away from the usual in effect vibes and fun it brings , the Panagbenga fete also move over the great unwashed like flowered designer Romy Chua an opportunity to support local farmers in the metropolis and other parts of Benguet responsibility .
" We get the flowers directly from the Fannie Farmer of Benguet and in Baguio . We go directly to the blossom farms to talk to the Farmer and not just to one person or company because we desire that there will be more farmers providing the flowers need , benefiting more small farmers , " said Chua , who is superintend the innovation of at least ten flower plasterer’s float that will be promenade on February 26 during the festival ’s Grand Float Parade .
As of Thursday , February 23 , at least 24 ice-cream float have been confirmed to be participate in Sunday ’s event , parading from the Panagbenga Park to the Melvin Jones football game field .
A University of the Philippines Los Banos graduate of agriculture who obtained his landscaping and floral design skills abroad , Chua said he prefers topically maturate flowers over import ones .
" We opt to utilize the local prime because it is our way of supporting the local industry , our local flower farmers that can be commute to keen tone by incorporating the flowers with the twigs and K , which is the conception of plasterer’s float and flowered designing , " he order .
Chua said technical skill in welding and woodwork are also needed in making the structural part of the float , which unremarkably takes at least 20 days to finish .
" We have women and others from our village who are tapped in float making who have been prepare with the basics of intention . They bang what to do because they have been trained by experience , " Chua added .
Chua also serve up as a barangay councilman of Country Club Village here .
Aside from help oneself the local flower manufacture , Chua said member of his squad have also gain from working on Panagbenga floats , eventually down line of work abroad as floral designers and hotel faculty .
" They are not college graduates , not professionals but were willing to be trained . Once they read , they perfect the craft and create their identity , giving them the chance of foreign utilization , " he said .
" They started without knowledge but were uncoerced to study , and they have accomplish more than what I have attain , " he say .
Chua said one of them even became the personal flowered architect of a gallant in Dubai .
Also participating are the metropolis administration and the Department of Tourism , which will be send non - competition floats . The Baguio Country Club , meanwhile , will be field two floats , and SM Baguio are mansion of Famers .
The competing entries in the small float category are Converge , The Fraternal Order of the Eagle , EEVOR skin storage , Mang Inasal , Solid North , Palawan Express , Province of Benguet , Unilever Philippines , and Zaparita ’s garden .
The big float category competitors are Avilon Zoo , Camo John Hay Leisure , Coca - Cola Philippines , Ikea Philippines , IPI , Jollibee Foods Corporation , Sitel Philippines , and TIEZA .
Source : pna.gov.ph
