Feed: Funny Online Email Store Posted on: 29 January 2010 08:23 Author: Varun Kumar Dubey Subject: Dinagyang Festival 2010 <http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.wbcom.info%2F2010%2F01%2F28%2Fdinagyang-festival-2010%2F> The Dinagyang is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines held on the fourth Sunday of January, or right after the Sinulog In Cebu and the Ati-Atihan in Aklan. It is held both to honor the Santo Niño and to celebrate the arrival on Panay of Malay settlers and the subsequent selling of the island to them by the Atis. Dinagyang began after Rev. Fr. Ambrosio Galindez of a local Roman Catholic parish introduced the devotion to Santo Niño in November 1967. In 1968, a replica of the original image of the Santo Niño de Cebu was brought to Iloilo by Fr. Sulpicio Enderez as a gift to the Parish of San Jose. The faithful, led by members of Confradia del Santo Niño de Cebu, Iloilo Chapter, worked to give the image a fitting reception starting at the Iloilo Airport and parading down the streets of Iloilo. In the beginning, the observance of the feast was confined to the parish. The Confradia patterned the celebration on the Ati-atihan of Ibajay, Aklan, where natives dance in the streets, their bodies covered with soot and ashes, to simulate the Atis dancing to celebrate the sale of Panay. It was these tribal groups who were the prototype of the present festival. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/bingpena/4303309926/> clip_image001 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/hubsio/4258981464/> clip_image002 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgeparrilla/4303579320/> clip_image003 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/osleckr/4311421470/> clip_image004 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/osleckr/4310678621/> clip_image005 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/bertgonzaga/4308240413/> clip_image006 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/lemmor_gee/4301172986/> clip_image007 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/lemmor_gee/4300111331/> clip_image008 The Dinagyang is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines…It is held both to honor the Santo Niño and to celebrate the arrival on Panay of Malay settlers and the subsequent selling of the island to them by the Atis. ~ Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinagyang_Festival> View <http://store.wbcom.info/2010/01/28/dinagyang-festival-2010/> article... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gugukluhayat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gugukluhayat?hl=en.
