Archive for January, 2007

Aliwan Festival 2007

Get ready as the country’s biggest, and most colorful festivals will once again converge in Manila for the annual Aliwan Fiesta 2007!

Aliwan Fiesta 2007
L-R: Meguyaya Festival of Maguindanao; Cebu City Sinulog; Placer Masbate’s Himag-Ulaw Festival; GenSan’s Kalilangan Festival

More photos from the Cebu Sinulog Festival

Some more photos from the recently-concluded Sinulog Festival 2007 in Cebu City Philippines. Tribu Sinanduloy of Tangub City, Misamis Occidental won the overall title in the Sinulog-Based Category, while the group Lumad Basakanon captured the top prize for the Free Interpretation category.

Sinulog is an annual festival held every 3rd Sunday of January in honor of the Santo Niño.

Sinulog Festival

Some more photos from Dinagyang

Here’s another batch of photos from the recently-concluded Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City. This year’s festival was topped by Tribu Ilonganon of Jalandoni Memorial High School. they will be flying to Manila this April to represent Dinagyang at the Aliwan Festival. Aliwan is an annual competition of all the festivals across the Philippines. Last year, Dinagyang won the 1st runner up title, from among the 29 other festivals.

dinagyang festival

Dinagyang Festival 2007

As expected, thousands of tourists, both foreign and local drove to Iloilo City for the annual Dinagyang Festival. The fiesta is held every 4th Sunday of January in honor of the Santo Niño.

20 tribes participated in the ati-ati contest, the highlight of this grand festival. The streetdance startedat 8 in the morning and lasted until 1 in the afternoon.

In my opinion, I guess this year’s Dinagyang is one of the best. The costumes are just so spectacular! The choreography’s amazing. I have also seen several tribes changing costumes and headresses during the performance.

The Dinagyang Festival won the 1strunner up title in the 2006 Aliwan Festival.

dinagyang festival

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