The Pistang Milenyo Filipino, a week-long celebration throughout the country to welcome the new millennium, will formally open on Dec. 26.
Officials of the Presidential Commission on the New Century (PCNCM) and the Millennium, along with its Committee on the Turn-of-the-Century Celebrations (CTCC), said the central theme of the Pistang Milenyo Filipino is Agricultural modernization through science and technology.
The Milenyo Filipino Festival will be formally opened at the Rizal Park (Luneta) in Manila a day after Christmas and will culminate in a millennium-countdown on New Year’s Eve with President Duterte leading a Kapit-Bisig (linking of arms) ritual that symbolizes Filipino unity.
For the duration of the festival, Rizal Park will be transformed into a special millennium theme park, where there will be festivities and shows for the entertainment of people from all walks of life. The main activities on Dec. 31 will have the Quirino Grandstand as venue.
Mr. Estrada has noted that agriculture, science, technology and culture are the driving force that will sharpen the Filipinos’ global competitiveness in the next century. He said promoting the country’s culture would enable the government to portray to the whole world the real Philippine heritage while developing S&T would make our industries globally-competitive for the benefit of all Filipinos, specially the poor.
The Pistang Milenyo Filipino, while serving its basic purpose of presenting the country’s best in arts and culture, in agriculture, in science and technology and in trade and industry, will be used to drumbeat the meaning and importance of the turn-of-the-century program.
Secretary William Dar of the Department of Agriculture chairs the PCNCM, which is tasked to identify the administration’s visions and goals for the next millennium. Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat of the Department of Tourism heads the CTCC, which is tasked with organizing the activities to welcome the new millennium.
Dar and Romulo-Puyat said the festival will showcase Philippine achievements during this century in art and culture, together with the accomplishments in agri-based scientific and technological activities, trade and industry
Romulo-Puyat said the Rizal Park will be dressed up in a truly Filipino fashion with arches, buntings, art objects, and streamers to focus the general theme of the Philippine millennium celebration.
As envisioned, the Milenyo Filipino Festival will have various events to be held in designated areas of the Rizal Park.
The Pistang Pambata (Pinoy Children’s Festival), which will be staged beside the DOT Building, will be spruced up with local mythological figures such as Ibong Adarna and Kapre to heighten the awareness and interest of Filipino children in our myths and folklore.
There will also be puppet shows, folk games, and higantes parade, among others.
Turismo ng Kalikasan (Philippine Eco-tourism Center) will be held at the Halamanan ng Bayan at the corner of Taft Ave. and Padre Burgos St., in Malate, Manila.
It will be the site of eco-tourism displays, exhibits, concerts, demos and teach-ins that will emphasize the government’s concern for the environment.
The Sining Pinoy (Pinoy Safe Scene) will occupy the entire Agrifina Circle which will be transformed into a veritable Café Street with outdoor art exhibits, cultural performances, concerts, fashion shows and poetry reading.
Liwasang Bulaklakan (Philippine Millennium Garden Show) at the Orchidarium will show the best collection of orchids, bromeliads, mums, poinsetias, roses and other tropical plants. There will also be a commercial exhibit of cut flowers and other ornamental plants.
Ambag ng Sining Silangan (Exhibit of Japanese and Chinese influences on Philippine Culture) will show photos and art objects depicting the vast Japanese and Chinese influences on Philippine culture.
Teatro at Pelikula (Program of Cultural Shows and Movies), is an open-air show that will feature the best Filipino plays and movies.
Ginintuang Ani ng Lupang Pilipino (Special Agricultural Fair) is part of the Kanlungan ng Sining, with the back of the National Library as venue where a special agricultural fair will showcase our achievements in agriculture.
Sulong Agham at Teknolohiya (Science and Technology Exhibit) is a special science and technology exhibit to be held in the Planetarium. It will showcase interesting Philippine inventions and achievements in science and technology.
Disenyo at Kalakalan (Philippine Trade Exhibit) at the lobby and the other open areas inside the National Library will feature a special trade exhibit where the country’s best designs on exportable products may be seen.
Sinundang Kabihasnan (Philippine Pre-Historic Exhibit), an exhibit of Philippine pre-history artifacts, will be located at the "Cave" at the Rizal Park. It will also have live performances or vignettes on our early civilization.
Handaan (Philippine Food Fiesta) The tree-shaded area at corner T.M. Kalaw St. and Roxas Blvd. will be set aside for food stalls, where restaurants and hotels will have their respective outlets.
To enliven the park and to add more color to the festival, there will be parades depicting our popular fiestas at designated days and hours.
Some of these fiestas are the Carabao Festival of Pulilan, Bulacan; Pahiyas of Lucban, Quezon Province; Maytinis of Cavite; and the Agawan of Sariaya, also in Quezon.
The parades, starting from DOT, will wind through all the walkways at the park.
In between these cultural parades will be street tableaux featuring folk dances and vignettes of important Filipino plays produced through the years.
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