Dinagyang Festival

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cultural festival religious festival street festival

Dinagyang Festival is a vibrant annual cultural and religious celebration in Iloilo City, Philippines, famed for its Ati-tribe street dances, colorful costumes, and devotion to the Santo Niño.

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“dinagyang” means revelry or merrymaking in Hiligaynon 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural festival ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
street festival ⓘ
audience domestic tourists ⓘ
international tourists ⓘ
local residents ⓘ
basedOn devotion to Santo Niño ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
culturalTheme Ati culture ⓘ
Spanish conquest of the Philippines ⓘ
surface form: Christianization of Panay

indigenous peoples of Panay ⓘ
economicImpact boosts local tourism industry ⓘ
supports local businesses ⓘ
etymology Dinagyang Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: “dinagyang” means revelry or merrymaking in Hiligaynon
features Ati-tribe dancers ⓘ
body paint ⓘ
choreographed street dancing ⓘ
colorful costumes ⓘ
drumbeats ⓘ
tribal music ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasComponent Ati-tribe street dancing competition ⓘ
cultural shows ⓘ
fireworks displays ⓘ
fluvial procession ⓘ
food festivals ⓘ
music performances ⓘ
pageants ⓘ
parades ⓘ
religious procession ⓘ
heldInMonth January ⓘ
honors Child Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Holy Child Jesus

Santo Niño de Cebu ⓘ
surface form: Santo Niño
languageOfName Hiligaynon language ⓘ
surface form: Hiligaynon
linkedTo Ati-Atihan Festival ⓘ
Santo Niño de Cebu ⓘ
surface form: Feast of the Santo Niño

Sinulog Festival ⓘ
locatedIn Iloilo City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iloilo Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Visayas NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainVenue Iloilo City Proper NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iloilo City streets ⓘ
organizer Iloilo City ⓘ
surface form: Iloilo City Government

religious and civic organizations in Iloilo City ⓘ
purpose cultural preservation ⓘ
religious devotion ⓘ
tourism promotion ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the major festivals of the Philippines ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismSignificance major tourist attraction in Iloilo City ⓘ

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Dinagyang Festival → etymology → Dinagyang Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: “dinagyang” means revelry or merrymaking in Hiligaynon
Visayas → festival → Dinagyang Festival ⓘ
Iloilo province → hasFestival → Dinagyang Festival ⓘ
Western Visayas → hasFestival → Dinagyang Festival ⓘ