The Panagbenga Festival , the annual Flower Festival , held in February , was created as a tribute to the city 's flowers and as a way to rise up from the devastation of the 1990 Luzon earthquake . The festival includes floats that are covered mostly with flowers not unlike those used in Pasadena 's Rose Parade . The festival also includes street dancing , presented by dancers clad in flower-inspired costumes , that is inspired by the Bendian , an Ibaloi dance of celebration that came from the Cordillera region . The indigenous people were initially wary with government-led tourism due to a perceived threat that the government would interfere with or change their communities ' rituals . The city also celebrates its city charter anniversary every 1st of September and has been declared as a special non-working holiday by virtue of RA 6710 in 1989
1990 Luzon earthquake
1990 Luzon earthquake
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