Batac accepts ‘Tan-ok’ decision

By Dominic B. dela Cruz

Staff Reporter

Batac City—Mayor Jeffrey Jubal Nalupta has accepted the decision during the third Tan-ok Festival held on December 6, 2013 at the Marcos Stadium.

Nalupta stressed that he does not blame anyone after they placed third as he said as long as they did their best. He opined that maybe their presentation was not the type of presentation the board of judges has wanted and appreciated.

The mayor however added that the first persons that were dismayed were the dancers and performers because they trained for at least two months.

He said he personally saw the rigid training and the hard work they gave that they even no longer took their semestral break just to undergo the daily training.

Nalupta emphasized that he respects and abides by the decision made by the members of the board of judges as the competition is finished.

Nalupta took light in his personal fulfilment after people praised and made positive comments on their Empanada Festival presentation.

First, Nalupta explained that the Empanada Festival dance has its own signature steps and was created through workshops by the city’s top choreographers and dancers conducted by the NCCA.

The mayor further stated that Empanada Festival has five signature dance moves/steps which he does not know whether other festival-presentations also have.

These dance steps and moves Nalupta said are the one giving identity and characters to a certain festival.

Secondly, Nalupta also said the Empanada Festival has also its own signature music which other festivals should also have.

In Batac, Nalupta said that the music for the Empanada Festival was the only type of music they used in the Tan-ok. However, the music was used in a different speed and the way it was presented.

These are the things the mayor just wanted to emphasize because according to what he observed, the decisions were based more on folkloric or folk dances.

He also observed that most of the winners in this year’s Tan-ok Festival were based on folk dances and those are the expertise of the members of the board of judges compared with the Empanada Festival presentation which was a contemporary and Latin dances.

This is the reason why he already suggested to Governor Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos last year that board of judges should be a practicing choreographers from the different but well established festivals in the country like the top-caliber choreographers in the Sinulog Festival, Mascara Festival, Dinagyang Festival, Panagbenga Festival and other festivals in the country to have a different dimension in judging.

Nalupta believes that an art is a very dynamic with no limitations and restrictions like what the Empanada Festival wherein the story line raises its origin in the Spanish countries and eventually evolved on the tastes of the people of Batac.

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