Diyandi Festival Schedule 2008 – Viva Kalinaw, Viva Senor San Miguel

Diyandi Festival is the official title for the Tourism month and Fiesta Celebration of Iligan City for the whole month of September.

One of the Highlights of the Diyandi Festival is the Kasadya Street Dancing Festival, this happens on the 27th on the streets of Iligan and end at the Anahaw Ampitheater. Also on the same day is the Miss Iligan which will follow at 7:00pm at the MSU IIT Gym.

The Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel is on the 29th.. and will be started with a procession of the image around the City starting at 7:00am and will end at the Cathedral after the procession around town.

Here below is the schedule of activities for the Diyandi Festival 2008

• Sept 5

6:00 Diyandi Festival Launching

7:00p.m. Search for Iligan Star- Season 2, Rizal Park

• Sept 7

5:30 p.m. Sangka sa Awit ug Sayaw, Public Plaza

• Sept 10

SUPERFERRY BIYAHENG BAYAN, Pala-o Supermarket

• Sept 12

6:00 p.m. Freeminds Band Concert (San Miguel Brewery)

• Sept 13

6:00 p.m. Search for Iligan Star – Season 2, Rizal Park

8:00 a.m. Motorcade Chemical Engineering Week

• Sept 14

5:30 p.m. Sangka sa Awit uf Sayaw, Public Plaza

• Sept 18

8:00 am- Jollibee motorcade

6:00 pm – RMN Drama, Rizal Park

• Sept 19

7:00a.m.-12:00noon PAMET Medical Mission, Rizal Park

6:30 p.m.-8:00pm IMCC Kapagintaw Cultural Dance Troupe, Rizal Park

• Sept 20

5:00 a.m. Daily Diana/Pamukaw

8:00 a.m. – PAGPAKANAUG, Cathedral

8:00a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – BSP Council Kawan Holiday, Rizal Park

8:00a.m. – 5 p.m. – Mindanao Wide Airsoft Tournament, Ludo Bldg, Bayug

1:30 p.m. – 5th Trisikad Racing Contest, Ludo Bldg., Cabili Avenue

6:00 p.m. – HALINGASA-HUNI ALANG KANG SAN MIGUEL YEAR 3, Anahaw Amphitheater

6:00 p.m. – Search for Iligan Star Season 2

7:30 p.m. – Ballroom Dancing, Ma. Cristina Hotel

8:00 p.m. – San Miguel Concert, Rizal Park

• Sept 21

5:00 A.M. – DAILY DIANA/PAMUKAW (Around City Streets)

8:00-12:00 noon Pinakurat Cooking Contest, Rizal Park

8a.m.-5p.m. – Mindanao Wide Air- soft Tour-nament, Ludo Bldg, Bayug

5:30p.m. –Sangka sa Awit ug Sayaw, PublicPlaza

6:00p.m. – RMN Street Party, Aguinaldo Street (Jollibee area)

7:00p.m. SEPTEMBER FEVER ILIGAN BIKINI FACE-OFF 2008,

BAT-C, Pala-o

• Sept 22

6:00 p.m.- HUDYAKA Cultural Show, MSU-IIT Gym

6:00 p.m. – RMN Drama, Rizal Park

• Sept 23

6:30 pm -8:00pm

IMCC Kapagintaw Cultural Dance Troupe, Rizal Park

7pm- Pasikatan, MSU-IIT Gym

• Sept 24

1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Dula-Dula sa Fiesta, Rizal Park

6PM – MGA PASUNDAYAG SA LUDABI, Rizal Park

• Sept 25

Pambansang Seminar-Worksyap sa Filipino: Teorya at Praktika nang Pagtuturo ng Wika at Literatura , CED

6PM – Search for Iligan Star – Season 2, Rizal Park

7:00pm –Komedya, MSU-IIT gym

• Sept 26

7:00a.m Silent Drill Competition ICNHS Grounds

8:00am-9:00pm – Lady Boy Day, Rizal Park

7:00pm ANGHELAN

7:00p.m. –Little Mr. and Ms. Iligan, MSU-IIT IDS Multipurpose Hall

8:00a.m.-11pm

Dress/Technical Rehearsal, MSU-IIT Gym

7:00p.m.- Break It Off Dance Contest

Children’s Park, Brgy. San Miguel

• Sept 27

7:00 a.m. Kasadya Street Dancing City Streets

and Anahaw Amphitheatre

7:00 a.m.-Coastal Clean-up, Coastal barangays

6:00p.m. – Night Café, San Miguel Corp., Rizal Park

7:00 pm – Blast from the Past – Get on Ur Feet, Maria Cristina Hotel

7:30 p.m. – Miss Iligan, MSU-IIT Gym

• Sept 28

5:00 A.M. – DAILY DIANA/PAMUKAW

(AROUND CITY STREETS)

7:00 a.m. CIVIC MILITARY PARADE, ICNHS/

Rizal Park

7:00 p.m. Live and Loud Iligan 2008, Echiverri St. cor. QuezonAvenue

5:30 p.m.-Sangka sa Awit ug Sayaw

7:00p.m.-San Miguel Comedia, Rizal Park

• Sept 29

7:00 a.m. PROCESSION

FEAST OF ST. MICHAEL THE ARCH-ANGEL

2:00 – 7:00p.m Buhagay sa Fighter Wine 2008, Rizal Park

6:00 p.m. Kasadya Street Party, Quezon Avenue

• Sept 30

6:30 pm -8:00pm

IMCC Kapagintaw Cultural Dance Troupe, Rizal Park

7pm- Pasikatan, MSU-IIT Gym

Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2008 Winners! – Grand Prize Winner Bantayan Island from the Palawod Festival

The Results just in! from our photographer friend Paul Gotiong in Cebu! Photos and other details coming up on the next update.. right now here is the list of winners!

Feedback from the Paul was it was just to hot to shoot! so most of them just shot near the stage. It was too hot that there were several casualties from the contingents that had gotten heat stroke.

2008 List of Winners for the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo!

1. Grand Prize for Pasigarbo sa Sugbo – Bantayan island from the Palawod Festival – Php 1,000,000.00
   
2. Daanbantayan town – Haladayan Festival – Php 800,000.00
3. Alcoy Town – Siloy Festival – Php 700,000.00
4. Tabuelam Town – Ani-anihan Festival – – Php 600,000.00
5. Badian Town – Banig Festival – Php 500,000.00
6. Santander Town – Tostado Festival – Php 400,000.00
7. Carmen Town – Sinamay Festival – Php 300,000.00
8. San Francisco, Camotes Island – Soli-Soli Festival – Php 200,000.00

• Best in Costume for the 2008 Pasigarbo sa Sugbo – Badian Town – Banig Festival – – Php 500,000.00

• Best in Street Dancing for the 2008 Pasigarbo Sa Sugbo – Daanbantayan Town – Haladayan Festival
  
• plus each town gets P100,000.00 subsidy.

photos to come!

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