Mantawi Festival

As Mantawi Festival draws to a close, everybody focuses interest on the street dance festival where numerous contingents hailing from the neighboring cities, municipalities and out-of-towners converge to portray what is essentially characteristic of Mantawi.

Aside from being a venue to express aristic freedom in the form of dance, Mantawi poses as a historical, legendary, mimetic and religious offering rolled into one. Thus, the many interpretaions geared towards the making of the dance presentations - no two entries may look quite alike. Along with Dumanjug, Surigao and the many other contingents joining this year's parade of hopefuls, will be Sarok festival winner Cabangahan National High School whose dance routine shall be reinvented and polished to qualify along the guidelines of Mantawi.

Mantawi utilizes four basic steps and figures mimetic to that of the movements of a vine. The main theme would be the highlight of the celebration of thanksgiving for Señor San Jose, the same patron saint to that of the Municipality of San Francisco, Camotes, with their celebration of the Soli-Soli festival.

Sarok winners standing by, the adminstration of Cabangahan National High School headed by Principal Rose Mary Oliverio would like to take this opportunity to thank the following sponsors for their support last Sarok festival - Municipality of Consolacion headed by Hon. Mayor Avelino J. Gungob, Hon Annaly Gungob Fernandez, Hon. Alegria Singson, Hon. Rey Balaba, Hon. Panfilo Cangoob, Hon. Epifanio Faenar, Hon. David Zusara, Cabangahan PTCA headed by Marlena Agbay, Donald Miñoza, International Pharmaceautical Incorporated, Cabangahan Community Youth and the many generous individuals who whole-heartedly supported the school from day one of rehearsals. See you in Mantawi.