Aliwan Fiesta 2006: Lutong Macau?
Posted by on May 2, 2006
When this year’s Aliwan Fiesta streetdance winners were announced, several people doubted the credibility of the results. Some said that at least two judges came from Cebu. Others say that they just simply gave Cebu a chance, since Iloilo has been a perennial winner.
Here’s an e-mail I received:
I doubt the Aliwan Results. There are 2 Cebuano judges. It is possible that their scores have greatly affected the reults. Do you think these Cebuano judges will vote for the Iloilo Festivals? Definitely not. I’m sure they scored the Sinulog higher compared to Dinagyang, or other Iloilo festivals.
My comment:
I was there at the Aliwan but I do not know who the judges were. There are judges stationed at the Quirino Grandstand, and Rajah Sulayman Fountain, and CCP Complex. And assuming that there are indeed two judges who favored the Sinulog, and lets jsut say that there are 2 judges stationed in every judging area, do you think that these 2 Cebuano judges can influence the total scores? 2 out of 6 judges at that??? I dont think so… Think of Mathematics. And finally, do you think that these judges, would gamble their credibility just because of the Festival?
Lumad Basakanon, of Cebu’s Sinulog Festival
I have seen all the performances, except for the Pamulinawen Festival of Laoag. But between the Sinulog and Dinagyang, I guess it’s very clear who won the contest.
The festival’s over. The decision is final. Instead of fighting against each other, why not just unite and be proud of our culture as a Filipino nation? Forget crab mentality.
hallllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooo!
bakit wala na sila?
siguro tinamaan na.
hi hi hi hi hi hi.
Sana maraming magagandang dilag na sasali sa susunod na Sinulog upang ma inspired ako… hahahahahaha
Well the judges have spoken and the Ilonggos humbly accepted their fate. Let’s leave it that way.
To the organizers of Aliwan Fiesta, please don’t invite judges from places who have festivals joining the Aliwan fiesta. Regionalistic counts.
To the people (choreographers, cultural workers, etc) who are invited to judge in the Aliwan Fiesta, please decline the offer, if you have a festival joining in the competition OUT OF DELICADEZA. SO THAT THE PEOPLE WATCHING THE COMPETITITON COULD SAY THAT THIS GROUP WON FAIRLY AND SQUARELY.
I hope this will not happen in next years Aliwan Fiesta. Lets move on.
Mars
QC
i disagree with you, cute na mario gomez.
hindi humble ang taga dinagyang.
nang matapos silang magperform sa isabela, hindi nila inalis ang kanilang mga instruments (drums) kasi alam nila na ang lumad basakanon na ang susunod sa kanila, at saka inipit ng mga dancers nila ang entrance ng dancers ng lumad.
hindi sila sports.
sila ang unang nagsisigaw na parang mga walang pinag-aralan (meron ba talaga?)
pati ba naman ‘yong batang star dancer ng lumad ay pinatulan!
ngayon nasaan na ‘yong pagka humble nila?????
hindi ako sinungaling……. cute lang talaga ako…. hi hi hi hi hi .
all about this lutong macau stuff is a work of fiction by cry babies…..
and……. that’s for real!!!!!
sana hindi na lang sila nagdancers…….
magaling kasi silang gumawa ng cute na kwento…..
kailan kaya ako makagawa ng kwento kung saan …. hindi ako cute?
ay! huwag na lang…. hi hi hi hi hi.
venus,
please don’t generalize the dinagyang. dinagyang is already an institution here in iloilo, like the sinulog in cebu. there are alot of groups who are devouted joining the said festival in honor of sr. sto. nino. that was only one tribe you encountered.
my apology if that happens to your group. let’s stop bashing each other. remember that dinagyang, sinulog and ati-atihan were all celebrated in honor of sr. sto. nino.
let us not add fuel to the fire.
peace!!!
R2
uu nga 1 group lang but it represents your festival naman, kaya nga kami taga Cebu naging maingat kami sa aming mga galaw saan mang province kami pumupunta, dala kasi namin name ng Sinulog hindi lang yong Tribe namin… kaya nga naging friendly kami sa lahat ng contingents, dito lang kami sa furom nag wawala, eh paano enonahan kasi kami hindi naman mag papa api ang mga CEBUANO…
Ayusin nyo naman mga grammar at spelling nyo!
hi cute na R2!
my apologies for being so general about the dinagyang.
ngayon nagtataka na ako kung bakit ganoon makaasta ang tribe na ‘yon (which represents the festival) samantalang hindi naman mayabang ang mga taga passi at sta barbara na na-meet ko.
parang sila lang ang hindi cute sa iloilo……. hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi.
Hi Venus!
Nice to see your reply. Last saturday I went at Quirino Grandstand and I talked to a teacher in-charge ng Tribu Ilonganon regarding sa sinabi mong nangyari sa Isabela. Ang sabi nya sa akin, nagkaroon daw ng kaguluhan, hindi nila intention na i-intervene ‘yong performance nyo kaso hindi daw sila makalabas dahil sa sobrang dami ng tao, kaya nagkaroon talaga ng stampede doon after ng performance nyo. Hindi talaga na ayos ang crowd control. Kahit sila nga nagsabi na naipit din sila and they don’t want also to bash Sinulog since they were also visitors in Isabela.
Peace!!!
in fairness talaga, the festivals of the BIG THREE (CEBU, ILOILO and AKLAN) is for honoring SR. STO. NINO.. so prara matapos na po ang lahat.. sa ating mga kapatid na CEBUANO at ILONGGO.. let us all be reminded that WE ARE PERFORMING FOR THE GLORY OF SR. STO. NINO.. NOT FOR POPULARITY OR FOR THE PRIZE.. THAT IS WHY LAHAT NG FESTIVALS THAT GLORIFY SR. STO. NINO MADE IT TO THE TOP! O DI BAH! FAIR PO TAYO LAHAT SA MATA NG DIYOS. WAG PO NATN KALIMUTAN YAN.. O SEE, BECUASE OF OUR LOVE FOR GOD, GOD MADE A WAY.. NANALO TAYONG LAHAT.. THIS IS OUR VICTORY.. HALE TO THE CHOREOGRAPHERS OF CEBU AND ILOILO… VIVA SR. STO. NINO!!
Lady_Mahalai
High Wizard – Lv. 191
Excalibur/Avalon RO
thanks to SEÑOR STO. NIÑO for all the blessings.
congrats lumad for making it again.
maiba naman…..
congrats to kim for being the big winner in the pinoy big brother teen edition.
hindi siya member ng lumad, pero basakanon pa rin.
salamat at hindi nagbago ang ugali mo, dai!
mas cute ka na ngayon kaysa sa akin… hi hi hi hi hi hi.
Lumad Basakanon joined the Hudyaka Zanorte 2006 in Dipolog City last June 10, 2006. They represent the Town of Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte to join the contest. You are the official dance group of Cebu City, di ba? Pwede na pala kayong for hire.
Lumad Basakanon joined the Hudyaka Zanorte 2006 in Dipolog City last June 10, 2006. They represent the Town of Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte to join the contest. You are the official dance group of Cebu City, di ba?
Pwede na pala kayong for hire.
Mga Bro. ano po ba ang title ng trance/techno music na pinapatugtog dyan sa aliwan fiesta pag intermission or pause ng program? gustong gusto ko kasi yun eh di ko lng alam yung title. TY po!
ahm. . . by the way im one of the dancer of pamulinawen. . . we all know that in a contest theres a winner and thers a losers. . . for me we pamulinawen accept that we only gatherd 6th place in aliwan. . .when u asked me about the isyu among dinagyang and sinulog both of them talagang magaling sila honestly noong sinulog na ang magperform talagang malinis. . . i can say that they deserve to be a winner in this competition. . . pati rin naman dinagyang maganda din. . . but ano pa nga ba ang magagawa natin eh tapos na ang resulta. . . we must accept kung ano ang naging place natin. . . pasalamat nga tayo may place pa tayo eh. . sorry bt until here na lang me. . .
to ol d’ people who kip giving cments!!!!!!!!!!!!
wag nu namang isali kaming mga taga-Passi(iloilo)
tanggap namin kung anu ang naging result…………mga taga-dinagyang lng naman ang nag-comment sa inu ehhhh!!!!!!!hindi kami.
Congrats pala…..SINULOG!!!!!!!! 2 venus pala////////////agree ako sa mga sinabi u, in fact nung nasa bako kami kasama ang dinagyang ang sama pa ng tingin nila sa amin…………pero hindi namin un pinansin…..may na-meet nga kami dun nagsinungaling pa sila sa amin, AT SAKA MAGANDA TALAGA ANG FESTIVAL NG SINULOG(bonga) FEELING NAMIN NG MAG PERFORM KAMI WE ARE REALY A STAR!!!!!!!AT THANK YOU RIN PALA SA MGA CEBUANOS WHO GAVE US A WARM WELCOME AND THE HOSPITABILITY………..hoping to see u ol next Sinulog Festival……………………………………………….
Fed,
Opinyon nyo lang ‘yan! Kayu-kayo lang ang pumupuri sa sarili at grupo nyo. I want to hear comments from the observers not from your group para hindi naman bias.
Art
of Laguna
Dinagyang festival mesmerized me during the Aliwan fiesta. In terms of performance and choreography, they’re excellent, perfect. They deserve to be the CHAMPION.
More power and good luck.
Kurt
San Fernando, Pampanga
Salamat sa mga comments nyo!
mabuhay tayong lahat…
Kurt, Ill be in SF Pampanga baka next week!!!
hahaha. to cebuanos, we didn’t even know cebu brought home the bacon from that Aliwan or whatever festival that is. you know, Cebuanos, or Pinoys for that matter, have that “festival complex” (perhaps that would be an addition to a long list of psychological disorders listed by the American Psychiatrist Association). we have bangus, dalupapa (a giant squid), lanzones, lechon festivals, and with 7,107 islands, i can’t wait to see a bayabas festival very soon. in cebu alone, we have like 40 festivals the whole year round, from tostado to cassava. and the sinulog is the grandest of all!
but that’s not the point. i’d like to comment on dinagyang’s sourgraping. because i think that’s a very tribal attitude, tribal as in promdi or barriotic or parochial. even the spreading of rumors that two of the judges came from cebu speaks of someone “na waay urbanidad.”
i have high respect for ilongos (my mom and my wife are) but this is the first time i saw in your blogs ilongos not accepting defeat. perhaps you are living on your reputation as “ginapiko, ginapala”?
last january, i had the chance to interview romel flogen, passi’s choreographer when it joined the sinulog in cebu. if memory serves me right, he used to be a mormon before he converted to Catholicism because of a personal miracle he has experienced — every rehearsal, his group would discover missing Sto. Nino icons. Today, he has 120 images of him. miracle. that is the essence of the Sinulog.
lumad basakanon’s victory is really no big deal for cebuanos. for us the biggest winner is the almost 400 year old original icon of the Sto Nino, the symbol of the first Christianization in Asia which is in our keeping.
if the victorious do not make a fuss about it, there’s no reason for losers to cry over spilled milk. because you end up losers twice over…..
So where does that leave us? It means better luck next time. You have one year to polish your dance routines, innovate, and perhaps pray more!
one more comment: whatever newspaper or publication which published that “lutong macau” rumor must have exercised responsible journalism……
Mabuhi ang Sugbuanon! Go, go go, Sugbu!
tagacebu,
Just for your info, romel flogen is also the choreographer of Tribu Ilonganon.
Iloilo Dinagyang Committee has modestly accepted the results the 2006 Aliwan Festival.
Please read this artcle :
http://thenewstoday.info/2006/05/08/iloilo.humbly.accepts.defeat.in.aliwan.2006.html
I don’t know why other people here are keep on bashing with each other. Pagtatawanan lang tayo ng ibang tao, sa festivals palang di natayo nagkakasundo. Parang pinapakita nyo ang ugali at isip talangka (crab mentality) nyo. Sana tulung-tulong naman tayo sa pagpromote ng magandang kultura natin.
Kung magbigay sana tayo ng opinyon let’s be constructive naman para at least malalaman natin kung paano maiprove pa ‘yong festival natin. Hindi naman parang mal-edukado ang dating nyo sa pagbibigay ng comments.
Hope na matapos na itong pagbabangayan nyo. Pangit tingnan kapag ganyan kayo!
hi mark,
you said and captured it perfectly.
i rest my case………..
sana kunin na lang ang cheography sa criteria para mas deserving ang lumad.
Mike,
Hindi mo alam ang meaning ng choreography eh! Pati spelling hindi mo alam!
Choreography is the art of arranging dance movements for performance.
Mag-aral ka nga muna!
I know that Sinulog is the grandest festival all over the country.
But Dinagyang is a festival with excellent folk choreography, this was tagged by The National Commision for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
Bwahahaha! NCCA? What authority do they have? They give “Festival management” classes all over the country. Sila mismo walang experience mag handle ng festival.
hello sa mga cute dyan!
hindi pa pala tapos topic na ito….
ANG BOTING NAMAN.
tama na ngang mga pag sourgraping natin….. ok lang yan kung bago pa lang nangyari…. eh, april 29 ‘yon noh…..
feeling ko tuloy hindi talaga kayo cute…. hi hi hi hi hi hi.
ayyy! sori sa spelling…. i- type ko lang uli…. baka pagsabihan pa ako ni Jun na bobo sa spelling…. (baka sa spelling lang siya magaling) hi hi hi…..
hindi pa pala tapos topic na ito….
ANG BORING NAMAN.
tama na ngang mga pag sourgraping natin….. ok lang yan kung bago pa lang nangyari…. eh, april 29 ‘yon noh…..
feeling ko tuloy hindi talaga kayo cute…. hi hi hi hi hi hi.
to fed na cute…..
hindi talaga maiwasang mag comment sa passi dahil talagang ang layo ng agwat ng atitudes ng grupo ninyo at sa representative ng dinagyang.
SILA lang talaga ang na meet kong contingent na SUPER HAMBOG.
samantalang kayo, wala man lang kaming narinig after you won sinulog.
saludo talaga ako sa pagka cute ninyo.
tagaCebu,
If you don’t know what is the mandates of NCCA. Here are they :
- Formulate policies for the development of culture and the arts
- To coordinate & implement the overall policies and program of attached agencies on the development of culture and arts as stated under Executive Order No. 80
- Administer the National Endowment Fund for Culture and the Arts
- Encourage artistic creation within a climate of artistic freedom
- Develop and promote the Filipino national culture and arts; and
- Preserve Filipino cultural heritage
You didn’t also know that your festival is also a part of your culture and consider it to be an art, that is why you neglect the importance of NCCA.
You will now understand what you are saying. I am not criticizing your festival nagbibigay lang ako ng paliwanag. Sinabi ko pa nga that your festival is the grandest. Ano ba ang masama sa sinabi ko? Nagbibigay lang ako ng paliwanag sa isang tao ah!
Kaya pala you keep on bashing here, hindi kayo magkakaintindihan!
venus,
wala naman akong sinasabing bobo ah!
ikaw ha? akala ko ayaw mo na nga away dito sinisimulan mo naman ng negative comment sa isang grupo.
sa kanilang ipinakita, dinagyang people are so bastos. i’m sure next aliwan festival dapat banned na sila coz they are so bastos and hindi sila sport. nanalo sila before coz wala pa ang sinulog na sumali ngayon! watch out dahil hindi na kayo pwede sa sinulog! thank god that hindi kayo nanalo dahil bastos kayo! alam ng dios kung sino ang dapat manalo…..sinulog!!!!!!!! hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dinagyang booooooooooooo…………………. hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
ang pinakara maraming dayuhan na dumating sa buong pilipinas ay SINULOG……………….. ang dinagyang hindi masyadong known sa tao. at least ang sinulog maski bata kilala ang sinulog…….
julz,
Alam mo ba ang mga sinasabi mo?
Dinagyang is an institution just like Sinulog, please don’t be so rude naman sa mga pananalita mo. You were also using the name of God in your unkind comments. ‘yan ba ang natutunan mo as a Christian?
Please analyse what you are saying.
taga-cebu, julz, venus – dapat kayo ang i-banned dito dahil ang sasama ng ugali nyo. Please post decent and intelligent comments. Yung pinag-iisipan at ina-analyze ng mabuti! It only shows kung anong klaseng tao kayo dahil sa mga pinagsusulat nyo dito. Sino ngayon ang bastos?
Paging moderator to ban these people.
Sa organizer ng aliwan,mabuti pa na itigil na ang aliwan festival para wala ng away. sa taga cebu ingat ka sa sinabi mo tungkol sa NCCA baka ma-libel ka. NCCA was mandated thru Republic act and recgnized by UNESCO to handle festivals, culturals and arts activities local and international. wala kang respeto,bastos ka a,. Sinulog, Dinagyang and other fetivals kasama sa mandate ng NCCA.
to Kathy na intelligent daw:
please change i-banned to i-ban. iyan kasi ang tamang grammar…
at saka hindi kailangang mag page ng moderator. blog po ito. nag comment lang tayo.
ikaw yata ang hindi intelligent eh.
Kati:
matalino ka talaga! Isa kang henyo (sabi mo). o kinakati ka lang???
Haaay!! There are so many weird people in the internet.
Tama ka nga Kathy daming weird isa ka na doon…
sa totoo lang pinakabastos sa lahat yong dinagyang…
naka t-bak lahat kaya tumotulo yong laway ng mga bakla…
Zaldy,
You’re exaggerating the issue.
“tieback” or “t-back” not “t-bak”
Itama mo rin ‘yong spelling mo sa “tumotulo”, the correct spelling is “tumutulo”.
Hello peeps,
I have been reading all of your comments since day 1. and i just noticed that, we’re getting off topic already. nagiging personalan na ang mga komento nyo dito.
Since i believe in what we call, the FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, I WILL NOT BE CLOSING the comments section of this post.
But i just want to remind everyone to observe proper netiquette/decorum.
Pangit po tingnan na tayong mga Pilipino ay nag aa-way. Please note that majority of Byahilo readers are foreigners. At ayaw naman po natin na makita tayo ng mga dayuhan na nag aaway di ba?
kaya, please lang.. behave po tayo.
you are still free to post your comments.
Mabuhay tayong lahat!
ty po sa spelling…
Sorry po sa mga comments ko…
hi again sa mga cute na people dyan!
kagagaling lang po namin sa tagbilaran for the sandugo festival performance noong sunday, july 23rd. nandoon din ang ibat-ibang tribes like sinanduloy of tangub and dinagyang of iloilo. ang ipinagtataka ko po ay napakabait at napaka friendly ng mga taga dinagyang, which was extremely opposite to what i perceived them to be. hindi pala sila iyong tribu ilongot na ipinadala sa aliwan.
ngayon po ay malinaw na sa akin ang lahat.
ang tribu ilongot lang pala ang mga hindi cute sa mga tribu ng dinagyang.
sorry for my being so general about iloilo and the dinagyang in the past.
venus,
kumusta ang sandugo..anong nangyari…
rey cute!
very peaceful ang sandugo!
Nakupow! Kala ko madugo na ang sa forum namin. Grabe regionalism dito. At least the issue has been dead for many Ilonggos and Cebuanos.