The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines, held annually on the fourth Sunday of January in honor of Santo Niño, the Holy Child. It is one of the largest festivals in the Philippines, drawing hundreds of thousands to over a million visitors every year.[1][2]
The festival is well-known for its Ati Tribes Competition, featuring various tribu or tribe performers in Ati warrior costumes, presenting traditional choreographed formations, patterns, and rhythmic chanting to the beat of loud drums and improvised percussion instruments, that narrate different iterations of the history of Panay. Another highlight is the Kasadyahan Festival, where different cultural festivals from various places in Western Visayas come together to compete.
As the most awarded festival in the country and having been named the best tourism event by the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines (ATOP) for many years, the festival is often hailed as the "Queen of All Philippine Festivals."[3]
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The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines, held annually on the fourth Sunday of January in honor of Santo...
pageant in Iloilo City, Philippines. It is held every January during the Dinagyang Festival. It is organized by the Iloilo City Government and the Iloilo...
larger Dinagyang Festival held annually on the fourth Saturday of January in Iloilo City, Philippines. It precedes the main highlight of Dinagyang, the...
winners of the Dinagyang Tribes Competition, also known as the Ati Tribes Competition or the Ati-atihan Contest, during the Dinagyang Festival, held annually...
to honor a patron saint). Better-known festivals include Ati-Atihan, Dinagyang, Moriones, Sinulog, and Flores de Mayo—a month-long devotion to the Virgin...
Datus and the Purchase of Panay". Dinagyang 2014: The Official Website of Iloilo Dinagyang Festival. Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Incorporated. 2013. Archived...
Srivijayan vassal state in Borneo) is celebrated in the festivals of the Dinagyang in Iloilo City, Ati-Atihan in Kalibo, Aklan, and Binirayan in San Jose...
Sinulog conceptualized to be a "true Cebuano festival", comparable to the Dinagyang of Iloilo and the Ati-atihan of Aklan, both of which also celebrate the...
as a reward, the tribe was given a statue of the Santo Niño. In the Dinagyang festival of Iloilo City, also on Panay, performers are also painted to...
Colegio San Agustin in Makati City. He is also known as the "Father of Dinagyang" after he introduced the devotion to Santo Niño in Iloilo City in November...
3, 2017. rex (2019-08-22). "EXPERIENTIAL TWIST: No more Kasadyahan in Dinagyang 2020". Daily Guardian. Retrieved 2022-05-06. "Ibajay Ati-Ati Municipal...
renowned global university ranking agencies. Iloilo is well known for the Dinagyang Festival held every January. It is hailed also as the "Asia's City of...
became a regular winner, that they represented the province in 1981 in the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City as Tribu Binirayan. Tribu Binirayan emerged Champion...
other Philippine Festivals including the Sinulog Festival of Cebu and Dinagyang of Iloilo City, both adaptations of the Kalibo's Ati-Atihan Festival,...
Ilonggo architect, William Coscolluela. The design was inspired by Iloilo's Dinagyang and Paraw Regatta festivals. The paraw is a native double outrigger sailboat...
Ilonggo architect, William Coscolluela. The design was inspired by Iloilo's Dinagyang and Paraw Regatta festivals. The paraw is a native double outrigger sailboat...
in general, is commemorated by the Ati-Atihan Festival of Aklan, the Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo, and the Sinulog festival the feast of the Santo Niño...
that now houses the Philippine Museum of Economic History. Calle Real Dinagyang Festival Iloilo City "Iloilo...My City...My Pride". Archived from the...
Month Festival Place January Ati-Atihan Kalibo, Aklan Sinulog Cebu Dinagyang Iloilo Dinagsa Cadiz, Negros Occidental Coconut San Pablo, Laguna Bambanti...
ISBN 2-8317-0797-8. Calubiran, Maricar M. (January 16, 2008). "Ivatan Joins Dinagyang to Promote Batanes Tourism". The News Today. Retrieved April 17, 2008...
Philippines. It is one of Iloilo City's tourism events along with the Dinagyang Festival, Kasadyahan Festival, Chinese New Year festival and La Candelaria...
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