Lapyahan FestivaL 2010 (San Remigio,Cebu)

The Municipality of San REMIGIO celebrates

the LAPYAHAN Festival in cognizance of the Town Fiesta.

 Lapyahan means shoreline, symbolized the arrival of

the development and progress in the midst of

this proud town after a long wait,

when then it’s a venue of community where

 posted to guard the town or a stronghold when

the Moro depredators were sighted.

Laterally LAPYAHAN describes

the unique feature of

San Remigio for having

the longest shoreline in Cebu Province

with ala

Boracay white beaches enough to taunt

foreign and local tourists.

The theme of this

festival is a combination of

Town’s History and

God’s gift natural beautiful shoreline.

The first section of the festivity is history,

the ritual dance chronologically symbolize from

the very beginning from pre Spanish era,

Japanese occupation then to American regime until

the independence of what we are now.

The costume and props use by

the upland section, camouflage their motive of

 promoting the agro-forestry product to

the low land community.

 Another concept of

the farmers which they are going to portray is

 the products of agro-forestry system

that are being sold to

the shoreline community and

the tourist market- like organic foods

and ornamentation and

 made of variety crafts for souvenir item

that come from

the indigenous materials or recycle one.

 To sum up the people in

 the mountain have also a role to follow

 the flow of eco-system.

The costume and props use by

the upland section, camouflage

 their motive of promoting

the agro-forestry product to

the low land community.

Another concept of

the farmers which they are going to portray is

the products of agro-forestry system

that are being sold to

the shoreline community and

the tourist market- like organic foods

and ornamentation

and made of variety crafts for souvenir

 item that come from

the indigenous materials or recycle one.

To sum up the people in

the mountain have also a role to follow

the flow of eco-system.

The props and costumes used by

the dancers in coastal area still camouflage on how

the cycle of deforestation, soil erosion and the greatest and

the most damaging problem to the sea resources which is the siltation.

The sea section to the line in the preservation of

the marine resources as not to damage the productivity and diversity

has allow the low land people to live comfortably along

the LAPYAHAN; will be protected from

strong sea currents and waves, and allow them

 to harvest a bountiful fish product and other marine life.

The creativity of the dancer show how the pollution coming

from the upland area down to the sea, that damage

 the coral reef by dirtying the sea bed.