The GenSan Tuna Festival is one
of the key celebrations for the city each and every year since its inception in
the 1990s as an add-on to the original city charter anniversary celebrations,
eventually encompassing it as a week-long special event. Of course, as a
consequence of having been held annually for so long now, the challenge for the
GenSan LGU in overseeing the organization of the Tuna Festival this year is to
make sure the celebration is no mere rehash of what has been done again and
again before. This dedication to making Tuna Fest 2019 unique is reflected in
the new promotional slogan.
For GenSan Tuna Festival 2019,
Generals and guests for the rest of the country and the world are being invited
to “Experience New Flavors.” It is right there on top of the event name at the
new promo poster for the upcoming Tuna Fest. And the mascot tuna is totally
complementary with the slogan with how many colors it has, representing the
many possibilities in making a dish out of GenSan’s signature fish. Comic book
superhero movie buffs might also be tickled by the fact that the tuna is
holding Aquaman’s trident in its fin.
But what exactly does it mean for
Tuna Fest celebrants to experience new flavors? It likely has something to do
with the new events that will be added to the festivities this time around. The
Department of Trade and Industry Negosyo Center at the LGU’s City Investment
Building behind City Hall has been eagerly awaiting event proposals from
various sectors of GenSan since the past month or so. The deadline for these
ideas actually passed on July 22. A few days later the official Tuna Festival
Facebook page had asked Generals where the best tuna-dish eating establishments
are, but whether or not it has something to do with the slogan is yet to be known.
Traditional GenSan Tuna Festival
attractions are easily recalled by any General: a fair, food stalls and shops
at the Oval Plaza, events and competitions at the plaza stage and malls, and
especially the Fish Port Complex, are what we are used to expecting. But how
about the new flavors embodied by what event proposals came through during the
DTI Negosyo Center’s canvass? With the 2019 Tuna Fest kicking off at the end of
this month, from August 29 to September 5, we would not have to wait long to
learn.
For more updates on the upcoming
Tuna Festival this year, we can keep an eye out on the event’s official social
media channels as listed on the poster above: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
We can hope they will be exciting, and not to forget, new.
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