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PINEAPPLE FESTIVAL The municipality boast for its Pineapple Festival which is popularly known as “Pinyasan”. A month long celebration promoting Queen Formosa that features unique arts and culture through agro-industrial fair, beauty tilt, historical cultural presentation and different sports events. The celebration is highlighted by lavishly decorated floats and be-costumed street dancers executing unique and well-choreographed dancers in a grand street-theatrical presentation. It is celebrated from June 15-23 annually coinciding with the feast of its patron saint, Saint John the Baptist on June 24. HISTORY OF PINYASAN ORIGIN In 1992, Tito S. Sarion, one of the councilors of Daet had a trip to Camiguin Islands. He witnessed the Lanzones festival, a street parade featuring the Lanzones harvested in the island, which with the years has earned fame and identity among the tourists. Sarion thought of his province’s vast plantation of pineapple. So, when he returned to Daet he did not hesitate to present his idea. On April 14, 1993, during the regular session of the Sangguniang Bayan of Daet, councilor Sarion passed Resolution No. 107-93, approving the holding of the first Daet Pineapple Festival and every year thereafter as one of the tourism features of the Municipality of Daet. He reasoned that this kind of tourism promotion has been proven to be effective just like Camiguin’s Lanzones Festival. Just like Iloco’s Tobacco Festival and in other places where people and government join hands to conduct various activities relating to their main feature of celebrations. His vision was to make Camarines Norte a famous tourist destination, where the minds of the people are ready to accept visitors and tourists to promote local products. The Pineapple Festival, according to him, will serve as an instrument to develop agricultural productivity, promote and invite processor or industries for the pineapple. He also pointed out the support and encouragement of the department of Tourism in conducting a festival that will showcase the famous Formosa, known as the sweetest pineapple variety and abundantly grown in Camarines Norte. According to Sarion it is timely for the people of Camarines Norte to show their rich culture and prove that Camarines Norte is a “Land of Great Opportunities”. His proposal was seconded by councilors Yanto, Bacerdo, Baclagan, Bacuno and Abogado. The Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 114-93 was unanimously approved and through Executive Order No. 07-93 the annual celebration of the PINEAPPLE FESTIVAL was started, a major leap for Daet’s tourism industry. VISION The Camarines Norteans, particularly Daetenos, envisioned the collective efforts of Bicolanos to improve quality of life through social stability and sustainable development. To foster in their capabilities, heritage and vast natural resources in the land the famous and the sweetest queen of Formosa pineapple was showcased. This is a prime product that they could boast of. OBJECTIVES General Objectives: The Pineapple Festival aims to promote the tourism industry of the province particularly in Daet through identified main agricultural products and the people’s participation by showcasing their potentials, culture and history as well as development thrusts.
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