The 2008 Aliwan Festival in Manila
The Aliwan Festival, known as the mother of all Philippine festivals, is anticipated every year in the Philippines by many locals and tourist because it offers new levels of excitement. As we all know that here in the Aliwan Festival, it gathers all the best festivals and fiesta in the country and incorporate into one grander and colorful celebration in Manila. Aliwan festival once again promotes the colorful and vibrant festivals of the Philippines. You will experience the non-stop merry-making and streetdancing from the Quirino Grandstand to the Aliw Theater in the highlights of the Festivities this coming May 3, 2008. It’s the best of the best festivals that heats up Manila in he celebration of the Aliwan Festival this coming May to May 3, 2008.
Spectators, tourist and visitors will have a chance to see the representatives respective festival all over the country perform their best here in Manila in the Aliwan Festival. Here are the participating tribes or groups of the most popular festivals in the Philippines that Aliwan Festival has brought to us:
Cotabato’s Halad Festival
Cebu’s Sinulog Festival
Alikaraw festival of Hilongos
Buyogan festival
Zamboanga Sibugay’s Bakhawan Festival
Desposorio Festival
Boling-Boling Festival
Penafrancia Voyadores and Pilgrims Festival of Naga City
Pinta Flores festival
Sa-ad Festival of Leganes
Dinagyang Festival
Shariff Kabunsuan festival of Cotabato City
Meguyaya Festival
Kang’Gelal
Buklod Festival
Kalilintad festival
Lami-Lamihan
Pakalog Festival of Pasig City
Navotas’ Pangisdaan
Panagbenga
Lang-ay festival of Bontoc
Laoag City’s Pamulinawen Festival
Gakit festival of Angadanan Isabela
Sinulog Sang Cermen
The streetdancing will commence as early as 4 am in the highlights of the festivals. This is your opportunity to see the best of the best street dancers from all the Philippine festivals that will perform in the Aliwan Festival 2008 in Manila and you must not miss it.
You must also see the Reyna ng Aliwan Festival Beauty Pageant in which the beautiful maidens of the Aliwan Festival 2008 is vieing to be crowned as the Aliwan Festival 2008 Queen. Find out who will be the next queen aliwan Festival Queen.
This Annual Aliwan Festival 2008 is organized by Manila Broadcasting Company and the Cultural Center of the Philippines in cooperation with the cities of Manila and Pasay.
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May 3rd, 2008 at 5:19 pm
It is so FAKE! it’s just a product of commercial hype! No sense of culture and tradition!
May 4th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
SINULOG AND CEBU has once again prove its superiority and dominance in showcasing the grandest festival and the best of Filipino Culture. Thanks to our humongous devotion to the Holy Child Senor Sto. Nino.
Just keep going on CEBU, & never mind those insecure critics. Dey r not important,what is important is we have proven too be a lot better than them & once again u “BROUGHT HOME THE BACON” & made cebuanos so proud making SINULOG FESTIVAL as the first ALIWAN GRANDSLAM CHAMPION & HALL OF FAMER!