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 [...]
List of Participants (Updated)
Iloilo Dinagyang Festival Ati Competition January 25, 2009 1. Tribu Paghidaet 2. Tribu Ilonganon 3. Ang Taga Jaro 4. Tribu Silak 5. Tribu Atub-Atub 6. Tribu Panagat ( formerly Tribu Parianon) 7. Tribu Pag-asa 8. Tribu Pana-ad 9. Tribu Molave 10. Tribu Aninipay 11. Tribu Milagrosa (formerly Tribu Baryohanon) 12. Tribu Bantu 13. Tribu Hamili [...]
Treñas Rules Out Subsidy for 4 Dinagyang 2009 Tribes
The Iloilo City Government cannot give any amount to competing tribes that are not subsidized by the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (IDFI), Mayor Jerry Trenas said. “We cannot give any financial assistance to these tribes. (But) IDFI is trying to find ways how to help them,” Trenas told reporters. The non-subsidized tribes are Tribu Bantu, [...]
