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Ibon-Ebon festival 2011 kicks off today

Feb 4th, 2011
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Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo is expecting thousands of foreign and local tourists to flock and watch the 4th Ibon-Ebon festival on February 4 (Friday).

Pelayo told the Philippines News Agency (PNA) on Thursday that the opening of Candaba’s 4th Ibon-Ebon festival (Birds and Eggs Festival) on Feb. 4 will start with a street parade to be participated by street dancers clad in bird costumes all moving rhythmically to the beat of drums.

Pelayo added the highlight of the celebration is the two-kilometer parade featuring floats and the street dancers at the Miss Earth Park on Feb. 4 at around 7:30 a.m. The festival will last up to Feb. 6 (Sunday).

Pelay, also the president of the Pampanga Mayors’ League, said that local and foreign tourists will enjoy the Air Safari’s hot air balloons, bird watching, swamp and river cruise aboard colorful motorized boats from Candaba up to the Diosdado Macapagal dam in Arayat town. (more…)

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15 out-of-town contingents to join Sinulog Festival 2011 parade

Dec 27th, 2010
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Fifteen provinces and cities outside Cebu will join some 30 local contingents in next month’s Sinulog grand parade, which will also feature 500 performers for the grand finale.

The Sinulog 2011 edition will pay tribute to the Chinese community and celebrate Chinese influence in the local culture and economy.

Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI) executive director Ricky Ballesteros said although they cannott match the production numbers during the opening of the Beijing Olympics, they will try to do something similar to give the parade an authentic Chinese feel.

Aside from the performances, the stage and street décor for the grand parade will also have a touch of Chinese, including the use of huge drums and other Chinese musical instruments.

The contingents will still perform the traditional “two steps forward, one step backward” Sinulog dance, but organizers expect the music and props to feature Chinese influences. (more…)

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2010 Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival

Sep 10th, 2010
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Tourist, both foreign and domestic as well as Surigaonons will be mushrooming again on the main thoroughfares of this nickel and city of adventure in Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga region) to witness the “2010 Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival” that reels off on Friday, Sept. 10.

Now on its 24th year, “Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival” will take center stage at this city’s streets onward to the Provincial Sports Complex here.

The festival is an ethnic thanksgiving celebration marked by street dancing and stationary festivities held in line with the annual fiesta celebration of San Nicolas De Tolentino and the 40th Charter Day of this city.

The theme of this year’s celebration is: “Surigao City in Motion …40 Years of Positive Reforms and Transparent Governance”.

“This year’s theme is indeed a very fitting testament to our strength, our vision, and our commitment as a community and as a people,” said City Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas, in an exclusive interview. (more…)

Dinalupihan Bataan holds ‘Tubig Festival’

Jun 26th, 2010
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This only land-locked town in the province celebrated its fiesta on Thursday with a “Tubig Festival,” using big hoses of firetrucks in damping water to a big number of cheering people along the streets.

Mayor Joel Payumo, along with his wife and children, led the celebration in honor of the town’s patron saint, St. John the Baptist.

Participants in the merry-making shouted “tubig, tubig” asking for more water to wet them while dancing and waving some leaves from trees.

Street dancers lent entertainment to the festive occasion.

The day before, (Wednesday afternoon), a colorful long parade participated by representatives of almost all sector marked the “bisperas” of the Tubig festival.

The presence of Kapuso (GMA 7) stars Riza Cenon, Stef Prescut and Prince Stefan added more color to the 146th Dinalupihan Day. (more…)

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Dinagyang Festival wows Dagupan and Santiago City

May 5th, 2010
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Iloilo’s premier festival, Dinagyang, strutted its stuff in Luzon, with performances in Dagupan and Santiago City recently.

Coming from its successful stint at the Aliwan Fiesta in Metro Manila, Dinagyang, represented by this year’s champion Tribu Paghida-et, was guest performer in the Festivals of the North won by Dagupan’s Bangus Festival, wherein 17 groups participated.

“(Our festival) was much anticipated by the crowd. It was truly one big emotional triumph for Dinagyang,” City Tourism Officer Benito Jimena said, who accompanied the Ilonggo delegation to Dagupan.

Aside from Dinagyang, Strawberry Festival of La Trinidad, Benguet and Ibon-Ebon Festival of Candaba, Pampanga also performed as guest contingents.

Jimena said the crowd reception in Santiago City, Isabela, was as warm as in Pangasinan, when the tribe went around three villages, performing in the marketplace, church vicinity and bus terminal. (more…)

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Dinagyang and Paraw Regatta invade Aliwan Fiesta 2010

Apr 23rd, 2010
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Three winning festivals of Iloilo will showcase their wares against 17 other cultural presentations during the dance competition of Aliwan Fiesta 2010 at the Aliw Theater, CCP Complex, Pasay City Saturday evening.

The 2010 Dinagyang Festival champion Tribu Paghidaet of La Paz National High School, Kasadyahan Festival winner Tribu Kasag of Banate, Iloilo and Grupo Fuerte Baile of Paraw Regatta prepared hard for the million-peso Aliwan crown.

Last year, Tribu Kasag won second place while Paghidaet and Dinagyang Float both ended third place as the crown went to Buyogan Festival of Abuyog, Leyte.

This year, the Aliwan grand parade of performers and giant floats will kick off from the back of SM Mall of Asia starting at 4 p.m., with the culminating streetdance showdown taking place in front of the Aliw Theater and awarding ceremonies consequently. (more…)

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