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Iloilo Events

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on April 19, 2008 (4:18 am). Categorized Under: General.

Future events in Iloilo such as festivals, concerts, product launches, cultural shows, parties, fashion shows, seminars/conventions, and other interesting happenings:


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Iloilo’s Chinese New Year - Ilonggos Welcome the Year of the Rat with a Blast

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on February 9, 2008 (4:33 pm). Categorized Under: General.

Iloilo's Chinese New Year

Even before the coming of the Spaniards, Iloilo played an important role as a major trading post in the Visayas. Chinese merchants would sail to Iloilo to trade and in effect, building flourishing relationship with the natives. Today, Iloilo holds the distinction of having the third largest concentration of “Tsinoys” or Filipinos with Chinese ancestry or descent in the country. This year of the Rat, the Ilonggos strengthened that Filipino-Chinese relationship with a grand celebration and festivity last February 8, 2007.
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