2013 Dinagyang Festival organizer now accepts applicants for Sponsors Mardi Gras parade
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The Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation through its Sponsors Mardi Gras Committee is now accepting applications from business corporations and companies, local government units, schools, civic clubs and associations, fraternities and sororities that are interested to join the street parade.
Atty. Raul Anlocotan, in-charge of the committee, said the Sponsors Mardi Gras Parade is an organic event of the Dinagyang Festival.
The deadline for application is at 5 p.m. on January 18. Their order at the parade will be on a first come-first served basis or depending on the day and time the registration was done.
Meanwhile, the committee will charge P15,000 for corporate sponsorship with float and P5,000 for small business sponsorship with float. Small business sponsorship without float is charged P3, 000.
The committee will also charge P50/participant in excess of 50 participants including drummers and instrumentalists and P3, 000 for additional vehicle regardless of type.
Those who are interested shall bring with them their business or Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration or any public document or endorsement letter from their local chief executive in case of LGUs.
Those who have further inquires may get in touch with Atty. Raul S. Anlocotan, chairperson of the Sponsors Mardi Gras at cellphone number 09394276228 or email at raul_anlocotan@yahoo.com.
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he Dinagyang Festival is celebrated every fourth weekend of January to honor the Christianization of the natives and to respect the Holy Child Jesus. On this day, streets of Iloilo City will once again come alive as the Ilonggos celebrate the annual festivity. It is a very colorful parade coupled with a dramatization in honor of the patron Saint Sto. Niño as the object of performs offerings and prayers amidst the cracking of drums and shouts of “Viva Señor Santo Niño.” The thundering of “Hala Bira” by the tribe members makes the celebration a lively one. It is also a very popular tagline used by Ilonggos to express their warm participation during the “Dinagyang” celebration. A tribute in honor of Señor Sto. Niño whom Ilonggos believe was very miraculous in times of famine and drought.
Dinagyang is an annual event, when the whole town rejoices, shouting their pride of being an Ilonggo and telling their culture. It is a wonderful looking back to the past. It is not just a celebration, it is a religious evangelization. Going back to Iloilo is more like a past fulfilled and a looking forward for future celebrations. It is our culture. The Aeta culture. That’s why it is painting the town black.