Last March 11, 2010, I was able to witness the 2nd One Visayas Culture and Arts Expo with fellow bloggers Junelle and Marcus that was held at the seafood Capital of the Philippines, Roxas City. The expo is an attempt to bring together the provinces of Visayas, especially Region 6, 7 and 8. And it [...]
From its humble beginnings 38 years ago, the Iloilo Paraw Regatta has since evolved into a sailboat race recognized all over the Philippines and in some parts of the sailing world. In fact, it has been named the country’s best sports tourism event by the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines last year.
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Despite the coming elections, the crowd-drawing Dagupan Bangus Festival will be held as scheduled on April 16 to May 1 this year.
The province of Negros will once again celebrate its annual Panaad sa Negros Festival this March. The festival is dubbed as the “Festival of Festivals”, for it converges the festivals & fiestas of 13 cities and 19 municipalities in Negros Occidental in just a single celebration.
City Tourism office plans to separate the holding of the Kasadyahan from the Dinagyang Festival as it fast becoming a distinct tourism event.
City Tourism head Ben Jimena said the office would propose a concept which would make Kasadyahan a distinct festival.
Chinese New Year is just days away and the best way to celebrate it is to join the 2010 Bacolaodiat Festival in the City of smile – Bacolod. Bacolaodiat is a fusion of Chinese tradition and the Negrense style. It also comes from the word Bacolod and Lao Diat which is a Fookien term for [...]
The Grupong Kabog in the Tribal Big Category won the coveted title as 1st prize in the Tribal Big Category during this year’s Ati-Atihan Festival competition held in Kalibo, Aklan from Jan. 15 to 17.
The Grupong Kabog romped off with a hefty sum of P50,000 cash and a trophy.
Baguio Flower Festival is just around the corner.
Get ready for Baguio will once again be in Full Bloom as it celebrates the annual Panagbenga Festival this coming February. The 15th Panagbenga Festival theme will be “Celebrating 15 Years of Festival Excellence”.
“Hala Bira, Puera Pasma!”
Get ready for the annual celebration of Kalibo Ati-Atihan Festival is just a month away. The festival is known to be the oldest festival in the Philippines and is now on its 798th year. Ati-Atihan Festival is held in honor of the towns patron saint – Santo Niño (Infant Jesus) every third [...]
Be ready for the country’s biggest and grandest festival, Cebu Sinulog Festival, is just a month away. Sinulog festival is a nine-day religious festival held in honor of Sto. Niño with two major activities: A religious procession and the grand street parade.
