Kahilwayan is a cultural festival in a dance-drama from which showcases the events that led to the historic uprising of the Ilonggos against Spain to its ultimate cry of victory and freedom known to us now as the Cry of Santa Barbara.
Tribu Kahilwayan was the over-all champion in the Dinagyang 2007 Kasadyahan Competition. They also received the following awards — best in music, best choreographer, best in choreography and best in performance.
View Video Coverage of Kahilyawan performace in the Kasadyahan 2007.
Tribu Kahilwayan hails from Santa Barbara and is composed of students from different high schools in the town. During their first participation in the Dinagyang Festival’s Kasadyahan competition in 2002, the tribe was touted as the over-all champion. In 2005, the tribe joined the Aliwan Festival in Manila (a nation-wide cultural dance competition considered as the “Festival of Festivals in the Philippines”) and finished as the 2nd placer, next to Pintados de Passi of Passi City, Iloilo.
The Kasadyahan Competition is one of the main highlights of the Dinagyang Festival. The dance competition features the history and culture of the various towns of Iloilo.
Nice pics..
We’ll post these somewhere
Can I?
This Ed an avid fan
More power to..Ka-hil-Wa-YaNNN!!!!!
Excellent presentation….
I come from Sta Barbara town too…and I am so proud of their performance.
In fact one of the finalists of the Bb Pilipinas Australia 2007, Miss Tammy Supena Belson, who’s Mum also hails from Sta Barbara will be wearing the Kasadyahan costume, during the Final, of the Bb Pilipinas Australia Costume Competition to be held at the Logan Entertainment Centre, on June 30, 2007.
Thanks again…for placing this Kasadyahan Festival as one of the feature stories..and I am sure Sta Barbaranhon all over the world will be very happy to see and read it.
Mauro