2008 Kuratsa Festival searches for best kuratsa dancers in Region 8

The 2008 Kuratsa Festival Committee is now scouting for the best Kuratsa dancers in the different municipalities of Leyte and Samar islands, to become contestants in the June 26, 2008 Kuratsa Festival.

Mr. Julito Mendones, the festival chairperson, informed that after the successful conduct of the 2007 Kuratsa Festival last year, the Province of Leyte and the Leyte Heritage Festival Committee have included the 2008 Kuratsa Festival in the calendar of events in the celebration of the National Heritage Month in the month of May until the end of June.

An added feature in the Kuratsa Festival 2008 is the Kuratsa Dance Forum which aims to provide a venue where academicians, culture scholars, and kuratsa dance enthusiasts from all over Region 8, can discuss the heritage and artistic value, and the socio-cultural relevance of the kuratsa.

The Forum, which will be conducted on June 26 at the UPVTC AS Conference Hall from 1:00 o’clock to 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon, will also put on record Kuratsa’s value in the Eastern Visayan culture. The Kuratsa Forum will be held in partnership with the UP Visayas Tacloban College’s Leyte Samar Heritage Center.

Two paper presentations on Kuratsa of Leyte and Samar, will be the highlight of the Forum.

The Kuratsa Dance Competition Opening Ceremonies will be held from 1:00 o’clock to 6:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the UPVTC Multi Purpose Building.

Invited are contest participants from all municipalities of Leyte and key cities and municipalities of Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte and Biliran. Mr. Mendones said that the deadline for submission of contestants’ registration forms is on June 20, 2008.

The Final Round of the Competition and Awarding Ceremonies will be at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of June 26, at the RTR Plaza, Tacloban City, Mr. Mendones said.

Kuratsa is a courtship dance that highlights every important occasions in the Eastern Visayas communities. It depicts the courtship between the rooster and the hen.

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