17th San Pablo City Coco Festival 2012

The Coconut Festival is a week-long celebration in San Pablo,

 Laguna, the Philippines, in honor of their

patron Saint Paul the Hermit.

It is held every first to second week of January.

It is a celebration started in 1996. 

 The festival consists of Street dancing, float parade,

street concerts, nightly programs before the city fiesta

and some other important events like the yearly

"Mutya at Lakan ng San Pablo".

 It is more on a tribal beat.

Some of the used music/songs in the street dancing were:

 "Follow the Leader" in 1998; "Da Coconut Nut" in 2000-2002

 and some remix songs. But for the past years until now,

San Pablo City Coconut Festival street dancing is using

 "Mabuhay ang San Pablo" (Long live the city) song.

San Pablo City’s Coconut Festival also known as Coco Fest

 gives more colors to the city fiesta which is held every 15 January.

 It attracts people nearby towns and foreigners

as well as local and national media.

This boosts the culture and traditions of San Pablenos. 

The Coconut Festival Street Dancing is a competition

among schools within San Pablo City.

The competition is divided in three divisions:

Elementary, Secondary and the College Divisions.

 During the early festivals, costumes were 90% made from

 coconut trees.

The Coco Carnival Queen during the Coco Fest

 also takes the limelight of the festival.

The event showcases the creativity of San Pablo

by making festive gowns and costumes purely made from the coconut tree.