Tuna Festival is a week-long, an annual festival celebrated in General Santos, Philippines, in the first week of September of every year.[1]
| Tuna Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Carnival, Parade, Street dancing |
| Dates | First week of September |
| Location(s) | General Santos |
| Years active | 1998 - present |
The fiesta features colorful tuna-themed designed float parade showcasing marine life, along General Santos City. The Pioneer Avenue ‘Sugbahan sa Dalan’ displays grilled tuna panga (tuna collar), prawns, and other seafood. Other events include the Tuna Culinary and Skills Olympics, food bazaars at Roxas East and Pendatun Avenues, the "Grand Fish Fest sa Fishport," the fastest tuna cleaner in "Linis Tuna", the mightiest fisherman in "Buhat Tuna" and heaviest tuna catch of 101 kilograms.
The Festival celebrated the 56th anniversary of its cityhood in 2024 with fireworks and celebrities. However the fisherfolk struggles with a meager percentage of their catch sold at high prices for sashimi.[2]
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edit- ^ "GenSan ready for 2017 Tuna Festival | MindaNews". www.mindanews.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ Rebollido, Rommel (September 2, 2024). "General Santos tuna festival obscures struggles of fishing industry workers". Rappler. Retrieved September 6, 2024.