Smart Prepaid welcomes 2015 with Davao’s Torotot Festival
1/08/2015
Smart Prepaid joined Davaoeños in celebrating
the colorful Torotot Festival, Davao City’s creative and harmeless way of
welcoming the New Year – sans firecrackers, which have been banned in the area
since 2002.
Although without the literal bang of firecrackers
and fireworks, Davao City’s Torotot Festival was definitely not any less loud
and fun, especially with Smart Prepaid’s ‘Live All Out’ brand of epic
celebration.
Davaoeños kicked off the festivities with a
parade of creative Torotot-inspired costumes that livened up the streets around
People’s Park leading to Roxas Boulevard. On the other hand, a
Torotot featuring an intricate durian wood carving bested other stunning entries
in the search for the most creative piece, showcasing the undeniable artistry
of Davaoeños.
Loyal and new Smart
subscribers at the festival enjoyed the Torotot Festival like no other as they
got the chance to win exciting raffle prizes at the Torotot Festival countdown
show as well as Smart Prepaid activity booths.
The New Year countdown program
started in the afternoon with a grand hiphop dance battle among Davao City's
barangays. In the end, Sta. Ana Move Struck earned the top prize with their
jaw-dropping moves.
Hours before the much awaited countdown, the
iconic Pinoy band “Color it Red” and renowned vocalist Luke Mejares dished out popular
Pinoy songs that got the crowd singing along.
But the cheers and shrieks of the crowd were
the loudest when Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte addressed the crowd and thanked
everyone, including Smart, for supporting the city's advocacy in creating a
safe, peaceful New Year celebration.
With so much enthusiasm, thousands
simultaneously blew their colorful torotots at the final moments of
2014, embracing the New Year with optimism and hope.
Throughout the celebration, everyone enjoyed
snapping, posting and sharing the most awesome moments with family and friends
here and abroad on the strength of Smart’s network, and its 30 MB worth of free
mobile Internet to all subscribers.
As a fitting welcome to the
New Year, Department of Tourism (DOT) Asst. Sec for Region 11 Arturo Bongcato
unveiled its new campaign, "Visit the Philippines 2015." Bongcato
highlighted Davao City's important role in this news campaign as it continues
to draw a growing number of local and foreign tourists every year for its
natural wonders, rich culture and joyful festivals.
To stay updated with Smart events and
promos, simply follow Smart’s official accounts on Facebook (www.facebook.com/SmartCommunications)
and Twitter (@SMARTcares).
***Photo and text courtesy of Smart Communications***
1 comments
Torotot the most affordable and safer. One way to alleviate and reduce firecracker accident. Good Slogan! Mabuhay ka Mayor Digong!!!...
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