The Mabalacat City College – Institute of Arts
and Sciences won first place at the 2013 Mardi gras Competition held on
February 19, 2013 at Mabalacat City College Quadrangle during the College Days
2013.
The competition was hotly contested as the spirited
dancers of each institute tried to outshine each other. It has two parts. First,
the Street Dance which culminated in an interpretative dance contest at Mabalacat
City Hall at Xevera, Mabalacat City, Pampanga. The street dance comprised 40% of
the over-all competition score. And second, the Dance Showdown at the MCC
Quadrangle. The dance showdown comprised
60% of the over-all competition score.
The Institute of Arts and Sciences danced the
ritualistic Bonok Bonok Maradyaw Karadyaw,
a rain dance popular among the Mamanuas of Surigao and Agusan. Their grand
display of authentic ethnic moves with live music and chants made their rendition
unique. They won the nods of the judges and placed first.
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| The Institute of Arts and Sciences preparing for the street dance competition. (Photo: Glaiza Royo) |
The Institute of Hospitality Management enthralled
the crowd with their breathtaking rendition of the Buyogan, a festival dance popularized in Abuyog, Leyte. The dance was replete with death-defying stunts of human bees
clinging on rotating bamboo poles. They placed second.
The Institute of Teacher Education filled the
quadrangle with different images of Señor Santo Niño as they danced the Dinagyang, a festival dance in honor of
the Niño Jesus popularized in Iloilo
City. They placed third.
The Institute of Computing Studies with their Kadayawan festival dance, and the Institute
of Business Education with their Bangus
festival dance, also joined the contest. Mardi gras competitions had been a crowd drawer
at MCC. It used to be one of the contests of the Buwan ng Wika. Now, it became one of the main events of the College
Days 2013.
