VISITORS AND LOCALS witnessed a fun-filled, event-loaded fourth Sarangani Bay Festival last May 28 – 30. The three-day celebration officially kicked off in Kiamba witnessed by a huge crowd composed of natives and guests coming from all parts of the country. The revelry concluded at the famous white sand beaches of Barangay Gumasa, Glan The annual Sarangani Bay Festival was conceptualized in 2006 as an advocacy program of the provincial government for the protection and preservation of the bay. Of late, it has become the biggest ecology themed beach party in Mindanao . “This time we have the whole country and foreigners witnessing our celebration and it’s full of beach fun and environmental activities,” Sarangani Vice Governor Steve Solon said during the opening. Beach sports, coastal clean up, artificial reef deployment, bay bodies bikini open, concert and party were featured during the three-day festival.
