MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 6 (PIA) -- A colorful cultural street dance competition highlighted the finale of the week-long celebration of the 53rd founding anniversary of the province dubbed as “Karimbaran sa Ranao 2012” on Wednesday, July 4.
The competition was participated in by students from the various schools in the province clustered into five schools division, namely Lanao del Sur IA, IB, IIA, IIB, and Marawi City.
The Lanao del Sur IIB contingent was awarded champion winning P60,000 while Lanao del Sur IIA contingent won first runner-up taking home P50,000 cash prize.
Contingents from Lanao del Sur IB and IA placed second and third runners-up with cash prizes of P40,000, and P30,000, respectively. On the other hand, a special award was given to the delegation of the Marawi City School Division.
During the culmination program, Provincial Governor Mamintal A. Adiong Jr. expressed appreciation to all those who joined in the week-long festivity and merry-making. He also thanked the Sangguninang Panlalawigan for continuously supporting his programs and projects, as well as, the Lanao civil society, national line agencies, and local government units in the province for being key partners of the provincial government in promoting and advancing the province.
The theme of this year’s celebration was “Lanao del Sur: My Home, Your Home.”
It can be recalled that Republic Act No. 2228 divided Lanao into two provinces, Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur, on July 4, 1959 making Iligan and Marawi the capital of the two provinces, respectively.
Today, Lanao del Sur is one of the five provinces comprising the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). It voted to join the Muslim Mindanao region in plebiscite in 1989 while Lanao del Norte was included as part of Northern Mindanao.
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