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The Dinagyang Festival is an annual religious and cultural festival held in Iloilo City, Philippines on the 4th Sunday of January. It traces the devotion to the Holy Child Jesus and commemorates the arrival of Malay settlers on Panay Island and their purchase of the land from the native Ati people. The festival began in 1967 and features colorful tribal costume competitions and dances that portray life before Spanish colonization. Participants paint their skin dark and wear costumes made of native materials

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Junior Buenaventura

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