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Welcome To Iloilo City

Iloilo City is on Panay Island in the Philippines. It's
known for its Spanish colonial churches and old houses.
On Jaro Plaza, Jaro Cathedral has a shrine to the local
patron saint, Our Lady of the Candles. Nelly’s Garden is
an iconic 1920s mansion. Museo Iloilo explores local
history. The Iloilo Esplanade is a pathway along the
Iloilo River. To the west, the 18th-century Miagao
Church has an ornate sandstone facade
City of Love History of Iloilo
La Muy Leal y Noble Ciudad de
Iloilo ( The most Loyal and Noble
City

Molo Church
 Cultural Heritage of Iloilo City
With indigenous fabrics steadily gaining popularity in high fashion, our
local weaving communities’ spotlight shines more brightly than ever
before. In particular, Iloilo’s hablon weaving commerce is making a name
in the international design industry as demand for hand-woven textiles
increased impressively over the past few years. Hablon, taken from the
Hiligaynon word “Habol,” meaning “to weave,” refers to both the process
of making the fabric and the end product. It is traditionally made of
locally-made fibers such as piña, abaca, and cotton. This hand-woven
world-class textile is famous for its beautiful and artistic color
combination, design, and high quality. Hablon weaving is a very intricate
and traditional method of fabric production that can be traced back to
Miagao since the late 18th century.
Dinagyang Festival
The Dinagyang Festival is usually held on the fourth Sunday of January
every year in Iloilo City, Philippines. The festival typically lasts for four
days. It also features various activities, including religious processions,
cultural and dance performances, and food & product exhibits.
The Dinagyang Festival honors the child Jesus or the Santo Niño.
The festival is a religious celebration that originated from the
ancient indigenous festival of Ati-Atihan, which is held in honor of
the Sto. Niño.
Places Needed to
Visit In Iloilo
Islas de Gigantes Pilgrimage at Garin farm

River Esplanade
Jaro Cathedral

Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art

Plaza Libertad
Ilonggo Tribe
 Language
The Hiligaynon language is the language of Iloilo province,
which has come to be spoken throughout the Western Visayas
region. Other regions of Panay have their own distinct speech
forms (Capizeño, Aklanon, and Kiniray-a, the last spoken in
interior villages), but these are mutually intelligible with
Hiligaynon (speakers of one can understand the other).
Hiligaynon intonation is noted for its gentle lilt under which, it
is said, a curse may go unrecognized. The narrow straits link
Panay and western Negros, and Hiligaynon is spoken on both
shores. Mountains separate western from eastern Negros,
Hiligaynon where the people speak Cebuano, a language that the
Hiligaynon people cannot readily understand.
Long before the 1600s, the fertility of the Western Visayas region in the
Philippines permitted the Hiligaynon people to develop one of the
archipelago's most advanced societies. They engaged in international trade
(as evidenced by large finds of Chinese porcelain) and created fine work in
gold and semiprecious stones.
Large-scale sugar production for the world market created a small group of
elite citizens, most of whom were mestizo (mixed race). They enjoyed an
opulent lifestyle on vast plantations. With the drop in the price of sugar in
the 1980s and 1990s, the region entered a steep economic decline.
 Ilonggo's Way of Life
The kaingin (slash-and-burn or swidden) method was practiced in
precolonial times, rice having been the Ilonggo’s staple food since ancient
times. Hence, the Ilonggo calendar was based on the various stages of rice
cultivation: Ulalen corresponds to the month of November, when the
Pleiades appear to signal the start of production; Dagan Kahuy, when trees
are cut for the clearing of the field; Daganenan Bulan, when the fields are
cleared of the debris from the fallen trees; Elkilin, when the fields are
burned; Inabuyan, when the fair winds blow; Kabay, when the weeds are
uprooted; Irarapun, when the harvesting of rice begins, and Manalulsul,
when the harvest season ends. The last four months remained nameless
because no work was done in the fields
Waray-Waray
called Waray or Samaran or Samareño, any member of a large
ethnolinguistic group of the Philippines, living on Samar, eastern Leyte,
and Biliran islands. Numbering roughly 4.2 million in the early 21st
century, they speak a Visayan (Bisayan) language of the Austronesian
(Malayo-Polynesian) family. Most Waray-Waray are farmers and live in
small villages. Although the kinship system and family structure are
almost identical to those of other Christian Filipino groups, the Waray-
Waray are considered to have retained more of the beliefs and folklore
of pre-Christian times.
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From Iloilo City