Contingents for the upcoming Aliwan Fiesta 2009

Contingents for the upcoming Aliwan Fiesta 2009
1. Lakbayaw of Tondo, Manila
2. Pakalog Festival of Santolan, Pasig
3. Panagbenga Festival, Baguio City
4. Pamulenawen – Laoag City
5. Ibon Ebon of Candaba, Pampanga
6. Disposorio Festival of Hagonoy, Bulacan
7. Luyang Dilaw of Marilao Bulacan
8. Boling boling Festival – Catanuan, Quezon
9. Fiesta de Toros of Nasugbu, Batangas
10. Lapay Bantigue Festival of [...]

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2009 FLOAT COMPETITION GUIDELINES

2009 Float COMPETITION GUIDELINES
1. Concept or theme for the floats must depict Filipino culture, values and tradition.

2. Each contingent wil……

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Aliwan Festival 2009 Schedule of Activitites

Aliwan Festival 2009 Schedule of Activitites
Aliwan Fiesta 2009 will be held on April 23-25.  It will feature competitions in Festival Streetdance, Float Design, and Festival Queen (Reyna ng Aliwan).The three-day event culminates in a grand parade that kicks off in front of the Aliw Theater, CCP Complex and winds up at Quirino Grandstand, where a star-studded awarding ceremony caps the [...]

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Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
PHILIPPINES
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 The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is located about 50 km north of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. It features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 km. navigable underground river. A distinguishing feature of the river is that [...]

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Tubbataha Reef

Tubbataha Reef
( vote for tubbataha reef at http://www.new7wonders.com/ )

PHILIPPINES
The name ‘Tubbataha’ is the Samal word for “long reef exposed at low tide”. Samals are seafaring people of the Sulu Sea and are one of the few people who have accessed the Park in early1980’s. Cagayanen people who are more geographically associated with Tubbataha Reefs referred the Park as ‘gusong’.

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park is home to some of the most beautiful coral reefs in the world. Rising from the volcanic depths of the Sulu Sea in the western Philippines, these magnificent atolls encompass an astonishing diversity of marine life.

The park is an underwater sanctuary where nature can thrive. Tubbataha is the Philippines’ only National Marine Park and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a place of global importance, being preserved for generations to come………………

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