Panagbenga Upclose: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Panagbenga closes after five weeks since its launching on February 1. And once again, we receive negative and positive feedbacks from visitors, critics, observers, volunteers, documenters, politicians, etc. etc. On the business side, I do believe the festival does help garner income during this festivity that once was a lean season before the creation of the event. The festival’s purpose to help the hospitality businesses during this season is doing its purpose. Credits go not only to the organizers who conceptualized the idea but also to the members of the media who started covering and promoting the event from its conception until it grew to what it is today. I only started covering the festival in 2005 as a hobbyist photographer challenging myself to get better photo with my next shot. I still haven’t found the Panagbenga masterpiece that can show the meaning of Panagbenga in just one photo. But here are some of my documentations for this year’s events, not the best photos I got c...