UFO is the umbrella group of some 30 Filipino organizations in the CNMI, a US territory.
UFO won $1,500 for the float that featured a man-made waterfall.
Bong Malasarte, president of UFO, told GMA News Online: “If it were not for us all coming together in the spirit of volunteerism, we wouldn’t have come up with this winning float. This success is for everyone who made it happen, and those that were touched by the resulting product.”
Malasarte said the float’s water feature, designed by an architect, depicts the universal concept of unity and oneness.
“No matter where that water comes from, it all ends up in one place. Water connects people from different cultures,” he said.
The United Filipino Organization (UFO) received $1,500 for having the best float at the 2012 Fourth of July Parade in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Haidee Eugenio
UFO board of trustees member Olive Yana, of Cagayan De Oro City in Northern Mindanao, said she expected UFO to win.
“It was genuine water flowing using the fountain principle. I don’t think the CNMI has seen something like it before this,” she said.
As UFO did not participate in the 2011 float competition, Yana said, “It’s a sweet comeback.”
In 2009, the group also won an award for the best float.
Aside from the man-made waterfall and giant rocks made out of paper mache, the float was also decorated with flora and fauna that were common to both the Philippines and the CNMI.
The second prize in the float competition went to Marianas High School Lancheros, with an entry that depicted early farming life and local produce, complete with a live carabao pulling one of the carts.
The third prize went to CAB Dancers, whose float featured Palau’s heritage and traditional Palau dances. - VVP/HS, GMA News
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