This makes us very sad.
“The Quezon provincial government canceled the holding of this year’s weeklong ‘Niyogyugan Festival’ after Typhoon Glenda wreaked havoc on the province’s coconut farms last month,” reports Delfin T. Mallari Jr. in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The report noted: “Coined from combiding the word ‘niyog,’ Filipino for coconut, and ‘yugyog,’ or move to a fast beat, Niyogyugan is supposed to showcase the province’s top products and rich cultural traditions through colorful floats, street dance competitions and other events at Perez Park and the provincial capitol complex.”
Sounds like fun, right?
However, according to Governor David Suarez, many of town mayors “wanted to tone down the celebration as most of their areas are still recovering from Glenda, affecting their capacity to participate.”
Quezon Rep. Aleta Suarez, the governor’s mother, conceptualized the first Niyogyugan festival in 2012.
The report pointed out that “authorities had reported 27 people dead and billions of pesos worth of infrastructure, crops and property destroyed in Quezon as Glenda swept across the province.”
Janet Geneblazo-Buelo, Quezon public information officer, said though that “the provincial government would still maintain booths at Perez Park for the display of ‘one town-one product’ (Otop) from different towns.”
Screengrab from a PTV-4 video
