Join the War Dances at the Bayluhay Festival

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BAYLUHAY FESTIVAL

Photo from: http://mybeautifuliloilo.blogspot.com/2011/12/san-joaquin-celebrates-9th-bayluhay.html

Bayluhay Festival of San Joaquin, annually celebrated every 3rd week of January showcases the historic barter based on folk history of the Maragtas legend.

Bayluhay Festival is an opportunity for the people of San Joaquin to express their pride and honor, known to be progenitors of these great and noble ancient rulers of the land. It is proof of the greatness that springs from unity among the people in their community; the local government and the private sector, cultural advocates come together. Read More: http://www.iloilo.gov.ph/tourism/bayluhay-festival/

Photo from: http://mybeautifuliloilo.blogspot.com/2011/12/san-joaquin-celebrates-9th-bayluhay.html

San Joaquin, Iloilo will celebrate its annual municipal fiesta with Bayluhay Festival on January 11-16, 2016 highlighted by the street dancing and tribal dance competition on January 14 at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, San Joaquin Sports Arena.

Bayluhay showcases the historic barter based on folk history of the Maragtas legend narrating that sometime between the 13th and 15th century, ten Shri-Vijayan Datus led by the Sultanate Minister Datu Putih, together with their families, households and subordinates fled Bornay (Borneo) using their balanghais boat for sea travel) in search of a new life. It was said that the group landed in Siruanga (Siwaragan River in San Joaquin) where they bartered their gold and jewelries with the local “Ati” (Aeta) Chieftain Marikudo with his wife Maniwantiwang for the lowlands, plains and valleys of the Aninipay Island (Panay) they called “Madya-as” or paradise. After the transaction was sealed, the Atis were believed to have retired to the mountains and the Malay took complete control of the lowlands. Read More: http://mybeautifuliloilo.blogspot.com/2016/01/bayluhay-celebration-on-birth-of.html

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One of the Filipino fiestas you should see is the Bayluhay Festival. The Bayluhay Festival is a festivity in the municipality of San Joaquin, Iloilo. It is being celebrated on the 3^rd week of January, which is a commemoration about the island’s barter that led to the inhabitation of the Malays in the Philippines. It is a festival that has a religious and historic theme that reflects its own history.

Different rituals that have been a part of their culture will once again be performed as part of the festival’s tradition. War dances will be performed which has been said that to be capable of warding off evil and protecting people from harm. Other important cultural trends will be executed much to the delight of the locals and tourists who come to see the event. Read More: http://primer.com.ph/tips-guides/2015/12/16/bayluhay-festival/

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