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whats the meaning of dinagyang festival in tagalog?

whats the meaning of dinagyang festival in tagalog?

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The Dinagyang Festival is celebrated every fourth weekend of January inthe city of Iloilo on the island of Panay. An off-shoot of theAti-Atihan, it is characterized by frenetic stomping of feet andhypnotic drumbeating, with thousands of people dressed in uniquecostumes dancing and chanting all day and night.

The festival had its beginnings in 1968 when Fr. Sulpicio Ebderres,OSA, brought a replica of the Santo Nino from Cebu City to the San JoseParish Church with a delegation of Cofradia Del Santo Nino Cebumembers. The image has been enshrined in the said church sincethen, where a novena in honor of the Santo Nino is held everyFriday. The first parish feast of the Santo Nino was celebratedin 1969. The culmination of the 9-day novena was a fluvialprocession. From 1969, the celebration was casually calledIloilo Ati-Atihan to differentiate it from the KaliboAti-Atihan.

The name Dinagyang was coined in 1977 to name the festival. It literally means celebration or merriment.

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