Aliwan Fiesta 2012 winners

Aliwan Fiesta Street Dancing Competition 2012 - The Tribu Pan-ay of Dinagyang Festival 2012 won again for their back to back to back crown as the best festival of Aliwan Fiesta from 2010 to 2012. Dinagyang is Aliwan Fiesta’s newest Grand Slam Champion in the Street Dancing Competition! Congratulations!

Aliwan Festival Street Dancing Competition Runners-up who won P50,000 cash prices are : Salakayan Festival of Miag-ao, Iloilo Pandang Gitab Festival of Calapan City Zamboanga Hermosa Festival of Zamboanga City Kalivungan Festival of North Cotabato Mamang-os at Kambingan Festival of Tuy, Batangas 5th Place for this year who won P100,000 is Lembuhong Festival of Surallah, South Cotabato 4th Place for this year who won P150,000 is T’nalak Festival of the Province of South Cotabato 3rd Place with P250,000 cash price is Pintados Kasadyaan Festival of Tacloban City, Leyte 2nd Placer this year who won P500,000 cash price is Buyogan Festival of Abuyog, Leyte And this years 1st Place who won One Million Pesos is the newest Aliwan Fiesta’s Grand Slam Winner Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo City

(All shots were taken using CANON EOS 60D & 70-300mm IS USM lens)

WIKI:

Aliwan Fiesta is an annual event that gathers different cultural festivals of the Philippines in Star City Complex in Pasay City wherein contingents compete in dance parade and float competitions, as well as in a beauty pageant. Organized by Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) together with Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the cities of Manila and Pasay, the event is dubbed as "The Mother of All Fiestas," with prizes totaling to P3 million (roughly US$70,000). Aliwan Fiesta, which began in 2003, aims to showcase the different Filipino cultures and heritage not only to the people in Metro Manila but also to the rest of the world.[1] The contingents, meanwhile, aim to promote their respective regions both economically and tourism-wise.[2] It was originally organized as a visual extravaganza for the Christmas season, but it has since been held during the summer months of either April or May. Aliwan is a Tagalog word for "entertainment" or "amusement." For 2010, the colorful banner at the Roxas Blvd. entrance proclaimed the fiesta as THE PHILIPPINES GRANDEST FIESTA.