Salakayan Festival 2010 Miag-ao Iloilo – Dance Competition

The highlight of the Salakayan Festival is the Tribal Dance competition. Six Participating tribes from different schools in Miag-ao will compete for Tribal Dance Championship. Will last year’s reigning champion Tribu Salagyawan maintain their winning streak for this year?
In case you’re wondering what Salakayan Dance is all about. The competing tribes depicts through dance how the local people in Miag-ao defends their town from Moro invasion. Visibly present are the Higantes procession. In the old times, the higantes were used to scare off the Moro pirates. It’s a week long festivities and grand celebration in Miag-ao.
Salakayan Festival Insight
This was my second time to witness the event. Despite, the scorching hot weather and tired feet, watching the colorful dances of the tribes makes it all worth it. Once again I find myself envious at the kids climbing up the tree to get a better view of the competition. All the six competing tribes wowed the audience with their dance dramas. We’ll certainly be looking forward to Salakayan Festival Champion to compete in next year’s Festival of Festivals.
I feel bad for not staying long enough for the Higantes performance. My feet just couldn’t handle the strain of standing any longer. Have to kick myself for not securing tickets in the first place. I had fun with the trip, I’ll be sure to be prepared in advance and not just do spur in the moment activity.
Tribu Salagyawan Photos and Video
Tribu Kabugwason Photos and Video
Tribu Buklod Photos and Video
Tribu Kirayanon Photos and Video
Tribu Tabun-ak Photos and Video
Tribu Bantalaan Photos and Video
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at 2:18 amand is filed under Iloilo Festival and Fiesta. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.























































































February 18th, 2010 at 4:46 am
pls… inform me about the latest videos
February 18th, 2010 at 11:01 am
hi naku….diserving gdman kmi nyahh…madaog…infact hmbl….kang madlang people kmi lng ang mi tsakto nga storyline…..well…well…..bongga daan trainor namun…c mam ROSEMARIE FORTALEZA SALVADOR TIMONAN LENELIA JAMILI teh…manu paku dugangan pa ka idea ni CArL PHILIP MORENO “CARFA”and franco champion gd eh….gudluck sa tanan nextyr…congrats gli sa ibn nga tribu nga nag himakas …..bwi nalng ebn…kung makabwi pa kmu….mwahhh….jawk….tnkssss…lot
February 21st, 2010 at 4:50 am
congrats sa tribu kabugwason proud to say i was also a member..
February 21st, 2010 at 5:02 am
@Thunder
Congrats to your Tribe!
June 10th, 2010 at 9:47 am
sympre mga gwapa gdmn dan tmun…….hahahah
kag isa pa bongga gd tna ang performance kag costume namn.