Category: Festivals

Iloilo Paraw Regatta Festival 2013

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Iloilo city is set to hold the Paraw Regatta again. This year the city is celebratig the 41st edition of the festival. It is said that the Paraw Regatta of Iloilo is the oldest sailboat racing competition in Southeast Asia.

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Sinamba sa Paraw Regatta

Every year various activities are lined up leading to highlights. There are cooking competitions, sports activities, beauty pageant, mardi gras competition, and of course the event every one is eagerly awaiting the race of the wind-powered sailboats.
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Kalibo Ati-atihan Festival Santo Nino Procession

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Many people come to the Kalibo Ati-atihan Festival because of the seemingly endless street partying and the street dancing where the locals pain themselves in black and wear brightly colored ati costumes.

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Ati-atihan Festival 2013: The Ultimate Street Party you have to Attend!

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Party like there’s no tomorrow. Dance as if no one’s watching you. And where to do all these crazy stuff? Where else but in Kalibo Ati-atihan Festival!

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Every January, the town of Kalibo, the capital of the province of Aklan celebrates its fiesta in honor of the Infant Jesus locally known as the Senor Santo Nino.

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Kalibo Ati-atihan 2013: The Mother of all Festivals

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Party like it’s the end of the world. And that’s exactly hat I did in Kalibo as the town celebrated it’s annual Kalibo Ati-atihan Festival 2013. Every year,the town of Kalibo in the province of Aklan celebrates the Ati-atihan Festival in honor of the Infant Jesus or locally known as Senor Santo Nino.

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Baguio Panagbenga Flower Festival 2013

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Every merry month of February, the City of Baguio comes into a full bloom as it celebrates the annual Panagbenga or more popularly known as the Baguio Flower Festival.

Various activities are lined up every year, participated by the different private and public sectors.

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