OVER 10,000 performers from 51 contingents showcased their respective festivals, and after more than 13 hours of competition, it was the delegation from the City of Naga that shone the brightest.

Naga’s Dagitab Festival or the Festival of Lights was crowned champion in the grand ritual showdown of the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2024 on Sunday, August 25, at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC).

Naga’s Dagitab Festival is celebrated every December in Naga. Its festival name is derived from the Cebuano word for light or electricity, and highlights six key elements: light, progress, industry, tourism, economic development, and employment.

Sharing the limelight with Naga was Carcar City, whose Kabkaban Festival won the Best in Street Dancing award.

The municipality of Consolacion, showcasing its Sarok Festival, won the Best in Float award while the Best Carrozza accolade went to the town of Bantayan.

Prizes for this year’s winners have yet to be announced as of this writing. Last year’s total cash prizes reached P30 million with the grand ritual showdown champion getting a whopping P5 million.

The participating contingents represented the province’s various towns and cities. The provincial government gave P2 million each to the contingents as a subsidy for their participation. Participating towns coming from Camotes Island and Bantayan Island got P2.5 million as they needed to spend more for their travel to the mainland.

The festival started around 2 p.m. with street dancing. It ended past 3 a.m. at the CCSC where more than 17,000 people watched the ritual showdown, police said.

Despite the huge crowd, the holding of the festival was generally peaceful, said Lt. Col. Janette Rafter, deputy director for administration of the Cebu City Police Office.

Rafter said no crime was reported during the duration of the festival.

Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia commended the participating contingents for answering her challenge to level up.

“Mao’y nakanindot kaayo kay they all answered my challenge nga level up each time. And that’s the way, the only way that we can push Cebu to even further heights," she said.

With the contingents turning in improved performances, Garcia described this year’s competition as anybody’s game.

“It no longer mattered whether you are a contingent from the city or from a town, a small town at that. It didn’t matter if you came from the mainland or from an island, the level of performance really stepped up,” Garcia said.

Here is the complete list of winners for the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2024:

RITUAL SHOWDOWN

1st Place: City of Naga's Dagitab Festival

2nd Place: Minglanilla's Sugat sa Kabanhawan Festival

3rd Place: Lapu-Lapu City's Garbo sa Lapu-Lapu Festival

4th Place: Carcar City's Kabkaban Festival

5th Place: Madridejos' Isda Festival

6th Place: Mandaue City's Panagtagbo Festival

7th Place: Borbon's Tuba Festival

8th Place: San Fernando's Sikoy-Sikoy Festival

9th Place: Liloan's Rosquillos Festival and Toledo City's Hinulawan Festival

10th Place: Argao's La Torta Festival

11th Place: Moalboal's Kagasangan Festival

12th Place: Consolacion's Sarok Festival

13th Place: Tudela's Katunggan Festival and Alegria's Que Alegre Festival

14th Place: Badian's Banig Festival

15th Place: Tuburan's Tubod Festival and Sibonga's Bonga Festival

STREET DANCING COMPETITION

1st Place: Carcar City's Kabkaban Festival

2nd Place: Liloan's Rosquillos Festival

3rd Place: Barili's Panumod Festival

4th Place: Consolacion's Sarok Festival

5th Place: Poro's Panagbagat Festival

BEST IN FESTIVAL COSTUME

Madridejos' Isda Festival

BEST IN CARROZA DESIGN

Bantayan's Palawod Festival

BEST IN DECORATED FLOAT

1st Place: Consolacion's Sarok Festival

2nd Place: Sogod's Panagsogod Festival

3rd Place: Carmen's Sinulog sa Carmen Festival

4th Place: Bantayan's Palawod Festival

5th Place: Balamban's Lingaw-Sadya Festival

BEST IN FESTIVAL JINGLE

Consolacion's Sarok Festival

BEST IN MAYOR’S INTRODUCTION

1st Place: Madridejos' Isda Festival - Mayor Romeo Villaceran

2nd Place: Lapu-Lapu City's Garbo sa Lapu-Lapu - Mayor Junard Chan

3rd Place: Santander's Tostado Festival - Mayor Marites B. Buscato

4th Place: Samboan's Dagayday Festival - Mayor Emerito Emmanuel D. Calderon Jr.

5th Place: Alegria's Que Alegre Festival - Mayor Gilberto F. Magallon

PASIGARBO SA SUGBO FESTIVAL QUEEN

Festival Queen: Carcar City's Kabkaban Festival Queen - Marie Yasmin Fabian

1st Runner-Up: Lapu-Lapu City's Garbo sa Lapu-Lapu Festival Queen - Sofi Maxim Margareta Grenmo

2nd Runner-Up: Minglanilla's Sugat sa Kabanhawan

Festival Queen - Kyra Rei Hopkins

3rd Runner-Up: Argao's La Torta Festival Queen - Britanny Noynay Verleysen

4th Runner-Up: Liloan's Rosquillos Festival Queen - Qatari Semblante

MISS PHOTOGENIC

Poro's Panagbagat Festival Queen - Mary Love Lopez

BEST FESTIVAL QUEEN COSTUME

Carmen's Sinulog sa Carmen Festival Queen - Eden Grace Mendez

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