21/01/2025
๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐โ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ก 2025: ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ก๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ
CITY OF SANTA ROSA, LAGUNA โ A kaleidoscope of vibrant colors, rhythmic music, and cultural pride took center stage on January 19, 2025, as the City of Santa Rosa marked the 26th Sikhayan Festival in grand fashion.
Coinciding with the cityโs 233rd Founding Anniversary, the festival carried the inspiring theme, โPamilyang Santa Rosa: Progresong Walang Hinto, Sama-Samang Paglagoโ (Santa Rosa Family: Unstoppable Progress, Shared Growth Together), uniting residents and visitors in a celebration of tradition, resilience, and growth.
๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ
Sikhayan, short for Sikap sa Kabuhayan (Striving for Livelihood), is more than a festivalโit is a tribute to the entrepreneurial spirit that has transformed Santa Rosa into the thriving โLion City.โ Mayor Arlene B. Arcillas opened the festivities with heartfelt gratitude for the collective effort that drives the cityโs progress.
โ๐๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ-๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ข-๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑโ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ข. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ,โ Mayor Arlene shared.
Reflecting on her fatherโs visionary leadership, the late Mayor Leon C. Arcillas, she added, โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ขโ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ.โ
๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐
The festivalโs highlight was the highly anticipated Street Dance Competition, where nine barangaysโSinalhan, Dila, Macabling, Ibaba, Market Area, Tagapo, Caingin, Pulong Santa Cruz, and Malitlitโdisplayed their creativity and dedication.
Barangay Tagapo emerged as the champion, with Barangay Dila and Barangay Pulong Santa Cruz claiming second and third places, respectively.
Special awards added flair to the competition: Barangay Market Area was crowned Reyna ng Sikhayan, Barangay Tagapo won Best in Costume, and Barangay Dila received Best in Street Dance.
More than a competition, Sikhayan reflects the dedication of Santa Rosaโs barangays to preserving tradition and fostering community pride. The parade, which began in Barangay Balibago and culminated at the City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex, showcased the unity and creativity of its people. Adding star power were guest artists Alden Richards and Joshua Garcia, who thrilled the crowd with their performances.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐
For those unable to join the festivities in person, the event was live-streamed on the official Santa Rosa City Government and Sikhayan Festival pages. This effort ensured that Santa Rosans worldwide could participate and celebrate the cityโs culture and achievements.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Vice Mayor Arnold Arcillas underscored the festivalโs broader significance as a reminder of the cityโs shared responsibility to sustain its progress.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ดโ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ,โ he said.
Santa Rosa is steadily advancing toward becoming a model smart city. Aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and guided by its Smart City Roadmap, the city is spearheading key initiatives such as developing renewable energy infrastructure; implementing digitalized and transparent governance; enhancing public transportation systems; and expanding opportunities for businesses and residents in a tech-driven economy.
โ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ 2025 ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ: ๐ข ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด,โ Vice Mayor Arnold remarked.
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐
As the 26th Sikhayan Festival concluded, it left an indelible message: Santa Rosaโs success is built on unity, resilience, and a collective commitment to progress.
With every Sikhayan celebration, Santa Rosa reaffirms its identity as a city of opportunity, innovation, and enduring prideโa city that continues to rise, together.
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