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The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural festival held annually on the fourth Sunday of January in Iloilo City, Philippines, in honor of Santo Niño, the Holy Child, and to commemorate the historic pact between the Malay settlers and the indigenous Ati people of Panay. It is considered one of the largest festivals in the Philippines ...
The complete list of winners of the Dinagyang Tribes Competition, also known as the Ati Tribes Competition or the Ati-atihan Contest, during the Dinagyang Festival, held annually on the fourth Sunday of January at the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand in Iloilo City, Philippines.
The Kasadyahan Festival is a cultural festival that is part of the larger Dinagyang Festival held annually on the fourth Saturday of January in Iloilo City, Philippines.It precedes the main highlight of Dinagyang, the Ati Tribes Competition, which takes place the following day on Sunday.
The Dinagyang festival is celebrated every fourth Sunday of January in Iloilo City. The festival name is derived from the word dagyang meaning "merry-making". [26] Modeled after Ati-atihan in Kalibo, Aklan, Dinagyang venerates the Santo Niño, and specifically commemorates the purchase of Panay Island from the Indigenous Ati by 10 fleeing ...
Dinagyang Festival, one of the largest festivals in the Philippines. Iloilo is dubbed as the "Festival Capital of the Philippines" with various renowned festivals in the country celebrated in the province. The Dinagyang Festival is the most popular and largest festival in Iloilo, held every January in honor of the Santo Niño in Iloilo City. It ...
Miss Iloilo is an annual beauty 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 Festivals Foundation, Inc. (IFFI). It was first staged in 2020 and replaced the Miss Dinagyang beauty pageant (formed since the 1970s). [1]
The date may change soon as it has been separated from the Dinagyang Festival since 2020 [24] Dinagyang Festival: 4th Sunday Iloilo City: Honours the Santo Niño and the pact between the island's aboriginal peoples and migrant Bornean Datus: Ibajay Ati-Ati Municipal and Devotional Fiesta [25] 4th Sunday Ibajay, Aklan: Honours the Santo Niño ...
The district of Arevalo celebrates its fiesta in honor of the Santo Niño de Arevalo every third Sunday of January – a week before the staging of Iloilo City's Dinagyang Festival that celebrates the coming of the replica of Santo Niño de Cebu to Iloilo in 1968.