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The Sarbay Fest, which goals to advertise Sarangani Bay as a protected seascape, has been drawing vacationers yearly besides in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic interval
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – At the very least 800 safety personnel and paramedics have been deployed to make sure the security of hundreds of overseas and native guests who’ve began crowding the lengthy stretch of powdery white sand seashore in Gumasa, Glan city in Sarangani.
Revelry formally began on Friday, Could 24, for the three-day Sarbay Fest (Sarangani Bay Competition), touted as Mindanao’s greatest seashore get together. The festivities will run till Sunday night, Could 26.
Sarbay Fest goals to advertise Sarangani Bay as a protected seascape. It started drawing vacationers and changing into an annual eco-tourism occasion when Provincial Ordinance No. 2006-5-030 declared each third week of Could as Sarangani Bay Competition Week.
Because it falls in the course of the Month of the Ocean celebrations, Sarbay Fest organizers have lined up advocacy occasions for the conservation of Sarangani Bay as a protected seascape, such because the gathering of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), Scubasurero (accumulating underwater trash), and Sarbay Heroes Camp.
The weekend celebration will even be full of “thrilling water sports activities occasions and adventures, and all-night live shows and events,” mentioned Sarangani provincial administrator Ryan Jay Ramos.
The three-day fest will embrace Inksplash Tattoo Competitors 2.0, Adventourism Trip, Skim Jam, SarBay Drum Beating Competitors, Swim Throughout the Bay Relay, SarBay Strongman, Yoga by the Seashore, Sand Sculpture, and Bay Our bodies.
There will even be sports activities occasions like seashore volleyball, frisbee, jet ski racing, and a fishing match the place anglers from close by areas will compete.
Ramos mentioned nightly live shows will function native and nationwide bands and celebrities, resembling Mayonnaise, Kean Cipriano, Enchi, Hashtags, The Secret, Kuerdas, and different visitor DJs.
This yr’s Sarbay Fest is the second because it resumed in 2023 after a two-year hiatus as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
In line with the Sarangani Provincial Info Workplace (PIO), from round 3,000 vacationer arrivals in 2006 when Sarbay Fest first began, the determine elevated to greater than 150,000 in 2019, the final Sarbay Fest held earlier than it was suspended in 2020 as a result of pandemic.
The three-day yearly occasion is held alongside a six-hectare shoreline in Gumasa, a coastal village identified for its lengthy stretch of white sand seashore, crystal clear water, and spectacular sunsets.
The pageant’s important venue this yr is Reyes Seashore Resort, positioned alongside the shores in Gumasa, mentioned Ramos.
Sarangani Governor Rogelio Pacquiao mentioned, “Sarbay Fest demonstrates our dedication to caring for the environment for the current and future generations.”
Pacquiao urged vacationers to expertise Sarangani Bay, which is taken into account by many as a hidden paradise.
Colonel Deanry Francisco, Sarangani police director, mentioned on Thursday, Could 23, that maritime and on-ground safety measures have been put in place, with personnel deployed from the police, navy, coast guard, and paramedics.
Safety performs a vital function in such an enormous occasion, and “now we have to ensure all plans are in working order” and correctly coordinated with different companies and models, Francisco mentioned. –Rappler.com
