Bacolod City – Two persons who went viral on social media for their “lewd dancing” during the Dinagsa Festival in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental have issued an apology as they agreed to pay a fine imposed by the city government.
The two were only identified through their social media accounts as certain Boomba Wilma and Laura Beatrice Bautista – residents of Silay City in Negros Occidental.
Wilma and Bautista earned the ire of the public for dancing while allegedly showing their private parts during the festival on Saturday.
The “indecent dancing” reached Mayor Salvador Escalante of Cadiz City.
Escalante met with Wilma and Bautista yesterday to impose a P3,000 fine or an imprisonment of 10 days for violating a city ordinance by showing “indecency” in public.
Wilma and Bautista chose to pay the P3,000 fine as they promised not to replicate the act next time.
Meanwhile, another woman has issued an apology after her placard went viral for showing “indecent” words in public.
Escalante said he invited the woman to the city hall for a meeting and to make a personal apology.
He added Cadiz City observes diversity but the public should not go beyond the bounds of good taste, decency and the accepted norms of the society.
“We would like to remind the public that the display of obscene messages on placards, lewd acts and the likes are certainly unacceptable and have corresponding punitive measures,” he said.
“Those involved in the indecent acts have already been identified and have signified their intentions to issue a public apology for what they did,” Escalante added.
He said he will ask the Sanggunian Panglunsod of Cadiz City for the possible measures “to safeguard the interest of Dinagsa Festival as both a cultural and religious event.”
Meanwhile, Escalante was grateful for the thousands of revelers who joined this year’s Dinagsa Festival.
“Dinagsa 2020, no doubt, like its previous outings, was a huge success. We cannot overemphasize our elation that our cultural and religious festival has grown into a major tourism event over the decades,” said Escalante./PN
