah ... We had barely a few hours to tour Bacolod because we already woke up late. It was already 11:00am and the RORO leaves Bacolod at 4:00pm. So we agreed and after lunch we went out to enjoy our newly extended Bacolod City tour.
We did lots of touring around ... First sa Robinsons, then we went up the PNB Building (Bacolod's Tallest), went to the Provincial Capitol then the City Plaza where we visited the San Sebastian Church and the Bandstand in the Plaza ... Our next destination was Gaisano City then we visited the Bacolod Convention Plaza Hotel, Golden Fields, The Bacolod Airport, then the ghost mall called Robinsons Metro Bacolod :D
After dark, we headed to Talisay to meet with our friends and proceeded to Silay where we will be staying for the night... We had dinner at a seaside restaurant which served delicious seafoods, I was so full!
I was in awe of how much effort Negrenses put into this festival, especially the local gov't. Ir really gave me the impression that LGUs in Negros Occ. are very active in promoting the province's tourism, and they are doing a good job at it ... no wonder they're always featured in DOT ads.
Here are some of the nice booths that we saw:
Talisay City
Sagay City
La Carlota City
Silay City
Kabankalan City
I have only one complaint during the Panaad Festival. As we were eating in an inasalan somewhere in the park. A child went up to us and begged for money, as in we were so surprised to see the little boy. He was so malnourished, as in he/it was the thinnest kid I have ever seen in my life ... after we gave him some money, one kid went to us after the other all just as thin and sickly as the first one ... there was even a girl who asked for donation for a religious cause or whatever, lol. Ano abi nila sa amon, mangaranon! sa kilid2 na lang gani kami nag kaon para maka save dasun mangayo pa sila hhmmm... Pero, the most upsetting event was when we were finished eating and 2 kids went to our table to ask for our chicken, which we've already eaten to the bone ... We had no choice but to agree and after we said yes, the 2 kids immediately grabed the chicken (bones) by their bare hands, one ate in front of us and the other ate a few meters from us .... it was so sad
I began to think about this Panaad thing .... the each LGU spend millions into this event yet they can't even attend to these children popularized by the name "Batang Negros", who have nothing to eat to fend for themselves and scavenge for other people's food and they probably have no home to go to.
Anyways,
We returned home at 10:00pm and went straight to sleep, woohoo!
The second day, we reserved for touring Bacolod City. Unexpectedly a schoolmate txted us and invited us to a 2 day trip to Silay, all expense paid. Yes! mwahahah ... We had barely a few hours to tour Bacolod because we already woke up late. It was already 11:00am and the RORO leaves Bacolod at 4:00pm. So we agreed and after lunch we went out to enjoy our newly extended Bacolod City tour.
We did lots of touring around ... First sa Robinsons, then we went up the PNB Building (Bacolod's Tallest), went to the Provincial Capitol then the City Plaza where we visited the San Sebastian Church and the Bandstand in the Plaza ... Our next destination was Gaisano City then we visited the Bacolod Convention Plaza Hotel, Golden Fields, The Bacolod Airport, then the ghost mall called Robinsons Metro Bacolod :D
After dark, we headed to Talisay to meet with our friends and proceeded to Silay where we will be staying for the night... We had dinner at a seaside restaurant which served delicious seafoods, I was so full!
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