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