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The festival’s dance competition is one of the most anticipated events during the annual Aggao Nac Cagayan (Araw ng Cagayan or Cagayan Day). This year, the province is celebrating its 442nd founding anniversary.
CAGAYAN, Philippines – Vibrant costumes and props, exquisite choreographies, and live music filled the muddied grounds of the Cagayan Sports Complex in Tuguegarao City as seven teams battled it out to emerge on top of the 2025 Pabbarayle Festival Dance Competition.
Young dancers from different towns across Cagayan swayed through the intermittent rain to present their respective local festival dances, allowing the audience to travel around Cagayan by witnessing the teams’ lively street dancing.
The teams that competed in this year’s Pabbarayle included the municipalities of Baggao, Enrile, Gattaran, Lallo, Sanchez Mira, and Tuao, as well as the sole city in the province, Tuguegarao.
The festival’s dance competition is one of the most anticipated events during the annual Aggao Nac Cagayan (Araw ng Cagayan or Cagayan Day). This year, the province is celebrating its 442nd founding anniversary.
According to the Cagayan Museum and Historical Research Center, it was on June 29, 1583, when the civil government of Cagayan was first established through a Spanish Royal Decree, with Ciudad Nueva Segovia (now Lal-lo) as its capital.
‘Mutya ti Cagayan‘
Aside from the street parade and showdown, the competing towns and city also sent representatives for the “Mutya ti Cagayan” (Muse of Cagayan) competition, where young festival queens exhibited graceful moves and theatrics to win the crown.
Here are more photos from the dance competition:
– Rappler.com
Roland Andam Jr. is a BS Accountancy student at Cagayan State University-Andrews Campus. An Aries Rufo Journalism Fellow of Rappler for 2025, he is also the editor in chief of The CSU Communicator.
