2011 Gayon Bicol Festival of Festivals Showdown Best in Costume and Best in Moving Choreography

The female costume depicts a stylized version of the Sosogon costume during the early Spanish era. The costume is a mix of native (Malay flavor) and Spanish designs and elements but incorporated with different accents that shows the products and natural elements abundant in the place.
The sleeves show a bunch of pili fruits in different stages of maturity from the young (colored green) to the semi – mature (colored violet/magenta) and the mature or ripe (colored black). The short skirt shows the S design which depicts the river, an element pivotal to the history of the name Sorsogon.
The same costume covered with a long skirt and topped with the stylized “panuelo” and accented with a headdress depicts the costume used for festive occasions such as harvesting festivals and others. The headdress shows the pili design painted on it. The handheld props such as baskets are made of rattan and abaca, accented with some printed cloth and jars of pili candies decorated with abaca twines.
The accessories used such as necklace, belt and headband are accented with pieces of pili nut shells from the pili fruit which is one of our prime agricultural products and some spangles for glittery effect.