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HAW-AS Festival: Keeping Traditions Alive in Dumangas, Iloilo


Dumangas, Iloilo will celebrate its 10th Haw-as Festival on October 26-31, 2018. Come experience the beauty of Dumangas and the warmth of its people during this festive occasion  observed annually to give thanks for the bountiful harvest from its fishponds, the town’s biggest produce – bangus or milkfish that we all delight to eat, and as a means to promote its biggest industry.


Celebrate Dumangas’ culture with community events starting October 26 (Friday) with Pagbagting Day that includes a Photo-Shoot Competition at 9 a.m., a Motorcade at 9:30 a.m., Street Dancing Competition at 3:00 p.m., Haw-as Festival Grand Opening at 5:00 p.m., Unveiling of Dumangas Gym at 6:00 p.m., Sugbahanay sa Plaza at 7:00 p.m., Launching of La Sirina at 8:00 p.m. and Awarding Ceremony of Street Dancing Competition at 9:00 p.m.; October 27 (Saturday) is Agri-Fisheries Expo Day with Farmer’s and Fisherfolks Forum and Product Display at 8:00 a.m., Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony of OTOP, Bangus Extravaganza and the 3rd Sikpanay-Dumangas Actual Haw-as sa Punong at 3:00 p.m.


October 28 (Sunday) is Socio-Cultural Day with Liberation of Dumangas-the 118th Cry for Freedom and Liberty at 9:00 a.m., Col. Quintin Salas Composo and Binalaybay at 10:00 a.m., Golez-Biron Autoshow at 7:00 p.m. and the Haw-as Festival Queen Pre-Pageant Night at 7:30 p.m.; October 29 (Monday) is Adlaw Sang Kabataan Kag Manununudlo with Youth Congress at 9:00 a.m. and Educator’s Day at 1:00p.m.; October 30 (Tuesday) is Haw-as Festival Queen Day with Job Fair at 9:00 a.m. and Haw-as Festival Queen Pageant Night at 7:00 p.m.; October 31 (Wednesday) is Col. Quintin Salas and Haw-as Guban Competition Day with Run for Col. Quintin Salas Marathon and the Commemoration Program for the 148th Col. Quintin Salas Birth Anniversary at 8:00 a.m., Haw-as Festival Guban Competition at 2:00 p.m.


For one day a year, this historic town showcases its much-anticipated Guban Competition with an artful display of gleaming fishpond produce such as milkfish, crabs, tiger prawns spilling out of the nets from performers depicting fishpond farmers during harvest time.


Fishpond harvest is one of the most important economic activities in the lives of the people of Dumangas. Its people take pride in their bangus sector and its harvest activities which is the inspiration for the festival’s name.


Haw-as, a Hiligaynon term for harvesting or catching and gathering of all fully grown out matured bangus from the fishpond, and other catched fish from the nearby rivers and coastal sea waters.


Dumangas is a First-Class municipality located in the eastern portion of the province that borders the town of Barotac Nuevo in the north;  Pototan in the west;  Zarraga in the south, and;  the islands province of Guimaras and Negros Occidental in the east. The town is  politically subdivided into 45 barangays.


To get there, one can take a jeepney or van via Baldoza Terminal along Baldoza Street in Lapaz, Iloilo City.  For more information, please contact, Mr. Leonardo Quiatchon – Municipal Tourism Officer at telephone number (33) 3612400 or fax number (33) 3612884.

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Reposted with permission from Mr Gilbert "Bombette" Marin, Iloilo Provincial Tourism Officer
Link to Original Blogpost >>> HAW-AS: Keeping Traditions Alive in Dumangas

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