The “Pintaflores Festival” was born out of San Carlos City locals’ search for a cultural identity and tradition. After holding 2 successful activities in 1992, the Nabingkalan Tattoo Festival and the Dances of Flowers, the idea of combining the 2 concepts to come up with a presentation that the city will be identified for started what today is one of the most popular street dancing festivals in the region – the Pintaflores Festival of San Carlos City every November 3-5.
Said celebration features rhythmic dances and dance dramas of life and death and the triumph of good against evil that depict the people’s thanksgiving of merriment, abundant blessings and success. As part of the Pintados tradition, the faces, arms, bodies and legs of the dancers are painted with flowers to express gratitude to man and his environment.
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