The performers from the Sugat Kabanhawan Festival of Minglanilla during the Ritual Showdown of the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2023 in Carcar City. | CDN Digital Photo by Christian Dave Cuizon
CEBU CITY, Philippines – On August 25 and 26, Cebu City will host the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo once again.
Known as the ‘Festival of Festivals,’ this year’s event is expected to be bigger and better than ever before.
And here’s a rundown of what to expect this year.
Pasigarbo 2024 list of contingents, sequence
The Cebu Provincial Government earlier announced that a total of 51 contingents will join the Pasigarbo 2024. This includes the contingent from Lapu-Lapu City, which previously joined only as guest performers.
Cebu City’s Sinulog Festival will still participate as a guest performer.
Below is the list of contingents according to their order of performances:
1. Tuburan’s Tubod Festival
2. San Remigio’s Lapyahan Festival
3. Toledo City’s Hinulawan Festival
4. Dumanjug’s Bisnok Festival
5. Dalaguete’s Utanon Festival
6. Talisay City’s Halad Inasal Festival
7. Alcoy’s Siloy Festival
8. Tudela’s Katunggan Festival
9. Borbon’s Tuba Festival
10. Madridejos’s Isda Festival
11. Santa Fe’s Panuhog Festival
12. Bantayan’s Palawod Festival
13. Malabuyoc’s Buyoc Festival
14. Asturias’s Lalin Festival
15. Liloan’s Rosquillos Festival
16. Alcantara’s Bahandi Festival
17. Santander’s Tostado Festival
18. San Fernando’s Sikoy-Sikoy Festival
19. Pilar’s Pamugsay Festival
20. Barili’s Panumod Festival
21. Argao’s La Torta Festival
22. Tabogon’s Sanggi Festival
23. Carmen’s Sinulog Sa Carmen
24. Mandaue City’s Panagtagbo Festival
25. Sibonga’s Bonga Festival
26. Boljoon’s Bolho Festival
27. City of Naga’s Dagitab Festival
28. Daanbaantayan’s Haladaya Festival
29. Aloguinsan’s Kinsan Festival
30. Carcar City’s Kabkaban Festival
31. Tabuelan’s Ani-anihan Festival
32. Medellin’s Katubhan Festival
33. Minglanilla’s Sugat Kabanhawan Festival
34. Catmon’s Budbod Cabog Festival
35. Oslob’s Toslob Festival
36. Poro’s Panagbagat Festival
37. Cordova’s Dinagat Festival
38. Samboab’s Dagayday Festival
39. Moalboal’s Kagasangan Festival
40. Alegria’s Que’Alegre Festival
41. Compostela’s Kumbira Festival
42. Consolacion’s Sarok Festival
43. Bogo City’s Kuyayang Festival
44. San Francisco’s Soli-Soli Festival
45. Badian’s Banig Festival
46. Ginatilan’s Hinatdan Festival
47. Ronda’s Humba Festival
48. Pinamungajan’s Pinamuohan Festival
49. Lapu-Lapu City’s Garbo sa Lapu-Lapu Festival
50. Sogod’s Panagsogod Festival
51. Balamban’s Lingaw-sadya Festival
Pasigarbo 2024 venue and program
The Pasigarbo this August 25 and August 26 will return at the Cebu City Sports Complex (CCSC). In 2023, it was held at the Carcar City Sports Complex due to renovation works at CCSC.
The entire activity will still compose of two major segments – the Street Parade and the Ritual Showdown.
The Street Parade will start at 1 p.m., according to 5th District Board Member Red Duterte, who chairs the committee on tourism of the Cebu Provincial Board.
Its route will begin at the Cebu Provincial Capitol, with contingents expected to assemble on the streets within its vicinity – Escario and M. Velez streets.
Performers then will dance through the stretch of Osmeña Boulevard until they reach the entrance of CCSC where the Ritual Showdown will take place.
The showdown is expected to start between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Pasigarbo subsidy
The Capitol has also increased the subsidy it has granted to each participating contingent this year. From P2 million and P2.5 million, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia decided to pour additional P1 million.
This means every participating contingent from mainland Cebu will receive P3 million while P3.5 million each for those based in Camotes and Bantayan groups of islands.
In total, the province has set aside approximately P160 million as subsidy alone for the Pasigarbo.
In turn, Garcia, according to a report from Capitol’s media outlet Sugbo News, expects performers to “level up.”
The governor earlier disclosed that they are estimating for the entire costs for this year’s Pasigarbo to be more than P200 million.
“[But] that P200 million is going to the local economy,” said Garcia.
Meanwhile, the Capitol has also tapped a new supplier for its lights and sound systems following the technical glitches that marred the Pasigarbo in 2023 in Carcar City. /clorenciana
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