Events:

Bamboo: The Green Gold

Iloilo Bamboo Market Week 2010

By pepin

The bamboo has become a part of the Filipino culture for so many centuries. Its many valuable contributions to the lives of every pinoy made it as one of the most treasured gifts of Mother Nature.

From October 8 to 14, 2010, SM City Iloilo is home to the annual celebration of the Iloilo Bamboo Market Week. With a theme of “Bamboo: The Green Gold,” the said event aims to promote bamboo as one of the best raw materials for so many things, such as tables, window panes, arm chairs, accessories, and even as ingredients to cooking.

The week long fair includes exhibits of finished bamboo products of some local craftsmen and artists, essay writing contest, bamboo food preparation contest, painting contest, and a forum about the bamboo and the environment. All of these activities are thought to raise people’s awareness on how versatile and functional this natural gift can be.

A team from John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation (JBLCF) joins

the bamboo food preparation contest.

Judges deliberating over food taste.

An exhibit of some of the finest bamboo crafts

Participants for the bamboo food preparation contest

get ready for the panel of judges.

A unique delicacy called Bamboo Shoot  Bringis