Friday, December 21, 2007

Banda Kawayan; Dinagyang



Iloilo City in Western Visayas has their annual cultural Dinagyang Festival. It is a parade of cultural groups presenting their thanks and traditions to the Dinagyang culture and festivities.

During the recent GPF, the Iloilo Dinagyang Cultural Dance Troupe offered their talents and skills in entertaining the crowd and peace advocates. An international Daily Times online of Pakistan covered the festival and posted this photo as it sheds colors and cultural dimension of the Global Peace Festival in Manila recently. Cheers to the Iloilo Dinagyang dance Troupe and its city government!


Kawayan is bamboo. Banda Kwayan is literally bamboo band. It is a musical band where its musical instrument is made up of pieces and or pipes of bamboos. The banda kawayan is produced and mainatained by the PUP or Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Being culturally rich, they presneted their ensemble to give delights and intermission to the IPEC and to the Pre-program of the Global Peace Festival. To the PUP Banda Kawayan, Cheers!

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