Tag Archive 'fireworks'

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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Dinagyang Festival 2008 Photos

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on February 1, 2008 (3:00 pm). Categorized Under: Dinagyang Festival.

Here the photos of recent Dinagyang Festival 2008. There photos were taken in the Capitol Stage during the Fluvial Procession, Kasadyahan and the Dinagyang Ati Competition.

Fluvial Parade (January 25, 2008)

Dinagyang Festival 2008 Photos
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Luces in the Sky - Nationwide Fireworks Contest and Iloilo’s First Pyro Olympics

Posted by Marcos Caratao Jr. (Marcos C.) on January 28, 2008 (9:14 pm). Categorized Under: Iloilo Features, Iloilo Videos.

More than 50,000 came to watch the first pyro olympics to be held in Iloilo City. The event, which took place during the Dinagyang Festival on January 26, 2007 had SM City as the judging area. Not only was the parking lot of SM City jam packed, most people, who wanted to watch the grand fireworks contest, trooped to surrounding areas such as the open field of Brgy. San Rafael, the Old Airport Lot (now owned by Megaworld), and Smallville.
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