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The Dagupan City Bangus Festival 2006 

Schedule of Activities

 

April 1-30-May 1-2

Trade Fair - Affordable apparels, housewares, furnitures, accessories, bags and other stuffs galore in this exhibit along Jovellanos Street.

 

April 8

Mayor Benjamin S. Lim Cup – an invitational shootfest by Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim participated in by various gun clubs to be held at the Dagupan Practical Shooters Association Firing Range in Bonuan Binloc.

 

April 21/ 7am

Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer – Religious organizations gather to offer prayer for the city, the country and the world for unity, progress and peace to formally open the celebration of the Bangus Festival.

 

April 21/ 1 pm

Bangus Fest Caravan (motorcade) – Bangus Festival 2006 starts with a big bang as city government officials, employees and festival sponsors shares the Bangus festival mania to nearby towns and municipalities as part of the festival’s formal launching.

 

April 21/ 6pm

Bangus fest opening ceremony – A grand opening program featuring grandiose fireworks display and marching bands showdown to welcome the almost month-long celebration of Bangus Festival 2006.

 

April 21/ 7pm 

Drum and Bugle Exhibition – An electrifying and colorful display of renowned marching bands from colleges and universities nationwide will spice up the Bangus Fest Opening Ceremony. Dagupan City’s multi-awarded University of Luzon Drum and Bugle Corps spearheads the event.

 

April 21/ 8pm

Parokya ni Edgar Concert – a free concert by the MTV awardee Parokya ni Edgar starring actress Ara Mina and RnB Princess Kyla to be held at the Magsaysay Bridge.

 

April 22/ 7am

Inter-Barangay & Inter-Dep’t. fun games – Barangay officials and city government employees enjoys the day off from work as they are treated to a day of revelry and parlor games.

 

April 22/ 8am

Car show – Auto lovers will surely love to check out the hottest and latest car models as well as the vintage and classic ones in this exciting automotive event.

 

April 22/ 7pm

Al Fresco Acoustic Night - Spend the night with a music that’s smooth and soothing in an intimate concert with top acoustic singers performing in a sentimental ambience as mini bars are set up within the People’s Park simultaneously with the Car Show.

 

April 22/ 12–1pm

Tour Pilipinas (Padyak Pinoy) – Philippine cycling is alive this summer as the country’s top riders competing for the Tour Pilipinas cycling competition arrives in the city as part of their race destination.

 

April 23/ 7 am (start)

Bangus Fest Amazing Race – A team composed of 2 males and 2 females are caught up in this 5-day travel adventure game derived from America’s most popular reality show The Amazing Race and the local show Extra Challenge.

 

April 24

Bangus Challenge (Luzon Karate Games)– Tough karate athletes will showcase their talent in martial arts.

 

April 26/ 8 am

101 Ways to Cook Bangus –Seasoned cooks will present the succulent Dagupan bangus in many distinctive recipes.

 

April 26/ 3pm

Basketball "gaymes" (Battle of the 3rd kind) – The famous basketball game became more enjoyable and exciting as gays try to prove that they also play basketball like real men.

 

April 26/ 7pm

Battle of the Bands – Up and coming Pinoy rock bands will definitely make you jump out of your skin as they compete with live performances on the concert stage.

 

April 27/ 3pm

Opening of Beach Volleyball –Youngsters have the opportunity to participate in this much-anticipated volleyball competition that involves lots of action and spiking in the sand featuring veteran players of beach volleyball from colleges and universities in Metro Manila.

 

April 27/ 7 pm

Bangus Fest King and Queen – The city’s summer spectacle heats up in this Bikini Open contest that celebrates the beauty of swimsuit fashion worn by the candidates from other towns and cities nationwide.

 

April 28/ 8 am

Bangus Rodeo (featuring Lumbay Bangus)– A fun-filled contest on who is the fastest bangus deboner, eater and classifier. It is also highlighted by the search for the biggest, heaviest and the sexiest bangus. Aside from the traditional activities, watch how the world famous Dagupan bangus outperform each other in the bangus marathon called "lumbay bangus."

 

April 28/ 7pm

Rave Party – Sayaw at Saya- The city streets give way for avid partygoers craving for an exceptional experience of dancing and partying at the middle of the Perez Street.

 

April 29/ 3pm

Grand Creative Float Parade & Gilon! Gilon! street dancing competition – This traditional event in the Bangus Festival features the pageantry of bangus-inspired floats parading the entire stretch of the downtown area interspersed by lively Gilon! Gilon! street dancers depicting the bountiful harvest of bangus.

 

April 29/ 7pm

Singing Contest - Amateur singers display their singing prowess during this event.

 

April 30 /4:30 pm

Kalutan ed Dagupan – The culminating activity of the Bangus Festival highlighted by the longest barbecue party in the street dubbed "Liket tan Gayaga ed Dalan".

 

May 1/ 7am

Fluvial Parade – A unique display of boats cruising along the main rivers of the city up to the Lingayen Gulf Bonuan Tondaligan.

 

May 1/ 9am

Pisasalamat – A thanksgiving mass in honor of the city’s patron saint St. John the Evangelist.

 

May 1/ 10 am

Palaro sa Dagat – Beach action and excitement intensifies further in this premier sports competition held at the city’s Tondaligan beach.

 

Sand Sculptor Park Competition – Sand castles exquisitely crafted will transform the city’s beachfront into a summer tropical garden

 

Bangus in the Sky – Multi-colored kites decorating the summer sky are featured in this kite flying competition at the Tondaligan Beach.

 

May 1/ 7pm

Rock the Beach Concert –Metro Manila bands and singers will rock the night away in this concert party catered for all ages.

 

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The Ancient City of San Fabian 

By Restituto C. Basa 

Source: People’s Digest Newsweekly People's Digest and Forum 

August 9-15, 2005 

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DID you know that once upon a time San Fabian was a city? 

  

I came across two versions of the history of San Fabian. One appears in a volume on the Natural Resources (page 920; the other appears in the Pangasinan Folio ‘70 published by the Daniel Maramba Centennial Commission). 

  

In the Pangasinan Resources volume, it was stated that San Fabian was founded on March 23, 1772. 

  

In the Pangasinan Folio ’70, the date cited as its foundation is January 20, 1717. 

  

Which of the two dates is correct? 

  

The town was named San Fabian in honor of Pope Fabian of Rome. The pope led a crusade against Muslims to restore Jerusalem to Christian control. 

  

I am inclined to believe that the correct date is January 20, 1717. January 20 is the feast of St. Fabian, the town’s patron. 

  

According to the 1717 account, it was Don Fernando Manuel de Bustamante who issued the decree to create the town of San Fabian. 

  

The original townsite is now Barangay Angio, about three kilometers of the present poblacion along the San Fabian-San Jacinto roadline. The townsite was moved towards the seacoast (the present site) on order of Gov. Bustamante in order to make it into a port of entry and elevate its status into a city. 

  

In accordance with the Bustamante plan, the town was divided into blocks, as in European cities. 

  

The entry point into the city was the Bued River delta, which happened to be the delta likewise of the Sensodukel river, known at the time as the Ilog na Bahley of San Fabian. 

  

This river flows towards the back of the Roman Catholic Church of the town. 

  

Notice that the convent of San Fabian is very commodious. In those days, this convent served as the stop-over quarters of the Bishop of Nueva Segovia when he was on travel along the seacoast between Vigan and Manila. 

  

There were no overload roads at the time. Travel was by sailboat along the seacoast. San Fabian is situated midway between Manila and Vigan. 

  

A section of the convent was converted into a sanitarium for ailing clergymen of the province. It was chosen for this purpose because of its proximity to the sea. The sea breeze is very invigorating. In addition, there is an abundant supply of fresh fish from the sea, which is very cheap source of protein. 

  

During those days, the San Fabian seacoast was lined up with thick walls complete with watch tower to guard against Moro practical raids. 

  

In the 1830s, Spain opened the Philippines to foreign trade. British traders ‘invaded’ the country. 

  

Among the trader centers that the British invaded was Dagupan. A British trader named Thomas Reynolds, an executive of the British House of Herald, converted the river in downtown Dagupan into a seaport. 

  

Dagupan became a boom town. To the misfortune of San Fabian, its seaport started to decline. Dagupan became the trade center of Pangasinan. 

  

Such is the impact of historical forces upon towns and cities. Some rise while others decline. 

  

 

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