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Iloilo City honors Señor Sto. Niño de Arevalo
Iloilo City celebrated the annual feast of the Sto Niño through Masses, processions, merry-making and praying to the image of the Child Jesus. At Villa Arevalo, where the highlight of the celebrations is the 3rd …
Opening Salvo sparks Dinagyang Fever anew
When it rains, it pours. That’s how the cold weather greeted the hot support of the Ilonggos towards their favorite Ati Tribes when they showed a preview of their forthcoming performances for the Dinagyang 2013. …
Taytay Boni: Miag-ao’s Sesquicentennial Bridge
On your way to the town of Miag-ao from Guimbal, you’ll notice a strange shaped structure at the side of the road. Now enclosed in a small park, this stone structure used to be a …
Witnesses to a forgotten and perilous past: Guimbal’s Bantayan and Kota of Miag-ao
Iloilo, being the seat of power of Spain in Western Visayas and a main supply route to the south in the colonial period, has been an attractive target for foreign skirmishes aiming to weaken the …
Searching for the Datu (Part 2): Lawigan and Sinogbuhan
A month ago, I started sharing the first part of our adventure in the coasts of San Joaquin (Part 1 here). Looking for the Imbidayan Rock, we found the beauty of the pristine and unspoiled …
Katagman Festival 2012: Music, Dance & Theater Competition (Part 2)
Katagman’s Music, Dance and Theater Competition is not your ordinary cultural or performance contest. I believe the organizers have taken the idea of the way ancient Filipinos pass their stories and myths – through word …
Katagman Festival 2012: Oton moving to greater heights (Part 1)
Oton’s weeklong celebration of the Katagman Festival this year indeed showcased the town’s progress while at the same time looking back to its long glorious past. This year’s edition of Katagman has received local and …
Pavia’s Carabao-Carroza Festival 2012: Honoring the farmers’ best friend
The carabao, because of its robust size, sheer strength, patience and perseverance under the unforgiving heat of the sun, really deserves its place as our nation’s eternal icon of our agriculture. Ever since we learned …
Borador? It’s more fun in Oton’s Katagman Festival
The sky was clear, the sun high up and glistening, and we’re at Trapiche, Oton open field to witness this year’s Borador sa Katagman Kite Flying Competition. With the blue horizon as our background, we …
Manggahan Festival 2012: It’s more fun eating mangoes at Guimaras!
It’s going mangoes in the beautiful island of Guimaras in this year’s Manggahan Festival. A colorful array of Agri-Cultural activities marked the annual celebration of Guimarasnons’ simple way of life. Now a premiere toursim event …
