Fernandinos celebrate Frog Festival

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — For almost a week, they again came jumping, leaping, singing and dancing into the limelight — that is, both frogs and humans — as the City of San Fernando celebrated the 10th “Pyestang Tugak” or Frog Festival which culminated with a grand show of Fernandino talent Saturday at Robinsons Starmills.
Themed “Pamakibage, Pamanantabe, Pamia-abe,” this year’s festival, as Mayor Oscar Rodriguez aptly put it, “reminds us of the humble beginnings from where we came and the heights that we have scaled toward a better life through giant strides, much like those vigorous leaps that frogs are capable of making. Lowly regarded yet admirable for their resiliency and flexibility are these creatures we fete with such festivities like the street dance competition, choral and frog mascot contests, the ‘padwasan and sukluban’ and frog leaping and race.”
With the frog becoming a symbol of the city’s resiliency, flexibility and leaping to greater bounds since the festival’s inception in 2003, Rodriguez stressed: “Let us also keep in mind the need to save the frogs from extinction by exercising proper care of the environment. There is an on-going campaign by the city government for practices to sustain frogs and the environment as a whole. May the Frog Festival continue to be fruitful and worthwhile as we all take a higher leap in keeping the city the best place to live in.”
Heeding Rodriguez’s call, hundreds took on the frog stance to make the festival successful. Twelve barangays trooped to the St. Jude Village Oval frog farm Wednesday for the “padwasan” where both professional and kiddie frog catchers, using the native bamboo “padwas” or rod, competed for the prize catch of P4,000.
It was eventually won by Barangay Alasas and students from San Isidro Elementary School in the kids’ division.
“Out-croaking” the competition, the San Lorenzo Ruiz Center for Schools and Studies bested five other chorales in the Frog Choral Competition Thursday for the P10,000 grand prize, followed closely by a very young choir from Juliana Elementary School in second place.
The culminating activity proved to be tough as street dancers leaped-frogged their way to the top Saturday at the Atrium of Robinsons, with Baliti Integrated School topping the elementary school level in the free dance interpretation and bagging the best costume and headdress awards.
The City College triumphed in the college division with their moves and headdresses, while San Nicolas Integrated High School was awarded as best in costume.
This year, San Nicolas Integrated School stole the crown from defending champion San Lorenzo Ruiz Center for Schools and Studies in the Frog Mascot contest, while Juliana Elementary School was named champion in the elementary school level.
“We hope that next year will be a bigger Frog Festival with many more professing to participate in the annual festivity. And we thank all who have supported us in this festival which you can only find here in San Fernando. Only in Pampanga, where leaping is more fun in the Philippines,” said City Administrator Ferdinand Caylao.

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