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Photos and Videos of Iloilo Festivals during the Aliwan Fiesta 2010

Marcos — Sat, 08 May 2010 14:14:50 +0000

It was yet another successful showcase of the colorful history and culture of Iloilo during the Aliwan Fiesta 2010 held last month in Manila by three Ilonggo Festivals. The Dinagyang Festival, Paraw Regatta Festival, and Kasag Festival of Banate were among the crowd favorites and were included in the top 10 of the street dance competition with the Dinagyang Festival emerging as the champion and Kasag Festival as 2nd runner-up. Here are photos and videos during the Aliwan 2010 Fiesta:

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Aliwan 2010 winners – Dinagyang Festival grabs 1st place

Marcos — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:06:26 +0000

Here are the results of the much awaited Aliwan Fiesta 2010 held in Manila last April 26 – 28, 2010. All three contingents from Iloilo got into the circle of winners. The Dinagyang Festival emerged as the champion with Kasag Festival of Banate, Iloilo in 3rd place and Paraw Regatta Festival as one of the runners up.

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Aliwan Fiesta 2010 Schedule

Marcos — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000

The Aliwan Fiesta stage will be set again in Manila this April 22-24 2010 for the annual gathering of the Philippines’ biggest and best festivals. During the main highlights, spectators will be able to experience the colorful festivals coming from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Aside from being showcase of tourism in the Philippines, the Aliwan Fiesta is also features a street dance competition, where performing groups battle it out to win the Aliwan Championship title. For the Aliwan Fiesta 2010, Iloilo will be sending two groups: Tribu Paghidaet of the Dinagyang Festival, Iloilo City and Tribu Kasag of the Kasag Festival of Banate, Iloilo Province.

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Marcos — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:45:19 +0000

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Dinagyang Fiesta 2010 List of Tribes for Dinagyang Ati and Kasadyahan

Marcos — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:30:00 +0000

The competition for the Dinagyang Festival 2010 is still as hot as ever with at least 18 groups registered for the Dinagyang Ati competition and 9 entries for the Kasadyahan competition.

Aside from winning the grand prize trophy and money, the champion of the Dinagyang Festival will get to represent Iloilo City and Province in various national and international events including the much anticipated Aliwan Fiesta 2010 in Manila.Read the rest of Dinagyang Fiesta 2010 List of Tribes for Dinagyang Ati and Kasadyahan (2 comments)

Iloilo Kasadyahan 2009 Pictures and Videos

Marcos — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:09:42 +0000

The Kasadyahan is a competition of various groups or “tribus” from towns all over Iloilo. The Kasadyahan Competition is a showcase of the history and culture of Iloilo compressed in a half-day splurge of color, dance, and music. The concept of the performances is centered on the “Barter of Panay,” a legendary story of the arrival of Bornean immigrants and their purchase of Panay Island from the natives, called “Aetas.”

Tribu Jimanban of New Lucena

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Iloilo Festivals off to conquer Manila in Aliwan Fiesta 2008

Marcos — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:32:37 +0000

Tribu Paghidaet of the Dinagyang Festival and Saad Festival of Leganes Town performed a preview of their performance for the Aliwan Fiesta 2008 last friday. Both contingents are determined to make the Ilonggos proud by putting up a good show.

Earlier during the event, it rained so heavily that the city officials advised both tribes to cancel their performance for the afternoon to avoid accidents. There was some drama during this time because the tribes were so eager to perform. The Ilonggo spirit finally reigned after a large cheer from the crown convinced the officials to allow them to perform

Here is a preview of the performance of Iloilo’s Festivals for the Aliwan Fiesta 2008:

Tribu Paghidaet of Dinagyang 2008
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Iloilo Festivals vie for Aliwan Fiesta 2008 Champion: Dinagyang, Saad of Leganes and Kasag of Banate

Marcos — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:00:36 +0000

This first week of May, the top festivals of the country will converge in Manila to compete for the title of Aliwan Fiesta 2008 champion. For those who don’t know yet, Aliwan Fiesta is the ultimate competition of festival champions with their beauty queens and floats. The highlight of the Aliwan Fiesta 2008 is the street dance competition, where spectators get to experience a non-stop explosion of color, sound, culture, and synchronized movement during the street dance competition.

This year, two festival champions of Iloilo and a special contingent, which will be taken into the limelight later, will be joining the Aliwan Fiesta 2008.

Representing the City of Iloilo will be Tribu Paghidaet, champion of the Dinagyang Festival 2008 – Ati Competition.

Tribu Paghidaet to join the Aliwan Fiesta 2008. Click here to view more pictures of Tribu Paghidaet.
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Seven festivals perform at the Pasundayag of Festivals 2008

Marcos — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:40:45 +0000

Seven festivals from different towns in Iloilo performed yesterday (April 8, 2008) afternoon during the Pasundayag of Festivals to open the celebration of Semana sang Iloilo. The contingents first performed at the freedom grandstand where they were able to showcase their culture and history through a colorful and well choreographed dance drama presentation. After performing, a parade followed until the provincial capitol grounds, where the contingents made their final act.

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