Event · Tacloban City
Sangyaw Festival
A competition of performing groups, with contingents invited from festivals all over the country to dance for cash prizes and trophies. The dancing fills the streets in costume, and the festival is held in honour of the Santo Niño, the Child Jesus.
Sangyaw is an old Waray word that means to herald the news. Imelda Marcos created the festival in the 1980s, and her nephew Alfred Romualdez, the city mayor, revived it in 2008.
- Where
- Tacloban City
Source: Wikipedia, Tacloban; Sangyaw · checked 23 Sep 2026