Pacifico Sudario: The man who coined “Dinagyang”

Posted by Explore Iloilo

The man who coined the word “Dinagyang” is no longer in our midst.

But Pacifico S. Sudario is assured of a significant niche in the history of Iloilo City when he gave it’s annual pompous socio-religious and cultural festival a name-signifying merry-making-which has since became a byword in Ilonggo households.

While volumes of material had been written about the Dinagyang and its impact on tourism, nobody though about writing a piece on Sudario, or “Picoy”, as friends and associates call him.

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