Dinagyang 2016 List of of Winners

 ATI ATI TRIBES COMPETITION

Major Awards
Champion: Tribu Salugnon sang Jaro National High School
1st runner up: Tribu Ilonganon sang Jalandoni Memorial National High School
2nd runner up: Tribu Pan-ay sang Fort San Pedro National High School
3rd runner up: Tribu Paghidaet sang Lapaz National High School
4th runner up: Tribu Baybayanon sang Calaparan National High School

Minor Awards
Best in Performance: Tribu Salugnon sang Jaro National High School
Best in Choreography: Tribu Salugnon sang Jaro National High School
Best in Music: Tribu Panayanon sang Iloilo City National High School
Best in Costume: Tribu Panayanon sang Iloilo City National High School
Best in Street Dancing: Tribu Panayanon sang Iloilo City National High School
Best in Discipline: Tribu Ilonganon sang Jalandoni National High School

Special Awards
Best in Choreograper: Tribu Salugnon sang Jaro National High School
Best in Musical Director: Tribu Panayanon sang Iloilo City National High School
Best in Headress: Tribu Panayanon sang Iloilo City National High School
Best in Costume Designer: Tribu Panayanon sang Iloilo City National High School

OPENING SALVO AWARD
Best in Overall Performance: Tribu Salugnon sang Jaro National High School
Best in Discipline: Tribu Panayanon sang Iloilo City National High School
Best in Costume: Tribu Salugnon sang Jaro National High School



KASADYAHAN REGIONAL CULTURAL COMPETITION

Major Awards
Champion: Tribu Tatusan sang Caluya, Antique
1st runner up: Tribu Kasag sang Banate, Iloilo
2nd runner up: Tribu Bantayan sang Guimbal, Iloilo
3rd runner up: Mabulakon’g Pundok Sa Erpazalio sang Pinta Flores Festival, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental
4th runner up: Tribu Patabang sang Tapaz, Capiz

Minor Awards Best in Street Dancing: Tribu Bantayan sang Guimbal, Iloilo
Best in Performance: Tribu Kasag sang Banate, Iloilo
Best in Choreography: Tribu Tatusan sang Caluya, Antique
Best in Music: Tribu Kasag sang Banate, Iloilo
Best in Costume: Tribu Kasag sang Banate, Iloilo
Best in Choreographer: Tribu Tatusan sang Caluya, Antique
Best Musical Director: Tribu Kasag sang Banate, Iloilo

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Dinagyang wows New York in PIDCI Parade

Iloilo City's Dinagyang winner  in New York

NEW YORK - “Sensational! New York has never seen anything like it!” Those were only some of the hooray and hurrah comments Sunday when the Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc. unleashed its annual commemoration of the Declaration of Philippine Independence on Madison Avenue highlighting the performances of the Philippines’ awards-winning “Queen of Festivals,” the Dinagyang Festival.

As the 32-strong Dinagyang Festival dancers and drummers made their thumping and weaving choreography down the avenue to the shrieks and screams of onlookers running along and on the sidewalks, Dinagyang drums kept the pace booming up and down the concrete canyons of the greatest city in the world.

“It’s an infectious experience I’ve never felt before,” was another spectator’s comment as she tried to keep pace following at the heels of the costumed Dinagyang drummers and dancers.

And the merriment continued later in the day as the Dinagyang Festival put in another rousing performance during PIDCI’s afternoon Cultural Festival on the open stage just north of 23rd Street on Madison Avenue. Once again the shrieks and screams reverberated at the downtown end of the avenue and west through Madison Square Park all the way through the intersecting Fifth Avenue and Broadway.

If you ask Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog of Iloilo City, who heads the delegation, he’ll tell you that the Dinagyang Festival has become some sort of an international phenomenon, especially after winning the Grand Slam Award of the “Aliwan” Festival in Manila. Aliwan is likened to the Carnaval of Rio de Janeiro. It is held annually in Manila, Philippines with winning festivals from the outlying provinces and cities invited to compete for the Grand Slam prize.

And as the day wore on, the crowd on Madison Avenue, enjoying the upper 70’s-degree weather, savored the other major events of PIDCI’s Philippine Independence Day—the all-day Street Fair, from 24th Street to 26th Street—a block-long Food Festival and another block-long Mini-Expo; and the afternoon Cultural Festival that also showcased the Independence Day Parade Guest of Honor, Philippine Vice President Jejomar C. Binay, who was accompanied by Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. and Philippine consul General in New York, Ambassador Mario L. de Leon, Jr. and invited celebrities from the Philippines Jericho and Karyll who sang a few songs on the stage to wind up the day’s festivities.

PIDCI President Joji Jalandoni announced and invited everyone to the next and culminating event of the 113th Anniversary Commemoration of Philippine Independence – the annual Philippine Independence Ball, at the New York Hilton Hotel at 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, on Saturday, June 11 from 7pm to 1am of the following day – Philippine Independence Day.

“Get ready to be thrilled by more Dinagyang Festival dances,” she promised.

source:

http://www.asianjournal.com/fil-am-news/3-filamnews/10744-dinagyang-wows-new-york-in-pidci-parade.html

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Iloilo to pilot cultural integration of Fil-Am youths

By Lydia C. Pendon

Friday, June 10, 2011

MAYOR Jed Patrick Mabilog and Philippine Ambassador Joey Cuisia based in New York City are planning a joint project to make Iloilo City as a pilot area to reintegrate the Filipino-American (Fil-Am) youths on Filipino culture and tradition.

Mabilog, fresh from his 12-day trip to the United States, said an agreement was forged with the Philippine Ambassador to send about 30 to 40 Fil-Am youths in the Philippines and stay for at least one month to absorb Filipino culture and tradition.

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The meeting was held recently when Mabilog led an Ilonggo contingent in New York in a grand Philippine Independence Day celebration and parade last June 5, 2011.

Dinagyang Tribu Pan-ay was the celebration centerpiece along Madison Avenue, Manhattan that captured more than 150,000 crowd and considered as the biggest celebration of Philippine Independence Day in northeastern area of the United States.

Mabilog said the reintegration project seeks to inculcate Philippine tradition and culture among the Fil-Ams who were mostly born and raised in the United States and absorbed the American way of life.

The city mayor said there is a need to teach the youths on Philippine tradition and culture by staying with Ilonggo families who will teach and remind them of their origin.

The city mayor said that several parents of these youths are willing to send back their children to Iloilo during school break from July to August as school opens in September in the United States.

source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/iloilo/local-news/2011/06/10/iloilo-pilot-cultural-integration-fil-am-youths-160426

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‘Sinadya sa Suba’ Kicks Off Today

ILOILO City – For the first time, Iloilo City celebrates Sinadya sa Suba today and tomorrow in tribute to the river that runs across the city.

Sinadya sa Suba is an environmental campaign of the city government for the advancement of the Iloilo River development and rehabilitation.

It is a two-day affair with a food festival along the riverbanks, variety shows, musical bands, and other sports events like Tipon Basura, a mass mobilization for garbage collection along the river, and Waswas Pamunit, an inland fishing competition.

The festival opens today with the food festival, stretching from Promenade La Paz Area to the area of Drilon Bridge at Brgy. Rizal, La Paz and Carpenter Bridge all the way to Treñas Boulevard.

Today is also the grand opening of Night of Music Festival by the River with KAPUSO Night of GMA-Iloilo, accompanied with a performance by Showcase of Sinamba sa Regatta top performers. 

A mass will be offered at 7 a.m. in tribute of the river, followed by a Formal Opening of Ceremony at the Treñas Boulevard near the Carpenter Bridge.l.

By 8:30 a.m., Tipon Basura and Waswas Pamunit will start, and by 9 a.m. Tribu Pan-ay, Tribu Paghida-et and Tribu Pantat will give a special Dinagyang tribute to the river through Pamukaw sa Suba.

The food festival will open again by 3 p.m., along Treñas Boulevard in the vicinity of Carpenter Bridge.

This will be followed by a Final Judgment for Tipon Basura Competition and First Inland Angling Competition and Paralympics by the Bridge with Office of Persons with Disability Affairs by 4 p.m. and the Awarding Ceremony with Cong. Jerry Treñas and Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog after.

A special performance by Sinamba sa Regatta Grand Champion will be given at the Music Festival Area along with Pasanag sa Suba: Candle Light Floaters/Lanterns by 6 p.m.

By 7:30 p.m. at Treñas Boulevard, local bands and ABS CBN talents will showcase their talents for Sinadya sa Suba.

This project aims to create a heightened environmental awareness among Ilonggos, particularly the riverside communities of Iloilo City on the importance of sustaining a clean river.

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All Systems go for Sinadya sa Suba 2011

Iloilo River @ Daytime

By Lilibeth A. French
 

IT is all systems go for the first Sinadya sa Suba here in Iloilo City May 20 – 21, 2011.

Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said Sinadya sa Suba is an environmental advocacy program not only of the city government but of all Ilonggos through their active support and cooperation.

He said the program is at no cost to the city as the fund for it was raised by the private sector to ensure its success and is a public-private partnership endeavor.

Sinadya sa Suba intends to raise the level of awareness and participation of the public in the rehabilitation efforts geared towards the protection and preservation of the Iloilo River which according to Mabilog is a good source of livelihood and the promotion of tourism.

It will be recalled that Iloilo City is a recipient of a gold award under the Environmentally Sustainable Project Awards of the International Awards for Liveable Communities (LivCom) in 2010 for its Iloilo River Development Project.

The two-day Sinadya sa Suba will kick off with a food festival in the afternoon of May 20 at 3pm in two separate venues – the Promenade in LaPaz Area and Treñas Boulevard in Mandurriao district here.

Iloilo River at Night

Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog will lead the opening program of the food festival at the Promenade which will be followed by the ABC LaPaz Barangay Night as LaPaz District is also celebrating its annual fiesta.

On the other hand, Rep. Jerry Treñas will give the message at the opening program of the food festival at the Treñas Boulevard which will be followed by an event sponsored by ABS-CBN and M.O.R.

At 7pm, there will be a Konsyerto sa Suba in both venues. Four bands will perform in each venue playing reggae, alternative and other varieties of music. They were also requested to play environmental songs during their two-day gigs.

Bands to perform at the Promenade are Bahag Hari, Tribu ni Mali, Tunog Amakan and Dos Band while at the Treñas Boulevard these are the Kuwatro Kantos, Joscko, Katu Kamos and Alallie.

Also, Ilonggo visual artists who wanted to share their talents in the preservation of the Iloilo River will hold an actual on-site mural paintings at the two venues starting at 2pm on May 20.

A Holy Mass will formally open the event on May 21 to be followed by a ceremony at the Trenas Boulevard near the Carpenter Bridge where Mabilog will officially declare the Sinadya sa Suba open. This will also signal the start of other activities such as Pamukaw sa Suba, Tipon Basura Community Mobilization, Rescue-Lympics and Waswas Pamunit.

Pamukaw sa Suba will showcase the performances of Dinagyang prides Tribu Pan-ay, Tribu Paghida-et and Tribu Pantat and Tipon Basura is a clean-up activity of the Iloilo River. On the other hand, the Rescue-Lympics is a showcase of different rescue groups and disaster preparedness and rescue capacity skills while Waswas Pamunit is an inland angling competition.

A people’s conference for Iloilo River Development and Protection is also set for the day starting at 10:30 AM at the Promenade Area. Other activities include Pinta-tawo and Super Bodies and a special performance from Sinamba sa Regatta Grand Champion.

Mabilog said he is looking forward that the Sinadya sa Suba will be institutionalized and will become an annual festival of Iloilo City which will be scheduled every second quarter of the year.

He said May is the best time to hold the Sinadya sa Suba when the waves and the seas are calm considering that the Iloilo River is an arm of the sea.

Dinagyang festival, Candelaria or the Jaro Fiesta, Chinese New Year and the Paraw Regatta are held during the first quarter, Sinadya sa Suba on the second quarter, Charter Day on the third quarter and the Lighting of Christmas Lanterns and the New Year countdown on the fourth quarter of the year. 

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An Ilonggo Legacy

THE Paraw Regatta Festival is an embodiment of the excellent Ilonggo seafaring tradition.

“This is a legacy of our marine skills,” said Department of Tourism (DOT-6) regional director Edwin Trompeta.

He said the annual boat race among native outriggers separating the island of Panay from Guimaras has exemplified the Ilonggo seafaring tradition that has spread across the globe.
“More than 50% of Filipino seafarers who work in different ships abroad are from Iloilo,” Trompeta noted.

“Seafaring has been woven into our psyche and we should take pride in it,” Trompeta expressed.

However, he stressed there is a need for the younger generation to appreciate the essence of seafaring and how it continues to play a pivotal role in an archipelagic country.

Established by DOT as a festival in 1972, the Paraw Regatta mimicked the material and design of the paraw that carried the first Bornean settlers to Panay during the 13th century.

“Our forefathers utilized it to find a new home and is continued to be used to this day. It is a means of transportation and a tool in the fishing livelihood of those living in coastal areas,” Trompeta noted.

He also emphasized that the festival, which has been named as one of the country’s Best Sports Tourism events by the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP), is an awareness campaign on environmental preservation.

“The paraw does not use gasoline and is dependent on the natural wind,” Trompeta said.

As a festival, Paraw Regatta aimed “to develop the local tourism industry and preserve the paraw as a legacy from the earliest period of Ilonggo history.” It also wanted to instill sportsmanship among Ilonggos.

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