The Mudpack festival is celebrated to pay homage to mother Earth and to nurture its preservation. It is the Negrenses’ way of giving importance to the environment. Through the festival, it is hope to raise the level of awareness of the people on environmental issues.
The 2009 Mudpack Festival drew in huge crowd including foreigners. The Mambukal Mountain Resort was fully-booked weeks before the scheduled Mudpack Festival.
Winners are of the various Mudpack competitions were:
Chants and stunts competition- Tribu Kasanag
Drumbeating – Tribu Ilahas
Dance – Tribu Poseidon for the dance category
Mixed Media Art – Kenneth Po
Poster Making- Princess Angie Gardos
Ms. Earth Mudpack – Miss Doanne Stephanie M. Peraren
Here are pictures of the Mudpack Festival courtesy of Annie May Valdez.
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sirs, I am taking art lessons and would like to paint an oil painting of one of the mudpack pictures. They are so unusual and colorful i think it would be fun to do this. I’d like your permission to use your photograph to go by. Thank you for considering my request.
Hi Reba! You can email Anne Valdez at anne.valdez@hotmail.com She’s the one who took the pictures. I’m sure she won’t mind you.