Activities are almost set and scheduled for this year Higalaay Festival from the 12 lovely candidates of Miss Cagayan de Oro 2017 to street activities and parties around Cagayan de Oro this coming August. But few days ago, Kumbira announced that their cooking show will be postponed on August 16-18 due to some major problem that they have encounter this year kumbira cooking show.
This cooking show competition of Kumbira is one of the big events that kagay-anons longing to witness every fiesta here in Cagayan de Oro as well as some tourists who are visiting Cagayan de every fiesta. This most awaited event is the largest culinary competition and trade show in Northern Mindanao.
Some of the reasons why this year cooking show competition of Kumbira 2017 is cancelled it is because sponsors of the said event were backed out, the Commission on Higher Education and Department of Educations orders banning of field trips. City Councilor Jay Roa Pascual, co-chairman of the City Fiesta Executive Committee, declined to name the sponsors.