Festival, governor’s report to highlight Samar Day celebration

Samar Governor Sharee Tan (photo from Province
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TACLOBAN CITY-- Samar province will celebrate on Tuesday its Samar Day Celebration highlighted by two major events - the Tandaya Festivals of Festivals Grand Showdown competition at the capitol ground in the morning and State of the Provincial Address in the afternoon.

Tandaya Festival of Festivals, formerly dubbed as Samar Day Festivals of Festivals is on its third year this 2015. The provincial government introduced Tandaya to support local tourism.

Tandaya is the ancient name of the province, the term being used by the local government in their tourism promotion under Spark Samar campaign.

Previous winners of the festival competition like the Mayaw-mayaw Festival of Pinabacdao (2014 grand champion) and Carabao Festival of Gandara (2013 grand champion) are expected to join the competition on Tuesday.

In the afternoon, Governor Sharee Ann Tan-de los Santos will deliver her third State of the Provincial Address or the Governor’s Report at the provincial capitol covered court. It will be attended by village officials, mayors and national government agency officials in the province.

Fireworks display and street party in the evening will culminate the Samar Day celebration in Catbalogan City with a simultaneous concert of True Faith band in Calbayog City for the culmination of the celebration.

Samar Day was earlier celebrated every November 10 to commemorate the election of the first officials of the province. During Martial law era, the celebration was moved to August 23.

In the late 1970s, officials change the date to August 11 to honor the day when Queen Isabel of Spain signed the royal decree that established Samar as a separate province from Leyte. (PNA)
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