The Panaad sa Negros Festival, also called simply as the Panaad Festival (sometimes spelled as ''Pana-ad''), is a festival held annually during the month of April in

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, the capital of

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province in the

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. ''Panaad'' is the Hiligaynon word for "vow" or "promise" coming from the root-word ''saad''; the festival is a form of thanksgiving to

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and commemoration of a vow in exchange for a good life. The celebration is held at the Panaad Park, which also houses the Panaad Stadium, and is participated in by the 13 cities and 19 towns of the province. For this reason, the province dubs it the "mother" of all its festivals. The first Panaad sa Negros Festival was held at

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in a three-day affair in 1993 that started April 30. The festival was held at the lagoon fronting the Provincial Capitol for the first four years. As the festival grew each year, it became necessary to locate a more spacious venue. In 1997, the festival was held at the reclaimed area near where the Bredco Port is located today. The construction of the

Panaad Stadium The Panaad Stadium (), also sometimes spelled as Pana-ad, named after the park where the stadium is situated in, is a multi-purpose stadium in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod, Philippines. Panaad hosted various international sporting events parti ...

and sports complex paved the way for the establishment of the Panaad Park as the permanent home of the festival.

Award

In 2017, the Panaad sa Negros Festival made it to the Hall of Fame of the ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards after it was adjudged by the

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as its Best Tourism Event in the Provincial Festival Category nationwide for the third consecutive year at the awards night held on October 6, 2017 at the Iloilo Convention Center in Iloilo City.

External links

Panaad sa Negros Festival - Official Facebook Page

Panaad sa Negros Festival - Twitter

Panaad sa Negros Festival - YouTube Channel

Panaad sa Negros Festival 2019 Schedule of Activities, Retrieved April 8, 2019

References

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Award

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