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Passi City Pintados de Pasi Festival 2010 Schedule

Marcos — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:24:45 +0000

Get ready this March 13-21, 2010 as the City of Passi, Iloilo celebrates the Pintados de Pasi Festival 2010 to commemorate its 12 Foundation Anniversary. The highlight of the week long event is the tribe competition where several passinhon tribes will be showcasing their town’s history and culture through choreographed dances. Here, the performers are covered in traditional body paintings with decorative designs from head to foot, inspired by the cultural practice of early Bisayan settlers of adorning themselves with tattoos as a mark of age, bravery or tribal seniority.

Pintados de Pasi Festival 2010 Schedule

March 13, 2010 (Saturday)

6:30 AM – Mass (St. William Parish Church)

8:00 AM – Opening Program / Opening Salvo

7:00 PM – Opening Food Festival with Live Band

March 14, 2010 (Sunday) – 12th Foundation Day Anniversary

7:00 PM – Miss LGU “Kuno” – Year 6 (Passi City Social Hall)

March 15, 2010 (Monday)

7:00 PM – Talen’s Night – BB. Pintados 2010 (Passi City Social Hall)

March 16, 2010 (Tusday)

7:00 PM – “Pinta Lawas” Body Painting Contest (Plaza Paloma / Passi City Social Hall)

March 17, 2010 (Wednesday)

10:00 AM – Motor Show (Passi City Social Hall)

1:00 PM – Battle of the Sound (Plaza Paloma)

March 18, 2010 (Thursday)

8:00 AM – Passi City Cultural Contest (Passi City Social Hall)

March 19, 2010 (Friday)

7:00 AM – Karosa Parade & Carabao Painting Contest (Passi City Social Hall)

7:00 PM – Grand Coronation Night – Bb. Pintados 2010 (Passi City Social Hall)

March 20, 2010 (Saturday)

7:00 AM – Sindaya sa Suba (Jalaur River)

March 21, 2010 (Sunday)

6:30 AM – Mass

8:00 AM – Tribe Competition

4:00 PM – Awarding / Closing Program

7:00 PM – Fireworks display at Plaza Paloma

Bantayan Festival 2009

Marcos — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:59:46 +0000

Coinciding with the foundation day of Guimbal,Â the town will be celebrating the Bantayan Festival 2009 this March 31 to April 4. The tribe competition, which is one of the main events of the festivities will be held on the last day (April 4). The performances of the tribes is inspired from the valiant efforts of the townspeople to defend their town against pirate attacks during the pre-hispanic and Spanish time. Also, the use of props such as the guimba or “drum”, used as a warning tool for an incoming raid, and the bantayan, or “watchtower,” are important elements.

Iloilo Town/District Fiesta Schedules

Marcos — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:36:51 +0000

Town and District Fiestas are important aspects of Filipino Culture. It is the time of the year where the households in the town hold a feast in honor of their patron saint or to celebrate their town’s foundation day. Relatives and Friends from all over would visit the family during fiesta time for a reunion of sorts and join in the celebration. During this time of year, the town plaza is filled with buzz as there are many events and attraction that the town has put up to liven up the fiesta mood such as a fair or carnival called “perya”, beauty pageants, cultural presentations, food festivals, and trade fairs among others.

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Katagman Festival 2008

Marcos — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:14:20 +0000

KATAGMAN FESTIVAL is unique for its great variety of special events.

Celebrating 436th Foundation Day celebration.

Oton, under the dynamic leadership of their municipal mayor, Hon. Vicente FLORES, welcomes everyone to their KATAGMAN FESTIVAL that will formally open Salvo Parade on April 28, 2008.
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