By BEVERLY C. PAOYON
GUMASA, Sarangani (April 25, 2014) – The summer season’s beach fun in Sarangani begins today with the opening of Glan’s beach festival called “Mahin” - a celebration of the economic upturn its white and black sand beaches have been generating.
The April 25-26 Mahin Festival opens up summer fun while Sarangani Bay (SarBay) Festival ends it with the annually anticipated “biggest beach party by the bay” in southern Mindanao. SarBay fest is slated on May 16 and 17.
Both are beach festivals but Mahin’s celebration centers on traditional beach activities that its townsfolk have been fond of doing since. Local officials claimed it to be distinct from that of SarBay.
Mahin is a Blaan word for beach. According to the town’s local Special Ordinance No. 19-05, its celebration signifies the tranquility, calmness, and mystery of water while the term was also conceived to compliment the first tribal inhabitants of Glan who are the Blaans.
Both the white and black sand beaches of Glan have created a niche in the local tourism industry and now placed as the second top revenue earner next to copra.
Vice Mayor Vivien Yap said “Glan has been endowed with interesting and potentially exceptional eco-tourism resources with the presence of its long stretch of both white powdery, soft and black, sparkling sands with pristine waters as well as its strong historical and cultural legacy earning its tagline destination tour town Glan, with tourism and coconut production as its core multiplier industries.”
Yap added the local government is pursuing its efforts to intensify recognition for Glan “as venue for vacation, leisure and recreation as well as host to eco-tourism adventures.”
Mahin fest in Gumasa resorts showcases fun-filled with cultural-inspired activities, exciting water sports, parties and concerts. (Beverly C. Paoyon/SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE)
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