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The
Provincial Government of Bohol through Provincial Agriculture
Office in partnership with the Bohol Ubi Center Foundation
Inc., LIFE Foundation Inc. and other collaborating agencies
will be celebrating the 8th Ubi Festival, January 23-24, 2008,
at the Bohol Cultural Center, Tagbilaran City with the theme
" Hagit sa Panahon: Ubi sa Bohol Palambuon."
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The
activity will start with a parade at the Plaza Rizal
at 8 a.m. on January 23. The opening program will immediately
follow at the Bohol Cultural Center. Gov. Erico B. Aumentado
is slated to grace the event together with Vice-Gov.
Julius Herrera, Cong. Edgar Chatto, Cong. Adam Jala,
Cong. Robert Cajes, Liza M. Quirog, Provincial Agriculturist
and Dr. Jose F. Quitazol, Consultant on Agricultural
Affairs.
This
event will be participated in by the Local Government
Units, farmers, ubi processors and other agricultural
key players of the industry. The major highlights of
the Ubi Festival 2008 are the Product Display and Selling,
Market Matching, Contest on Best New Ubi Processed Product,
Literary Musical Contest (Balak, Balitaw, Kuradang and
Jingle) and Poster Making contest. Other contests include
Best Booth, Bohol-like shaped Ubi and Most Colorful
LGU on Parade.
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The
said event will showcase Bohol's ubi harvests, create market
linkages between buyers and sellers, encourage development
of new products and promote Bohol as an agri-tourism province.
(Villa M. Inguito)
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INABANGA
ILIG RIDERS. As road is to truck drivers, the river is
to ilig raft riders. These boys, aged 10 to 12 years old,
of Datag, Inabanga town have painstakingly traveled overnight,
riding through the circuitous Inabangan River, spanning
a distance of some 20 km. They bring farm produce to be
sold in the town market, including some 40 pieces of bamboo
poles, which they improvise into a raft. They would go
home to Datag, about 12 km away from the town center,
via terrestrial road. The river has been an often-traversed
access by these ilig riders. (Sol Virtudazo/FTCP) |
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