Cordillera Development Council recognizes Kalinga for world record-breaking achievements

Baguio City, Philippines – The Cordillera Regional Development Council chaired by Apayao Governor Elias Bulut Jr. gives due recognition to the Kalinga province for successfully achieving two world titles on its grand 28th anniversary celebration and 4th Bodong Festival.

During the regional council’s 2023 First Quarter meeting held on Thursday, March 09, in Baguio City, the recognition certificate was awarded to Kalinga Governor James Edduba by the RDC’s Private Sector Representatives headed by RDC-Cordillera Co-chairperson, Edna Tabanda.

Governor Edduba was accompanied by the President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines - Kalinga Chapter, Pasil Mayor Alfredo “Chao-ig” Malannag Jr. in receiving the citation.

Some 3,440 gong players from across Kalinga province performed in unison to win the “Largest Gong Ensemble” in the world. In a separate performance, 4,861 “banga” (pot) dancers danced their way to record the Guinness World’s “Largest Pot Dance.”

Both world titles were staged in this year’s “Awong Chi Gangsa, Agtu’n Chi Banga” (A Call of a Thousand Gongs, A Dance of a Thousand Pots), as adjudicated by Kazuyoshi Kirimura and witnessed by Stanley Anongos of Benguet State University; Atanacio Addog of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples – Cordillera; and Allen Marquez and Kenneth Maslang of St. Mary’s University.

Official confirmation as Guinness World Record Holder

Also on Thursday, Edduba shared he received the official confirmation of the province as Guinness World Record Holder. The global authority on all record-breaking events congratulated the people of Kalinga for their success, saying “You are OFFICIALLY AMAZING!”

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