Diyandi Festival Schedule 2008 – Viva Kalinaw, Viva Senor San Miguel
September 15, 2008
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
Kadayawan Festival Winners 2008 – INDAK-INDAK SA KADALANAN
September 3, 2008
I missed this years Kadayawan Festival but our photographer friend and fellow member of TravelPhotographer.ph, Takoy Paler was there with a couple of friends to shoot the festivities.
Taks as he more popularliy know, has been shooting festivals for the past few years and for the Kadayawan Festival 2008, he shares us images of the Festival in Davao. We are honored by his gesture of sharing the Festival to our readers.

INDAK INDAK SA KADALANAN: Street Dancing and Showdown
Kadayawan Festival Winners: Davao-based Entries
- 1st Place – Magallanes Elementary School
- 2nd Place – Fatima Elementary School (Mandug)
- 3rd Place – Doña Asuncion Hizon Elementary School

Kadayawan Festival Winners: Mindanao-wide Entries
- Grand Champion – Tampakan National High School (South Cotabato)
- 1st Runner-up – Magallanes Elementary School
- 2nd Runner-up – Purok Sison Elemntary School of Surallah (South Cotabato)

View more photos from Travel Photographer Taks Paler







