Another year has passed and as early as now, Dinagyang Festival goers are already preparing for the bigger festival next year in Iloilo.

Festival Dancer in Dinagyang 2011

Aside from delicious Pancit Molo and Lapaz Batchoy, tourist from all over the world are also visiting Iloilo to watch the colorful street dancers and to experience the rest of activities in Dinagyang Festival 2011. Continue Reading

Kadayawan Festival 2010 is an annual festival in the city of Davao in the beautiful island of Mindanao. Just like all harvest festivals, Kadayawan is a celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest and serenity of living.

Kadayawan sa Davao Festival 2010

This internationally renowned festival is a weeklong celebration that has been transformed into a festival of festivals. Being celebrated every 3rd Week of August, Kadayawan’s festivities are highlighted with floral floats, street-dancing competitions and exhibits that showcases the City’s tourism products and services. Continue Reading

MassKara Festival is a colorful and one of the most celebrated week-long festival held yearly in Bacolod City. The festival features a street dance competition which is participated by Schools and Barangay’s.

2010 Maskara Festival

Other activities include the MassKara Queen beauty pageant, carnivals, drum and bugle corps competitions, food festivals, sports events, musical concerts, agriculture-trade fairs, garden shows, and other special events organized ad-hoc every year.

MassKara is coined from two words: Mass, which means “many, or multitude,” and Kara, a Spanish word for “face,” thus MassKara is a mass or multitude of smiling faces.

Here’s the Masskara Festival 2010 Official Schedule of activities this year’s from the festival organizers:

October 1, 2010 Opening of the Festival Site ( * Public Plaza * SM MassKara Village)
October 9, 2010 Bacolod MassKara Queen (* University of St. La Salle Coliseum)
October 15 & 16, 2010 Electric MassKara (* Tourism Street, Lacson Street.)
October 16, 2010 MassKara Street Dance Competition 2010 – School Category (* Araneta St. to Public Plaza)
October 17, 2010 MassKara Street Dance Competition – Barangay Category (* Araneta St. to Public Plaza)
October 18, 2010 Countdown to the Charter Day Giant Street Party Celebration (* New Government Center)
October 19 73rd Bacolod Charter Day Anniversary

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T’nalak 2010 Schedule of Activities

It was early morning yesterday when we left the Samsung Headquarters in Fort Bonifacio together with fellow bloggers and writers form various publications for the Pahiyas Festival 20210 Photo Shoot-Out sponsored by Samsung.

Pahiyas 2010

Enroute to Lucban Quezon, we had a short stopover in Sulyap Gallery Cafe in San Pablo City. The Restaurant / Gallery is located in the former Cocoland Hotel offering famous tagalog cuisine and a gallery of paintings and antique collections. Inside the compound, you can also visit an old Spanish Colonial house which was restored piece by piece to match the original dismantled house from Tiaong Quezon. Continue Reading

May is a festive month in the Philippines wherein bountiful harvest of fruits, unique crops and flowers is being celebrated in most agricultural towns in the country.

Flores de Mayo

When the rains come after a long dry spell, flowers seem to bloom overnight and to celebrate the much needed rains, the Filipinos celebrate by giving praise to the Blessed Virgin Mary by holding a yearly Santacruzan. Continue Reading

It was exactly 10am when I arrived in the Pacific Drive of SM Mall of Asia. The parking lot assembly point was still empty and the only thing I saw were the trucks loaded with costumes and props of several Aliwan Fiesta 2010 contingents.

The temperature was humid so I decided just to roam around inside the Mall while waiting for the Aliwan contigents to assemble. I saw several travel bloggers like Byahilo, Habagat Central and Explore Ilo-Ilo in the parking area taking photos of Aliwan Fiesta 2010 participating floats and street dancers.

The return of Jejemons : este Lapay Bantique Festival of Masbate pala

After taking few portrait shots and photos of the floats, I went back to the Mall to rehydrate and have quick lunch. I came back just in time for street dancing competition. I don’t have a Media pass that’s why I have to bear with the huge photographers crowd. I was totally disappointed with some of the organizers (I supposed) who stands in front of us as if there’s no photographers at their back. Continue Reading

I just got back from SM Mall of Asia to watch Aliwan Fiesta 2010 and to take photos of the Philippines best of the best festival dancers.

The parking lot was still deserted when I arrived at the back of SMX but in just a matter of two hours, the area was completely covered by street dancers and photographers.

from Tribu Paghidaet of Dinagyang Festival

It was not only a gathering of street dancers, the area became a rendezvous of Pinoy young artists showcasing their indigenous costumes, unique culture and wide smile despite of the humid temperature. Continue Reading

Once a year, the province of Palawan, the Philippines’ last ecological frontier, celebrates its biggest festival, Baragatan sa Palawan, from June 1 to 30, 2010. Baragatan which is derived from the Cuyonon word, bagat, which means “to meet,” is a gathering of people, culture, traditions and resources celebrating the beauty and bounty of the province. It is a grand celebration where one can experience Palawan under one roof, so to speak.

Baragatan Festival in Palawan – Float of the municipality of Taytay, second prize winner in the Baragatan Float Parade competition in 2009.

It is a festival of Palawan’s natural and cultural heritage showcasing the beauty and bounty of the province in its people, agricultural crops, arts and crafts, tourism destinations, and environment. People from all walks of life including expatriates who have made Palawan their home, tourists and visitors are part of the Baragatan sa Palawan. Continue Reading

The much awaited yearly nationwide streetdancing competition will be back very very soon!! The Aliwan Fiesta 2010 will showcase the country’s best of the best festival streetdancers from all over the Philippines.

Aliwan 2010 Festival

Organized by Manila Broadcasting Company, Aliwan Fiesta is scheduled on April 22-24, 2010. What makes this years event interesting is its new route which will commence at the back of the SM Mall of Asia but the final dance showdown will still be held in front of the Aliw theater in CCP.

Photographers who wishes to join the Aliwan Photo Contest can submit up to five entries which includes 3 shots taken during the street dancing competition and 2 additional photos of Aliwan festival 2010 floats.

If you are living outside Metro Manila, be sure to plan your trip ahead, book your flights early and accommodation as early as now and see you in Aliwan Fiesta 2010.