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Celebrated every fourth weekend of January, Dinagyang Festival is the grandest festival in Iloilo City in honor of the Senyor Sto. Niño. The highlights of the festival are composed of the Ati-Ati Competition, the Kasadyahan Festival, the foot and fluvial procession, and the religious sadsad or religious street dance.
Dinagyang Festival 2014 highlights will be on January 24-26, 2014. Here is the Schedule of Activities and Highlights of Events. Be sure to save the dates of the festival and plan your trip ahead.
December 2013
13 December (Friday)
3:00PM – Pamukaw (“Awakening” activity)
January 2014
January 17, 2014 (Friday)
3:00PM – Opening Salvo along the Street Parade Route (refer to festival route map for details)
January 22, 2014 (Thursday)
7:00PM – Miss Iloilo Dinagyang Festival Coronation Night at University of San Agustin Gym
January 23-26, 2014 (Thursday to Sunday)
5:00PM onwards – Dinagyang IHRRA Food Festival at Delgado Street
January 24, 2014 (Friday)
7:30AM – Salvo of a Thousand Drums at Arroyo Fountain Area
8:00AM – Tambor Trumpa Martsa Musika from Bonifacio Drive to Freedom Grandstand
3:00PM – Religious Fluvial and Solemn Foot Procession of the image of Santo Niño de Cebu. From Fort San Pedro to Iloilo Customs House, followed by solemn foot procession to San Jose de Placer Church (refer to foot and fluvial procession map for details)
January 25, 2014 (Saturday)
8:00AM – Kasadyahan Regional Festival along the Street Parade Route (refer to festival route map for details)
2:00PM – Sponsors Mardi-Gras along the Street Parade Route (refer to festival route map for details)
7:00PM – Religious Sadsad at San Jose de Placer Parish Church
January 26, 2014 (Sunday)
6:00AM – Concelebrated High Mass at San Jose de Placer Parish Church
8:00AM – Iloilo Dinagyang Ati Contest along the Street Parade Route (refer to festival route map for details)
7:00PM – Awarding Ceremonies at Freedom Grandstand
Hala Bira! Viva Senyor Santo Niño!
HOW TO GET TO ILOILO CITY
The fastest way to reach Iloilo City is via a direct flight from Manila. Philippine Airlines/PAL Express, AirAsia Zest, TigerAir Philippines and Cebu Pacific have several flights daily to Iloilo from Manila, Cebu or Davao. By plane, it takes 55 minutes from Manila, about 25 minutes from Cebu, and 1 hour from Davao. Iloilo Airport 30 minutes away from Iloilo City, to get to the city proper you may take a taxi or the shuttle service with drop-off point in SM City Iloilo.By sea, it takes about 20 hours from Manila to Iloilo by ferry. It can also be reached from Zamboanga (16 hours); Cagayan de Oro (14 hours); Cebu (12 hours) or Bacolod City (1 hour).
TRAVEL TIP: Airfares to Iloilo tend to shoot up during festival season, your next best option (if you're on budget) is to fly-in via Bacolod or Roxas City which would take 1 hour (by ferry) and 3 hours by van or bus to reach Iloilo City, respectively.
Photos were used with permission from Rob Pinzon of www.palibut.com.
Thank you for sharing this! :)
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