Kalilangan Festival of GenSan

Get ready for the biggest celebration in General Santos City this month of February - the Kalilangan Festival 2013!

From a Maguindanaoan term "kalilang" which means celebration or festivity,Kalilangan Festival is actually a month-long celebration of Gensan's rich and diverse culture and heritage and coincides with the foundation anniversary of General Santos City. It was recognized as the Best Tourism Event (Culture and Arts category) in the country in the years 2009, 2011 and 2012 by the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines. 

EVENT PRECIS

“KASAYSAYAN, KULTURA, KALILANGAN” OPENING CEREMONY IS A FITTING PRELUDE TO THE COLORFUL AND SOULFUL WEEK-LONG PAGEANTRY AS HOMAGE TO THE CITY’S RICH HISTORY AND DIVERSITY AND A TRIBUTE TO THE CITY’S PASSION FOR GLOBAL REACH.

IT IS A SHOWCASE OF POMP AND PAGEANTRY OF THE CITY’S VIBRANT CULTURAL LANDSCAPE SEEN THROUGH A KALEIDOSCOPIC PANORAMA OF TEXTURE, COLOR, AND FLAVOR.

IT IS AN EVENING OF LOCAL SYNERGY EXALTED IN A UNIVERSAL EXPRESSION OF SONGS AND DANCES CRAFTED BY THE DYNAMICS OF THE CITY’S BEST AND BRIGHTEST TALENTS AND ARTISTS.

AROUND 400 PERFORMERS WILL INTERPRET THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF A CITY SOARING HIGHER AND EXPANDING ITS REACH EVEN BIGGER AND WIDER THROUGH SYNCOPATED MUSIC AND DANCE THEATRICAL EXTRAVAGANZA.

THE PERFORMANCE PIECES ARE METAPHORICAL DEPICTION OF THE CITY’S HISTORY, ITS EVOLUTION, ITS JOURNEY - THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CITY THROUGH A THEATRICAL PRESENTATION.