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SANGYAW FESTIVAL

 

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Sangyaw Festival is a religious, socio-cultural event and a popular native festival held every 29th of June in Tacloban City. Sangyaw means “to herald news” in the local dialect. It was cancelled in 1987 and revived in 2008. The revived festival became a big success and participated by cultural contingents from different performing groups of various festivals in the country to compete on this side of the region. Read More: https://faq.ph/sangyaw-festival-2017-in-tacloban-city/

 

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Sangyaw is a festival in the Philippines. It was revived in 2008 by the city government of Tacloban, Leyte, Eastern Visayas. Sangyaw means “to herald news” in Waray language. Various festival-participants from different parts of the country participate in this tribal procession. It was held a day before the city fiesta. The festival was first held in 1974, cancelled in 1987 and revived in 2008. Contestants from different provinces and festivals shall grace the Sangyaw Festival. This is a Street Dancing competition with prizes ranging from P100,000.00 to P500,000.00 open to City Cultural Groups. Among the cities which have committed to join the Festival Parade are Cebu, Talisay City (Cebu), Lapu-lapu, Bacolod City, Makati City, Silay City, Isabela City (Basilan), Marikina City, Navotas City  and San Carlos City.  Read More:  https://trapelachristine.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/sangyaw-festival-taclobn-city/

 

Photo from:  http://taclobancityguide.blogspot.com/2011/06/history-of-sangyaw-taclobanons-heritage.html

 

The parade is truly a visual treat. The first one is a galleon with the huge image of the Sto. Nino as the centerpiece to signify the coming of Christianity in our shores. The floats are environment oriented so we have floats of a giant turtle, dolphins, angel fish, swan, caterpillar, flowers, bee and ladybug, apples, the whale shark or butanding, but the best is that of the butterflies and mushrooms. They also have floats of the San Juanico Bridge, a World War II tank, Chinese pagoda and artifacts, a train, an airplane, a special float for the winning Miss Tacloban and her runners up. Each float is followed by a contingency of dancers in marvelous colorful costumes, the best ones being the Chinese dancers in resplendent red, those in rooster costumes, and the Spanish dancers with beautiful ternos. Even the music has been changed. Instead of the usual brass “hala bira” accompaniment, they now use music with a Latin beat you can hear from huge loud speakers that lined up the parade’s route.  Read More:  http://www.showbiz-portal.com/2012/06/taclobans-sangyaw-eclipses-sinulog.html

 

Photo from:  http://gridcrosser.blogspot.com/2015/07/sangyaw-festival-2015-tacloban-city.html

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

The Largest Naval Battle in History Took Place in Leyte

How To Get To Leyte

Popular Places to Visit in Leyte

Colorful Festivals to Watch in Leyte

Having a Fun Time in Leyte

Leyte Photo Gallery

Leyte Video Collection