LOOK: Crowds, participants gather for Panagbenga Festival

Crowds and delegates crowded Baguio City early Saturday to take part in this year's edition of the yearly Panagbenga Flower Festival.

Photos posted online by GMA Dagupan's Alfie Tulagan showed crowds as well as bands gathering early Saturday for the event.

This year's theme is "Let a thousand flowers bloom."

Baguio City: Panagbenga 2015 street parade contingents getting ready;theme is "Across 20 Years, blossoming together." pic.twitter.com/c2645eu7gu

— Alfie Tulagan (@AlfieTulagan) February 27, 2015
 

Young participants in flower-themed costumes for the Grand Street Parade posed for photos before the start of the event.

#Panagbenga2015 Grand Street Parade participants | via @AlfieTulagan pic.twitter.com/IhZu8QS253

— GMA News (@gmanews) February 27, 2015
 

Drum- and lyre-playing participants also wowed the crowd.

#Panagbenga2015: Participants include drum and lyres from various contigents. #Baguio #gmanews pic.twitter.com/9c1vWscQNh

— Alfie Tulagan (@AlfieTulagan) February 28, 2015
 

Photos by state-run Philippine Information Agency showed crowds gathered at the foot of Session Road to watch the event.

Crowds gather at foot of Session Rd to witness #Panagbenga2015 Grand Street Parade. | via @PIA_Cordillera pic.twitter.com/gCemfLOpVL

— GMA News (@gmanews) February 28, 2015
 

Some of the tourists had already started waiting as early as 4 a.m., GMA Dagupan's Tulagan said.

Baguio City: Tourists excited for Panagbenga 2015 street dancing parade, already in position as early as 4am. #Kapuso pic.twitter.com/eqm63m5idW

— Alfie Tulagan (@AlfieTulagan) February 27, 2015
 

In Metro Manila, several travelers lined up at a bus company's Cubao terminal to get to Baguio, the company said.

#Panagbenga2015 weekend! Situation at Cubao terminal now pic.twitter.com/SS7YviJq1i

— Victory Liner Inc. (@VictoryLinerInc) February 27, 2015
 

Panagbenga is an annual flower festival celebrated every February in Baguio City.

The word "Panagbenga" comes from a Kankanaey term meaning “season of blooming,” and "reflects the history, traditions and values of Baguio and the Cordilleras." — Joel Locsin/LBG, GMA News