Buglasan Festival to return to original venue

THIS year’s Buglasan Festival of Festivals will return to Negros Oriental Provincial Capitol grounds in Dumaguete City, five years after the festival was moved to Sidlakang Negros Village.

Capitol Information officer Adrian Sedillo said the festival activities will return to the Capitol grounds following discussions between the provincial government and the local government units.

This year, Gov. Roel Degamo’s office received suggestions on the possibility of moving the Buglasan Festival back to the more spacious Capitol grounds and Freedom Park, prompting the governor to order the Provincial Tourism Council led by Dr. Nick Elman to conduct a survey on the proposed move.

Reports quoting Dr. Elman indicate that 80 to 85 percent of survey’s respondents favor the move.

Sedillo said that after meeting with the mayors, the governor decided that only the festival activities will be brought back to the Capitol.

The governor said the LGU booths will stay at the Sidlakang Negros Village.

“Sidlakang Negros Village will remain as the show window of all the provincial government’s efforts in the promotion of culture, arts, heritage and tourism potentials in Negros Oriental,” Degamo said.