Last July 19, 2013, Iponan celebrated their 5th Humba and Salucara Festival. The festival was held at the Iponan Open Grounds and Covered Court. Iponan takes pride of their delicious specialties Humba and Salucara (animal fat-flavored pancake) as they traced their roots making the two specialties an Iponan must-have food. The festival was lead by their Barangay Chairman Anthony O. Brellita with activities lined up for the whole day such as Humba cooking, Salucara Cooking, Vegetable Cooking, Table Setting and Flower Arrangement, Watermelon Carving, Tropical Foliage and School Based contests such as Jingle Singing, Poster Making, and Nutri Quiz.
Below are the results from the open and school based contest of the Humba and Salucara Festival 2013:
OVER ALL WINNERS
1st – Iponan National High School – 25 pts
2nd – Zone 5 Camansi – 14 pts.
3rd – Zone 4 – 13 pts.
OPEN CATEGORY
1)HUMBA Cooking – Iponan National High School – 92.3
2)SALUKARA Cooking – Iponan National High School – 91.9
3) VEGETABLE Cooking – Iponan National High School – 92.35
4)TABLE SETTING & FLOWER ARRANGEMENT – Urban Poor – 93.4
5) WATERMELON CARVING – Zone 4 – 94.4
6) TROPICAL FOLIAGE – BWDC – 90.4
SCHOOL BASED Contest:
1) JINGLE SINGING
Pre school-Champion: Bulao Elem. School
Elementary- Champion: Iponan Elem. School
High school-Champion: Iponan National High School
2) POSTER MAKING
Elementary- Tzaddi Schin Pinara, Evangelical Academy
High School- James Dingal, Blessed Mother College
3) NUTRI QUIZ
Pre school-Guillana, Jopher , Community Christian Academy
Elementary- Alas, Michelle, Community Christian Academy
High School- Karl Ian, Blessed Mother College
source: Iponan Barangay Council
The Iponan Barangay Council is looking forward to having a bigger festival next year. To date, Barangay Iponan holds the most number of Barangay Festivals in Cagayan de Oro City. Kagayanons, we must also look forward to their Suman Festival every December. The celebration was successful through the synergy of the Barangay Council and the people of Iponan.