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Iloilo Paraw Regatta Festival The Philippines' best sports tourism event and oldest and largest traditional sailing event in Asia. These 10 datus, led by Datu Puti, reached Panay in 1212 AD.

Paraw Regatta Festival
Every year, thousands and thousands of people line the beaches of Iloilo City and Guimaras to watch the Paraw Regatta Festival. The Paraw Regatta festival is actually a boat race characterized mainly by the outrigger (paraw) boats that speed between Iloilo City and the nearby island of Guimaras. Colorful and vibrant sailboats The highest selling point of the event is the id

ea of a hot and breezy day at the beach full of hundreds of colorful and vibrant sailboats. It can contain designs with subjects about literally anything under the sun. In fact, the race is an awaited event among photographers all over the country. The Paraw regatta festival does not only serve artistic purposes. As soon as the opening remarks are over with, and as soon the signal to go is given, the event becomes a thrilling and exciting race. The chase is actually very structured, already with rules, umpires and kibitzers. Athletic people all around the Iloilo city and province race the most colorful paraw boats, attracting foreigners to join Iloilo’s locals in this festival of Paraw Regatta. The boats have to sail a 36.5 kilometer distance and is divided into to three categories according waterline length. Furthermore, boats competing in category A have to be made of indigenous materials, while those in category B and C can be made of aluminum. These start and end in the beach of Tatoy’s Manokan, Iloilo’s most famous restaurant. Paraw Regatta festival origins

The first goes back to the pre-Spanish area, narrated in a Maragtas legend, when 10 Bornean chieftains (datus) fled the despotic Sultan Makatunaw. In Panay, they traded with Haring Marikudo, the local Aeta king. The Paraw Regatta festival copies the boats brought to Panay by these chieftains. The second origin reenacts a 16th century sailboat race that had been an entertainment for the Iloilos city then. The Iloilo Paraw Regatta was renamed Iloilo-Guimaras Paraw Regatta in 1993, one year after the Guimaras sub province became a full-fledged province. Thus, the festival has served its provinces’ tourism richly. The Paraw Regatta Festival reminds the Iloilo people of their roots in the dark-skined people who settled in their islands a long time ago. It also is there to remind people of the visayan coral-reefs and marine life that now need protection and preservation. Aptly, the residents of Iloilo and Guimaras are mostly fishermen. The contemporary Paraw regatta festival also includes added features such as the Optimist Sailboat Race and Pinta Paraw. The Optimist Sailboat race this time is between kids below 15 years old who have converted soapboxes into boats. Despite its being only a 6-lap race, this addition to the Paraw Regatta festival. Adapted from an article by Rafael Jose Olympia
Sources: geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9529. Nero C. Lujan “Iloilo Strait Becomes Canvas of History in Annual Regatta” tourism.gov.ph festivals.filonline.com

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PARAW REGATTA FESTIVAL, ALL SET NA

Pagkatapos sang tatlo ka tuig, liwat nga magabalik ang Paraw Regatta Festival.

Handa na Iloilo Festivals Foundation, Incorportated pati man ang mga partisipante para sa ika-50 nga Paraw Regatta Festival halin Marso 12 tubtob 19.

Masugod ang Festival buwas, Marso 12, sa Villa Beach. Sa una nga adlaw sang Festival, may Jetski Fun Run, Saloma Boxing Event, kag Paraw Photo Contest and Exhibit.

Pila naman sa mga balantayan sa Paraw Festival amo ang Paraw Sailing Competition, Lighted Paraw, kag Lechon Contest nga lunsay hiwaton sa Marso 19.

Suno kay Paraw Festival Co-chairman Engr. Fulbert Woo, pila sa mga bag-o subong nga event amo ang Paraw Regatta HIIT IT! Ultimate Fitness Challenge.

by: Jeremae Ventar| March 11, 2023, 8:37AM
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The 50th edition of the Paraw Regatta Festival – its first face-to-face event after a three-year hiatus due to the coron...
11/03/2023

The 50th edition of the Paraw Regatta Festival – its first face-to-face event after a three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic – kicks off.

ILOILO City – The 50th edition of the Paraw Regatta Festival – its first face-to-face event after a three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic – kicks off today. This year’s edition of the largest sailing event in the Philippines and the oldest “traditional craft event” in Asia is...

PARAW 2023 MARCH 12-19 VILLA BEACH
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PARAW 2023 MARCH 12-19 VILLA BEACH

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The Iloilo Festivals Foundation, Inc. (IFFI) is all set for the golden comeback of the Paraw Regatta Festival to the sho...
10/03/2023

The Iloilo Festivals Foundation, Inc. (IFFI) is all set for the golden comeback of the Paraw Regatta Festival to the shores of Iloilo after its three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

09/03/2023
Iloilo City's Dinagyang Festival and Paraw Regatta featured in the first issue of Sydney-based events publication, FASSI...
08/03/2023

Iloilo City's Dinagyang Festival and Paraw Regatta featured in the first issue of Sydney-based events publication, FASSION8 Magazine published by LBD Production

Via Ronelo Sanchez Ladiao

GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT PARAW... SEE IT LIVE AT VILLA BEACH!
08/03/2023

GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT PARAW... SEE IT LIVE AT VILLA BEACH!

What comes to mind when you see the Iloilo Convention Center?

Most people perceive the Iloilo Convention Center as a mimic of the Sydney Opera House in Australia. But did you know that the design of the Iloilo Convention Center’s fins were inspired by the “Paraw?” Paraw is a Visayan Double Outrigger sailboat. The festival is called Iloilo Paraw Regatta Festival which is an annual festival held in February in the Villa de Arevalo District, Iloilo City. The Paraw Regatta Festival is considered as the oldest traditional craft event in Asia and the largest sailing event in the Philippines.




Behind the scene shot 🙂 Paraw Regatta 2019All Rights Reserved ©️ Alex Alvior Villanueva Photographer 📷📷⛵️POINT, SHOOT, ...
08/03/2023

Behind the scene shot 🙂
Paraw Regatta 2019

All Rights Reserved ©️ Alex Alvior Villanueva Photographer 📷📷⛵️

POINT, SHOOT, and WIN!
Join the 2023 Paraw Photo Contest and Exhibit!

Kindly check the link for contest details.
https://bit.ly/50photoreg2023

08/03/2023

PARAW RACE AND SLALOM REGISTRATION EXTENDED!

Registration for the Paraw Race and Slalom has been extended until March 13, 2023. Registration forms, list of requirements, and guidelines are available on the ground floor of the Ker and Co., Ltd. building (beside Iloilo City Hall).

The deadline for the submission of requirements will be March 13, 2023, at Tatoy's Arevalo Secretariat (until 4:00 PM only).

SUMMER IS HERE... SEE YOU AT VILLA BEACH!
08/03/2023

SUMMER IS HERE... SEE YOU AT VILLA BEACH!

GET READY FOR A FEAST AT LECHON FEST!
08/03/2023

GET READY FOR A FEAST AT LECHON FEST!

10/02/2023

𝗠𝗚𝗔 𝗔𝗞𝗧𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗗 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔 𝗦𝗔 𝗜𝗞𝗔-𝟱𝟬 𝗡𝗚𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟, 𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗚 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗜

Ginpagwa na sang Iloilo Festivals Foundation Incorporated (IFFI) ang set of activities para sa ika-50 nga Paraw Regatta Festival.

Magabukas sa Marso 12 ang Paraw Regatta 2023. Kadungan sini, magasugod man ang Paraw Photo Contest, Miniature Paraw Making Contest, Pinta sa Regatta Mural Painting Contest kag Beach Volleyball.

Suno kay Mr. John Lex Bayombong, chair sang Paraw Regatta 2023, may ara sang local kag national players nga gin-imbita para magpasakop sa beach volley sa baybay Villa.

Sa Marso 13 naman hiwaton ang Paraw Job Fair.

Ang Slalom Race nakatalana sa Marso 16 samtang sa Marso 17 tubtob 18 ang Pinta Layag kag ang Sinamba sa Regatta.

Kalabanan naman sa mga major nga aktibidad sang festival hiwaton sa Marso 19 lakip na ang Pinta Tawo, Lechon Contest, Paraw Race Sailing, kag Lighted Paraw.

Ang Paraw Regatta ang makabig “oldest traditional craft event in Asia” kag “largest sailing event” sang Pilipinas. | Hope Torrechante, RP Iloilo

Photo: Rolly Jamero

09/02/2023

Preparations are now underway for the return of the face-to-face celebration of the Paraw Regatta Festival next month.

08/02/2023

The Iloilo Festivals Foundation, Inc. (IFFI) on Monday confirmed that the 50th Paraw Regatta will return to the shores of Iloilo City’s Villa Beach in Arevalo district for the first time in four years, from March 12 to 19, 2023.

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