Tribu Ilonganon is new Dinagyang champion

DINAGYANG GRAND WINNER. Tribu Ilonganon of Jalandoni Memorial National High School ends an 11-year drought in the Dinagyang Festival. It is this year’s grand champion. The last time it topped the festival’s dagyang tribe dance competition was in 2007. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN
DINAGYANG GRAND WINNER. Tribu Ilonganon of Jalandoni Memorial National High School ends an 11-year drought in the Dinagyang Festival. It is this year’s grand champion. The last time it topped the festival’s dagyang tribe dance competition was in 2007. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

ILOILO City – Dinagyang Festival has a new champion – Tribu Ilonganon of Jalandoni Memorial National High School.

Last year’s second runner-up in the festival’s dagyang dance competition foiled the bid of the 2018 champion, Tribu Panayanon of Iloilo City National High School, to score a back-to-back win yesterday.

In the Kasadyahan regional cultural contest, Tribu Guimarasnon of Guimaras province was the grand champion.

This is Tribu Ilonganon’s third time to win the festival’s championship, ending an 11-year Dinagyang drought. It was the grand winner in the 2006 and 2007 editions of the festival.

Tribu Paghidaet of La Paz National High School was the first runner-up while Tribu Panayanon settled for a second runner-up finish.

Tribu Ilonganon won three other awards: Best Choreographer, Best in Discipline and Best in Choreography.

According to Annie Divinagracia-Sartorio of the Dinagyang Arts Festival Committee, the participating tribes’ performances, costumes and music improved a lot this year.

She organized a workshop for tribe managers and choreographers last year in preparation for this year’s festival.

Tribu Dagatnon of Ramon Avanceña National High School was third runner-up while Tribu Salognon of Jaro National High School was fourth runner-up.

As this year’s champion, will Tribu Ilonganon join the Aliwan Festival in Metro Manila this summer? Ramon Cua-Locsin, president of the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation, Inc., was non-committal.

Aliwan Fiesta is an annual event that gathers different cultural festivals of the Philippines in Pasay City. Contingents compete in dance parade and float competitions.

In 2006 and 2007, Tribu Ilonganon represented the Dinagyang in the Aliwan and finished a runner-up.

Here is the complete list of winners in the 2019 Dinagyang Festival:

DAGYANG TRIBES DANCE CONTEST

Champion: Tribu Ilonganon

1st runner-up: Tribu Paghidaet

2nd runner-up: Tribu Panayanon

3rd runner-up: Tribu Dagatnon

4th runner-up: Tribu Salognon

Special Awards:

Best Headdress: Tribu Paghidaet

Best Costume Designer: from Tribu Paghidaet

Best Choreographer:  from Tribu Ilonganon

Best Musical Director: Tribu Panayanon

Best in Discipline: Tribu Ilonganon

Minor Awards:

Best in Music: Tribu Panayanon

Best in Costume: Tribu Paghidaet

Best in Street-dancing: Tribu Panayanon

Best in Choreography: Tribu Ilonganon

Best in Performance: Tribu Panayanon

KASADYAHAN REGIONAL CULTURAL COMPETITION

Champion: Tribu Guimarasnon

1st runner-up: Tultugan Festival (Maasin, Iloilo)

2nd runner-up: Tribu Manughabol kang Salakayan Festival (Miagao, Iloilo)

3rd runner-up: Tribu Hugyaw (St. Therese – MTC Colleges)

4th runner-up: Pintaflores Festival (San Carlos City, Negros Occ.)

Minor Awards

Best in Costume: Tribu Guimarasnon

Best in Music: Tultugan Festival

Best Musical Director: Tultugan Festival

Best in Street-dancing: Pintaflores Festival

Best Choreography: Tribu Guimarasnon

Best Choreographer: Tribu Guimarasnon (Romel Flogen)

Best Performance: Tribu Guimarasnon

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TAMBOR TRUMPA MARTSA MUSIKA

Elementary

Champion: Arevalos Elementary School

1st runner-up: Dingle Elementary School

2nd runner-up: Mandurriao Elementary School

3rd runner-up: Montes I Elementary School

4th runner-up: Iloilo Central Elementary School

Secondary

Champion: Dingle National High School

1st runner-up: Ramon Avanceña National High School

2nd runner-up: Iloilo City National High School/PN

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