Come and Experience the Parade of lights in Tacloban City, Philippines

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TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines  — This capital city of Leyte is now all set to celebrate its 128th Fiesta celebration on June 30, 2017,  in honor of its patron Senor Santo Niño de Tacloban, with its famous Sangyaw Festival.  The seven-year-old first Highly Urbanized City (HUC) in Eastern Visayas shines again, as Tacloban showcased its first Sangyaw Parade of Lights last June 29 in honor of Señor Sto. Nino de Tacloban.

Ang Tacloban City - Ito ang caital  ng lungsod ng Leyte ngayon ay ang lahat ng set upang ipagdiwang ang kanyang 128th Fiesta pagdiriwang sa Hunyo 30, 2017, sa karangalan ng kanyang patron Senor Santo Niño de Tacloban, kasama ang mga sikat Sangyaw Festival. Ang pitong-taong-gulang na Highly Urbanized City (HUC) ng Eastern Visayas ang muling nagning-ning, bilang Tacloban showcased ng kanyang unang Sangyaw Parade of Lights noong Hunyo 29 sa karangalan ng Señor Sto. Nino de Tacloban.

Thousands of spectators lined the main thoroughfares, all eager to watch the 20 colorful floats brightly illuminated by 3D LED lights, and each depicting the sociocultural and religious heritage of the city. Colorful, flamboyant costumes were worn by various performers who danced and paraded, enlivening the fiesta. Many consider the Sangyaw Parade of Lights the first ever event held in the country. It represents Tacloban as the light of the region. “Sangyaw” means to proclaim or announce, in this case referring to Tacloban’s forthcoming fiesta, such festivals hope to attract domestic and international tourists to Tacloban City.

Libu-libong mga tagapanood ang nakalinya sa pangunahing kalsada, ang lahat ay sabik na panoorin ang 20 makulay kamay nang maliwanag iluminado sa pamamagitan ng 3D LED lights, at ang bawat naglalarawan ng sociocultural at relihiyon pamana ng lungsod. Makukulay, mabulaklak na kasuutan ang suot ng mga kalahok pamamagitan ng iba't-ibang mga tagapalabas na sumasayaw sa parada, ang bumubuhay sa fiesta. Maraming isaalang-alang ang Sangyaw Parade of Lights ang unang kailanman kaganapan gaganapin sa bansa. Ito ay kumakatawan sa Tacloban gaya ng liwanag ng rehiyon. Ang ibig sabihin ng "sangyaw" ay ipahayag o ipahayag Sa kasong ito tumutukoy sa nalalapit fiesta ni Tacloban, tulad festivals pag-asa upang maakit ang domestic at internasyonal na tourists sa siyudad ng Tacloban.

The festive atmosphere, in tandem with religious fervor, has actually started on June 1, as a month-long celebration done in partnership with the city government and the Santo Niño Parish Church. Banners and tarpaulins have adorned the city streets, while various activities, fairs, food and music festivals, ballroom for balikbayans.   Each group was positioned behind every lighted float, dancing to the Sangyaw Samba beat heard all over the city . The Sangyaw Festival was patterned after the Kasaysayan ng Lahi, from the lore of Malakas and Maganda to the colonial eras, up to the Philippine Independence.

 Ang maligaya kapaligiran, sa magkasunod na may relihiyosong kataimtiman, ay tunay na nagsimula sa Hunyo 1, bilang isang month-long celebration tapos na sa pakikipagtulungan sa pamahalaan ng lungsod at ang Santo Niño Parish Church. Banner at tarpaulins adorned mga lansangan ng siyudad, habang iba't ibang mga gawain, fairs, pagkain at musika festivals, ballroom para sa mga balikbayan. Ang bawat grupo ay nakaposisyon sa likod ng bawat maliwanag float, sayawan sa Sangyaw ay ang salin sa tugtug ng Samba na naririnig sa buong lungsod. Sangyaw Festival ay sinunod sa pagkatapos ng Kasaysayan ng Lahi, mula sa tradisyonal na kaalaman ng Malakas at Maganda sa kolonyal panahon, hanggang sa ang Philippine Independence.

 The Galleon, the first float, carried the image of its patron saint Señor Sto. Niño de Tacloban, and recalls when the First Mass in the Philippines was held in Limasawa 500 years ago during the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. The first baptism in the country marked the start of centuries of Catholic influence, making the Philippines the only predominantly Roman Catholic country in Asia. 

Ang Galleon, ang unang float, dala ang imahe ng kanyang patron saint Señor Sto. Niño de Tacloban, at naalala kapag ang noong unang misa sa Pilipinas ay ginanap sa Limasawa 500 taon na ang nakakaraan sa panahon ng paglalakbay-dagat ni Ferdinand Magellan. Ang unang pagbibinyag sa bansa na minarkahan ang simula ng siglo ng Catholic impluwensiya, na gawin ang Pilipinas ang tanging nakararami Roman Catholic bansa sa Asya.

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