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Iloilo’s Dazzling Dinagyang Festival

Come to the island of Iloilo and celebrate the annual Dinagyang Festival as it pulsates with high-octane rhythms and mesmerising performances. A bona fide adrenaline rush for the incidental globetrotter, the remarkable spectacle of Dinagyang promises some of the most hypnotising visuals of any of the festivals in the Philippines.

As gargantuan speakers blast pumping party sounds into the, ” and “” The contagious drumbeats are the opening salvo in three successive days of festivities that make up this truly Ilonggo theatrical show, a veritable eruption of frenetic entertainment for the senses.

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