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Lumba Pahibo

Magellan’s trek in Butuan

One of the highlights of the 58th Adlaw Hong Butuan celebration is the Magellan’s Trek (Lumba Pabibo) on July 31 is aimed to re-chart the historical and controversial route of Ferdinand Magellan journey to re-energize the young and olds alike, in terms of historical awareness.

Magellan Trek is basically a sports game involving teen-agers (age 13-16 years old) from various educational institutions comprising 9 members per team’ which would be accompanied by a teacher from the registrant’s school.

Each team must provide their own First-Aid Kit, Scarves and Caps, snacks and water. The Lumba Pabibo (fun run) would start at the City Hall Grounds passing through seven historical sites of the city to finally end at Rizal Park where each team would be given certain tasks which describes best the historicity of the particular site then acted out and performed by the team. (more…)

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