Minglanilla’s Sugat Kabanhawan Festival contingent performing for the Ritual Showdown of the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2023 held in Carcar City on August 27, 2023. | CDN Digital Photo by Christian Dave Cuizon
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Following a re-computation of this year’s Pasigarbo sa Sugbo, Minglanilla’s Sugat Kabanhawan Festival emerged as the Grand Champion of the Ritual Showdown competition. The results were unveiled on Wednesday, September 6.
RITUAL SHOWDOWN
1st – Minglanilla
2nd – Toledo City
3rd – Naga City
4th – Liloan
5th – Bantayan
6th – Carcar City
7th – Mandaue City
8th – Consolacion
9th – Poro
10th – San Fernando
11th – Argao
12th – Badian
13th – Talisay City
14th – Moalboal
15th – Borbon
STREET DANCING
1st – Carcar City
2nd – Minglanilla
3rd – Dalaguete
4th – Liloan
5th – Ronda & Talisay
FESTIVAL QUEEN
Grand Champion – Cordova
1st – Minglanilla
2nd – Carcar City & Mandaue City
3rd – Toledo City & Moalboal
4th – Tudela
Special Awards
Best in Festival Costume
Toledo City & Minglanilla
Best in Festival Jingle
Liloan
Best Decorated Float / Audio Van
5th – Medellin
4th – Dumanjug
3rd – Balamban
2nd – Ronda
1st – Consolacion
Top 5 Mayor’s Introduction Video
5th – Barili
4th – Ronda
3rd – Tabogon
2nd – Liloan
1st – Poro
This year’s Pasigarbo culmination, held at the Carcar City Sports Complex last August 27, was marred by technical glitches, which spawned speculations, controversies, heated discussions, and even memes online. The controversies surrounding the ‘festival of the festivals’ prompted Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, who hinted at ‘sabotage’, to review and re-compute the results.
Organizers also eliminated online votes as part of the criteria for judging.
The initial results, announced on August 28, crowned Carcar City’s Kabkaban Festival as the biggest winner. The contingent ruled on the Festival Queen, Street Dance and Ritual Showdown competitions.
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