2009 Aliwan Festival / WW April 19-25

April 26, 2009

I was fortunate to be able to watch the 2009 Aliwan Festival last April 25, 2009.  Thanks to Litratong Pinoy  (separate post on this one) for using this event as the venue for the EB.  The Aliwan Festival is an annual event which show cases the artistic forms (dancers, musicians, and artisans) of the Filipino.  This event starts at the stretch of CCP Complex  and this year, the awarding ceremony took place at the Quirino Grandstand.  Massive contingents of streetdancers are accompanied by gigantic floats along with their respective muses.  The parade depicts the most popular festivals that are celebrated within the Philippines.

 

Here are some pictures during their rehearsals.

Floats:

 

 

Third Place in the Float Design Competition

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Place in the Float Design Competition

 

 

 

 Streetdancers:

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

  

 

 

Tribu kasag, Municipality of Banate - 2nd Place in the Street Dance Competition

  

 

 

 

Tribu Paghidaet, Iloilo Dinagyang - 3rd Place in the Street Dance Competition

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

More photos of the 2009 Aliwan Festival can be viewed here:

http://marianiperalta.multiply.com/photos/album/36/2009_Aliwan_Festival_Floats

http://marianiperalta.multiply.com/photos/album/37/2009_Aliwan_Festival_Streetdancers

http://marianiperalta.multiply.com/photos/album/38/Faces_of_the_2009_Aliwan_Festival

You can check out the winners at the Aliwan Fiesta website.