Aliwan Festival 2007: Battle of the Festivals in Manila - Schedule of Activities
Aliwan Festival 2007: Battle of the Festivals in Manila - Schedule of Activities
for the updated schedule click here
Sparks are set to fly at this year’s “Aliwan Festival†as once again, the Philippines’ grandest, loudest, and most colorful festivals come together to compete in the national championship of festivals on April 26-28 2007 at the CCP Grounds.”Aliwan Festival 2007″ is shaping up to bring excitement to a whole new level this year. More Contingents and more preparation for the event, from last years showing.
The Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC), together with the cities of Manila and Pasay and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, sets the stage for another sure-fire crowd-drawer as “Aliwan Fiesta” returns on its Fifth year as the grandest national championship of all festivals.The festival is highlighted by spirited street dancing native to the participating regions, exhibiting the richness and diversity of Philippine culture and tradition.
Thousands of the country’s finest craftsmen, street performers, and amateur models will gather to compete in Dance Parade Competition, Float Competition, and Reyna ng Aliwan beauty pageant.The Aliwan Fiesta 2007 will bring together the country’s most popular fiestas such as Pedrista Festival (Quezon City) Marikina Festival, and Pakalog Festival (Pasig) of NCR; Panagbenga Festival (Baguio City) representing CAR; Region I’s Pamulinawen Festival (Laoag City) and Agdamdamili Festival (San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte); Region II’s Sabutan Festival (Palanan, Isabela), Pinilisa Festival (Jones, Isabela) and Sambali Cagayana Festival (Baggao, Cagayan);Region III’s Halamanan Festival (Guiguinto, Bulacan) Sto. Niño Festival (Malolos, Bulacan), Angel Festival (San Rafael, Bulacan); Region IV’s Sumakah Festival (Antipolo City) and Boling-Boling Festival (Catanauan, Quezon); Region V’s HimagUlaw Festival (Placer, Masbate) and Pili Festival (Sorsogon City); Region VI’s Dinagyang Festival (Iloilo City), Tultugan Festival (Maasin, Iloilo), Kahilyawan Festival (Santa Barbara, Iloilo), Pintados de Pasi Festival (Passi City, Iloilo) and Babaylan Festival (Bago City, Negros Occidental); Region VII’s Sinulog Festival (Cebu City); Region IX’s Hermosa Festival (Zamboanga City) and Pasalamat Festival (Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur); Region X’s Diyandi Festival (Iligan City); Region XII’s Halad Festival (Pigcawayan, North Cotabato), and Kalilangan Festival (General Santos City); and ARMM’s Padang-Padang Festival, (Parang, Maguindanao), Meguyaya Festival (Maguindanao), and Kambulang Festival (Parang, Maguindanao).
Just called the MBC Office..RE: Photographer Accreditation: we just need our press id to get us in to shoot the Festival.Re: Schedule of Activities: Will be released after their March 2 Meeting: Schedule to be posted here.If you are coming to manila here is a list of hotel you can stay in..updated by Mark:During the awarding ceremony of Dinagyang Festival, the two winning tribes (Tribu Kahiilwayan winner of Kasadyahan Contest and Tribu Ilonganon winner of ATI contest) were invited by an official of the Manila Broadcasting Company, to officially represent the Dinagyang Festival in the Aliwan Fiesta 2007 slated on April 2007 in Manila.Dinagyang is given privilege by the Aliwan Fiesta, as the only festival that will showcase two winning tribes.ALIWAN FESTIVAL PHOTOS HERE
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February 22nd, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Four contingents coming from Iloilo?
I thought it’s only two from Dinagyang Festival, the Tribu Ilonganon of ATI category and Tribu Kahilwayan of Kasadyahan Contest. But I would like to see them all, they are all great and spectacular.
Hala Bira Iloilo!!!
February 22nd, 2007 at 7:41 pm
The preceding pictures featuring the three festivals from Iloilo.
The Pintados de Pasi of Passi City, Iloilo (consistently a runner up of Aliwan Fiesta since joining 3 years ago)
The Kahilwayan of Sta. Barbara, Iloilo (also a runner up of Aliwan and regular performer in Indepedence Day celebration)
Tultugan Festival of Maasin, Iloilo (joined last year and included on the Top 10 performer at Aliwan Festival
February 23rd, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Hi Josh,
Thanks for the info.
I tried to get the updated list from mbc but they said nothing is final until their march 2 meeting.. will post updates when they are finalized.. that is the list of contingents from last year.
February 23rd, 2007 at 1:09 pm
During the awarding ceremony of Dinagyang Festival, the two winning tribes (Tribu Kahiilwayan winner of Kasadyahan Contest and Tribu Ilonganon winner of ATI contest) were invited by an official of the Manila Broadcasting Company, to officially represent the Dinagyang Festival in the Aliwan Fiesta 2007 slated on April 2007 in Manila.
Dinagyang is given privilege by the Aliwan Fiesta, as the only festival that will showcase two winning tribes.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Thanks Mark will update the post!
February 24th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
I hope that the “Paghidaet” tribe of iloilo would also be given the chance to perform at the aliwan 2007. If you could remember during dinagyang awards night, Pahidaet won most number of minor awards and if i may described how they performed, very explicitly entertaining!. but with do respect to other tribes they were also magnificent..
February 26th, 2007 at 8:29 am
Ed, all of the Dinagyang Tribes are spectacular. Kahit aling Tribe ang ipapadala mo sa Aliwan Fiesta papasok pa rin sa Top 3.
March 6th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
kaylan poh ba ang aliwan 2007.pls sa mga taong alam do inform me ito po number ko 09064746020 i miss to watch last year and make sure not this time around ,or pls. dito nalng pose nyo poh thanks
March 6th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Aliwan festival is on April 26-28 2007
March 8th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
haaay…, sure n ba itong date na ito???
wala n bng affair sa 29 and 30?
asar…, sayang hndi ko mapapanuod ito,. inabangan ko p man din, sana mai move ng mas maaga…
1st time ko snang mapanuod ng live kaso hnd ako pinalad ehh, syang talga,
yu lng wish ko for now, sana mai move ang date ng aliwan>>>
cefnike@yahoo.com
i also have an acct at friendster.., you can add me up.
thanks,
God Bless
Mabuhay ang Kulturang pinoy!
March 10th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Sayang hindi yata sasali an laoag diz coming aliwan
because of some reason…..wla nan pambato mga taga Luzon sa mga tga weztern visayas. sa tingin me Pamulinawen lng an d Bez s Luzon..
March 27th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
BTW, festivals joining the “Aliwan Fiesta 2007″ are the Pakalog Festival of Pasig City; Panagbenga Festival of Baguio City; Sambali Cagayana Festival of Cagayan; Disposorio Festival of Malolos, Bulacan; Paminitan Festival of Rodriguez, Rizal; Boling Boling Festival of Catanauan, Quezon; Sinulog Festival of Cebu City, Pili Festival of Sorsogon City; Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo City (Ilonganon and Kahilwayan contingents); Babaylan Festival of Bago City, Negros Occidental; Alikaraw Festival of Hilongos, Leyte; Padul-ong Festival of Borongan, Eastern Samar; Pasalamat Festival of Pagadian City; Zamboanga Hermosa Festival of Zamboanga City; Kalilangan Festival of General Santos City; Padang-Padang Festival of Parang, Shariff Kabunsuan; and Melimud Festival of South Upi, Maguindanao.
Pintados de Pasi of Passi City, Iloilo and Tultugan Festival of Maasin, Iloilo are not on the list.
Dinagyang and Babaylan Festivals will represent the WV Region.
Dinagyang festival is the only festival that has two contingents to join the contest.
April 11th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Dinagyang Fstival has a good track record in Aliwan Fiesta - the National Streetdancing Competition
2003 - 1st runner-up
2004 - CHAMPION
2005 - 2ND RUNNER-UP
2006 - 1ST RUNNER-UP
And they are also the only festival which are given previlege to send 2 contingents (TRIBU ILONGGANON AND TRIBU KAHILWAYAN) to the 2007 edition of ALIWAN FIESTA slated on April 26-28 in Manila.
Hope they will capture again the top spots of this contest.
MABUHAY ILOILO DINAGYANG FESTIVAL!!!
April 14th, 2007 at 12:47 am
hi anton!
may updates na po ba tayo sa plans natin?
regards,
eric
April 18th, 2007 at 11:04 am
[...] eric: hi anton! may updates na po ba tayo sa plans natin? regards, eric [...]
April 18th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
The winning tribes in this year’s Dinagyang competition Tribu Ilonganon of Jalandoni Memorial National High School and Tribu Kahilwayan of the Sta. Barbara National Comprehensive High School are all set for the Aliwan Fiesta in Manila.
They are going to have a send off party this Friiday at Iloilo Freedom Grandstand. The street leading to the grandstand will be closed for the said send off party.
Iloilo will also field a giant float made of indigenous materials carrying a “big warrior†in full Dinagyang costume of the native Atis during Aliwan Fiesta.
Cara Jeanne Sullano will vie for the Reyna ng Aliwan Beauty Contest.
Dinagyang souvenir items, like Dagoy key chains, Ilonggo delicacies, T-shirts and others, will be exhibited for sale at the Aliwan Bazaar.
Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (IDFI) will spend P1.3million for Iloilo contingent to participate and reap awards in the annual Aliwan Fiesta.
Hala Bira Iloilo!
April 22nd, 2007 at 8:49 am
Hello Guys!
Any updates on the schedule of activities?
Many Thanks!!!
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:06 am
Megz,
Look at the top of the post.. there is a link to the updated achedule of ALiwan Already..
April 26th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
tanong lna po ako kailan po ung street dancing battle of the festival at anong oras po uumpisa?
thanks……
April 26th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Paul the updated schedule is posted here..
http://www.photo.net.ph/blogalicious/2007/04/17/aliwan-fiesta-schedule-national-championship-of-festivals-best-of-the-best-in-manila/
April 29th, 2007 at 6:20 am
good day…
i watched the grand parade and stree dancing competition yesterday and it was so great. I am so excited to know whose the winners…best in float, reyna ng aliwan and the grand champion in street competition… Can i have a list of winners? Thank you so much…
also, i wanna buy vcd or dvd copy of aliwan fiesta 2006 ad 2007. Where can I order and buy that? Thank you so much…
Keep it up!!!
PROUD TO BE PINOY!
April 29th, 2007 at 6:24 am
Additional, I wanna buy a vcd and dvd copy of all aliwan fiesta contest, street dancing competition; reyna ng aliwan…please help me where i can buy all of those…
thank you so much!!!
godbless
April 29th, 2007 at 9:28 am
it’s my pride to be the FIRST to congratulate the FIRST back-to-back FIRST placer of the aliwan festival 2007…
LUMAD BASAKANON OF CEBU CITY…
oh, sa mga ayaw tumanggap ng pagkatalo dyan, umpisahan nyo nang gumawa ng kwento tungkol sa lutong macao part 2.
galingan nyo ha.
.
April 29th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Congratulations ALIKARAW OF Hilongos, Leyte as 3rd placer during 2007 Aliwan fiesta.
DASDAS HILONGOS!!!
April 29th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Hi to All,
I am an Ilonggo and I am cheering for the Dinagyang contingent. Well there’s no lutong macao in the contest. Sinulog of Cebu city really deserves to be the champion. Talagang maganda pinakita nila. Sa entrance pa lng number one na agad..Maganda rin ang dinagyang nga lng may knting bagay lng na hindi na polish sa performance nila. May part kc na parang nagkakabuhol buhol sila pero over all maganda tlaga…Better luck next time Dinagyang…
April 29th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Winners of the 2007 Aliwan Festival posted here:
http://www.photo.net.ph/blogalicious/2007/04/29/aliwan-festival-winners-lumad-basakanon-of-sinulog-festival-is-grand-champion/
Congratulations to all the winners!
April 30th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
congrats! to all the winners in aliwan fiesta 2007 most especially to the contingents from iloilo… we are still the best tourism event in the country… the dinagyang festival!
May 1st, 2007 at 7:37 am
good day.
please help me where i can buy the vcd or dvd copy of all aliwan fiestas???
thank you so much
May 1st, 2007 at 10:06 am
Hi Muffin Baby,
you can try contacting the Manila Broadcasting Network for your VCD or DVD request.
you can contact the people at Manila Broadcasting Network to inquire about your VCD/DVD Request.
http://www.mbcsales.com.ph/contact_us.html
May 1st, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Congratulations Tribu Alikaraw!!!!!
I’m so proud to be a Hilongosnon!!!!!
Keep up the good work!!!!
Two thumbs up guys!!!
It’s your first time to join but you still belong to the top three!!!
Kita kits na pod puhon!!!!!
Inig abot dayon sa ato praktis na dayon para sunod Aliwan 2008!!!
Hope to see you in CCP this June 2007!!!!
Hope you would accept that invitation!!!!
Good Luck!!!!!
May 2nd, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Hi!!!
It’s good to know for the first time may nanalong champion back-to-back pa! Pero it’s sad to accept na recycle nga lang for two years… Huwag naman kayong ma-offend totoo naman…

Costume,
Choreography(parallel),
Music
Congratz sa mga nanalo!!!
Deserving talaga kayo…
Sa mga Ilonganon tanggapin nu nalang guys…tapos na eh!!!
Better luck next time’
See you soon pala;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
“ABANSE PINTADOS DE PASI”
sana makuha nu ulit ang championship next year!!!
May 2nd, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Anu tingnan natin next year!!!
Akala ko “Change is connstant”.
Nagkamali pala ako…
Bato-bato sa langit ang tamaan ay ‘wag magalit!!!
May 2nd, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Congratz!!! pala sa Pasalamat ng Pagadian…….
I was so sad nung malaman naming di kami
makakasali pero try namain next year!!!!!!!!
Misszzz u guys!!!!!!!!!
May 4th, 2007 at 11:52 am
hay!!!!!!tnx!!!!!tpos na rin ang aliwan!!!!nkakapagod kya!!!!!kasali kaya aq sa tribu alikaraw na nag 3rd runner up!!!!!were so bleased!!!!na kahit first tym pa namin to!!!!!nakasungkit kmi!!!!hehehehehehehehehe!!!!! TNX LORD GOD!!!!!
May 6th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
hello! sayang “ang taga jaro” tribe nalang sana ang napadala sexy ang dating malinis ang performance. but dinagyang is still the best festival.. see you next year!!
May 7th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
first timer and a newbie for this competition…ALIKARAW HILONGOS.
congratulation for making it to top 3…dasdas hilongosnon.
May 8th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
For me, Dinagyang is still the best. Every year there are new innovations.
May pinapakitang bago palagi walang recycled.
May 16th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
it has been proven that the Sinulog Festival is the best festival in the Philippines and also in the whole Asia,sooner than later in the whole CONTINENTS….as far as ive known, Lumad Basakanon of Cebu City was the perrenial winner of the Sinulog Festival. They started winning as the Grand champion in 2004 & 2005 and received a lot of awards as the best in costume,2nd place in the streetdancing as well as the best in musicality award. In the short history of Aliwan they overruled among all the other contingents and declared as the GRAND CHAMPION for two straight years….
May 16th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
congrats to Sinulog Festival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
next time make a new choreography and concept ha………
June 9th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Nakalimutan nyo yata ang Region VIII ang Hilongos, Leyte sila ang ALIKARAW Festival
July 10th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Loved your pictures Quite Clear I wish i can make it for my Desktop. Thak you so much! More Power! God bless.
Truly grateful,
Tec
July 27th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
ask ko lang po kung saan puede makita mga pics ng said aliwan fiesta.
d kc ako nkapanood.
and i think i missed a half of my life.
pls cnd nlang po sa email ko
mendozanikko@yahoo.com
ill wait
ty and tc…
January 15th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Hellow to everyone
even that i am no watching sinulog ang dinagyang i know who will be the diserving contengent becasue i am also a member of that kind activities
Congratz!!!!!!!!!!!all of you i hope that you may peform agian your best this coming ALIWAN 2008
March 27th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
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