Diyandi Festival 2009

Diyandi Festival is an annual event of merry making and celebration to honor the City’s Patron Saint St. Michael Archangel. The feast falls every 29th of September, but each day of the whole month of September has lined up activities organized by the city government. One of the main event and most loved by Iliganons is the Kasadya Streetdancing and Merrymaking. Students from different schools, barangays and even from nearby towns came to join this yearly competition showcasing colorful costumes, props and graceful performance to vie for the P 200,000.00 cash prize for the over-all champion.

The Kasadya contingents gathered from Iligan Port routing the main street of Iligan city proper, then halted on some areas were judges posted to have their performance and after which they proceeded to the Amphitheater Ground @ the Iligan City Hall where each contingent had their final "showdown".

The sky started to sprinkle rain at the midst of the street performance, I don’t have an umbrella with me so I had to cover myself and of course my camera (I can’t afford to have my gadget rain soaked LOL!) but still I managed to capture some snapshots so here are they and hope you’ll enjoy the colors and smiles of the participants.