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Baguio in bloom at Panagbenga flower festival


Flowers flowers everywhere and not a petal was spared to create insects, fruits, and yes, even flowers at the colorful Panagbenga float parade Sunday.

 
The crowds along Session Road cheered wildly as the stars of epic serye Indio waved from the galleon-shaped float of GMA network.
 
Religion and robots created a strange mix in this mechanically enhanced float, which spewed fiery explosions and had an angel going around an elevated track as an image of the Sto. Niño was raised up and around to the delight of the audience.  
 
A lion, eagle, and a leopard made of everlasting and mums form part of this animal-themed float, which is decked with pink stargazers and white carnations.
 
 
A cyclist made of chrysanthemums and mums sits atop a float that was followed by a team of real cyclists.
 
 
These strawberries made of red mums look almost good enough to eat, with baskets of stargazers and temperate vegetables fittingly completing the float for the province of Benguet.
 
 
Native Ifugao huts provide a touch of the Cordillera above a riot of roses, mums, and stargazers.
 
 
A group of cheer dancers delights the crowd with high-flying leaps toward the end of the parade.
 
 
Garden insects and flowers made of flowers give a whimsical note to this float.
 
In the chilly Baguio climate, a tender father and son moment perfectly captures the theme of close family ties amid a profusion of chrysanthemums and anthuriums.
 
A cultural group struggles to perform inside the cramped confines of this flower-decked float, the entry of a farmers' cooperative.
 
Cheeky slogans promoting rice self-sufficiency adorn this float filled with flowers, farm produce, and pretty girls in ethnic attire.
 
 
This NLEX float had a miniature car perched on a flowery highway.
 
 
Beauty queen Shamcey Supsup waves to fans from a tropical paradise of parrots, palm trees, and a carpet of Baguio blooms.
 
— CGL/KG, GMA News