Join the Vibrant and Exciting Festivals of Iloilo Part 12

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FESTIVALS IN ILOILO

Iloilo is a province of festivals, widely known in the Philippines and internationally for the Dinagyang Festival. Ilonggos are fond of hosting festivals and fiestas. In testimony if this is that fact that nearly all places in Iloilo hold a big town-wide celebration every year. It could be in the form of a cultural festival, a religious fiesta that honors a patron saint, or the town or city’s founding day. Read More: http://www.exploreiloilo.com/guide/iloilo-festivals-events/

Saludan Festival

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The culture of the town of Tigbauan reflects a society with diverse influences and traditions. And to express this cultural richness, Saludan a cultural festivity was organized to showcase the town’s distinct traditional activity in a celebration of dance and music. A dialect used for the “crude method of threshing rice or catching fingerlings through nets,” Saludan is one of Iloilo’s emerging festivals.

Aside from the way of life of the people of Tigbauan, the Saludan Festival also centers on the town’s colorful history. Tigbauan was the site of the first Jesuit Boarding School for boys, the first educational center in the Philippines; Furthermore, it is the home of a regional fisheries research institution, the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC); and the town is also the place where the American Liberation Forces landed on 18 March 1945 which led to the Liberation of the islands of Panay and Romblon. These milestones are a source of pride for the people of Tigbauan.

The Saludan is held every last week of October. The four day event opens with a food festival, Trade Fair, and a Beauty pageant. The gem of the festivity is the tribe competition. Read More: http://www.exploreiloilo.com/do/info/saludan-festival-2/

Tambobo Festival

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Tambobo is a Hiligaynon term for “a storehouse, warehouse or a storage structure for agricultural products, or other goods that are stored and kept until a demand or need arises.” The festival, as the term denotes, is the presentation of the municipality’s incomparable and unequalled bliss of human, material and natural wealth. Witness and enjoy its cultural performances marked by a lavish feast thanking God for the crops that would sustain their community.

The Tambobo Festival is celebrated in Ajuy, Iloilo, every September 8-10.

Contact:
Mr. Ernesto Balida
Municipal Tourism Officer
Tel. no. 3920444

Tumandok Festival

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The annual Tumandok celebration in Robinson’s, Iloilo City every 3rd week of September includes many imaginative and colorful displays of municipal showcases from tourism students of partner-tourism schools in Iloilo. This festive week long event is a showcase of product, destination and cultural performances. Organized by the Iloilo Provincial Government through the Iloilo Tourism Officers Association (ITOA) the event is a localized version of WOW Philippines and Philippine Travel Mart aimed at establishing a broad network of cooperative partners in the province.

Contact:
Office of Culture, Arts, History and Tourism or
Bombette Marin
OIC-Prov’l Tourism Officer
Tel. no. 3384910