The winners of this year’s Dinagyang Photo Contest 2009 are: 1st Place – Japoi Cequina of CCN Photographed by: Japoi Cequina Source: http://www.pbase.com/japoi/image/108742402 2nd Place – Ted Madamba of Cebu Images Photographed by: Ted Madamba Source: http://madambated.multiply.com/photos/album/25/ILOILO_Dinagyang_Festival_09#16 3rd Place – Manjo Uy of PDS Photographed by: Manjo Uy Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59876982@N00/3265682853/in/set-72157613515679537/ The Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. [...]
Dinagyang Foundation Mulls Committee to Screen Tribes
For next year’s festival, the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (IDFI) plans to screen the tribes that intend to join the ati competition. The screening will ensure the tribes’ “capability and competitiveness,” said Dr. Jaime Manila, chairman of the tribes committee. A screening committee is being planned. This year’s edition of the festival was marred by [...]
2009 Jaro Queen Coronation Tonight
For hundreds of years, the heritage rich District of Jaro, the center of religious devotion to the miraculous Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria celebrates its fiesta today February 2. This world -famous event, better known as the “Candelaria” is the biggest and the most opulent religious pageantry in Western Visayas. The highlight of the celebration [...]
