Hey Friends! Let me be very clear, I shot this video on the last weekend of January. I know I am many months behind. Please understand that I do not treat my videos as "vlogs" but rather more like an episode of a series. I was very behind on my editing when I shot many of these videos, and I didn't want to rush to push them live just to get them over with. I want to take time with each video and give the people, place, and moment its proper respect, information, and appreciation. I hope this makes sense, and I hope this clears up any confusion in the comments. My goal is to get caught up with this Travel Deeper Philippines series so that my next videos coming out will be much more timely. I apologize for any misunderstandings and I hope you still enjoy the videos! With that being said, I am looking to hire a new video editor, so If you know of any great video editors, please send me a DM via Instagram instagram.com/tourist2townie Otherwise, I will see you all next week from Dumaguete!
Gareth Leonard i love watching your videos, and i really appreciate that u take the time to edit each episode so that we could actually watch an event or occasion instead of just watching a vlogger of no importance information. So, thank you for making your videos not only very interesting but informative as well.
I can not believe people are complaining about this video. There was no disrespect involved and it is clear you enjoy telling the story of the event/area through a foreign lense. It's better to take the time you need on your videos to produce the best video you can. It's the quality that counts. Anyways happy travels!
Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo was Awarded as the Best Tourism event in the Philippines! The only Festival that states the Story line Clearly. Best energy of dancing, best choreography and the most artistic festival ever. Iloilo Dinagyang is now the center of influence of Philippine Festival.
From the first day that you've arrived in the Philippines to this Iloilo video, these were the 1st videos I've seen of yours. As a Filipino-born, Los Angeles-grown dude, I applaud the quality of your videos, the amount of time you must have spent 'editing'(which turned out superb results), the angles, location of the camera shots, the narration, etc. All of those detail stuff EASILY could be taken for granted by your "audience/viewers" but I just want to take this time to Show LOVE and ENCOURAGEMENT. Traveling in a foreign land isn't "a walk in a park" as we say in the U.S., there's different factors that comes into play(the weather, transportation, politic stuff, etc) but you make it look EASY and ENJOYABLE. Most Importantly, you manage to have a "sensibility" in your videos that helped capture more than just "sights and structures", You've helped capture the "ESSENCE" of the CULTURE(My Kababayan, the food, Filipino hospitality, My Filipinos' sense of humor, etc.)...Awesome stuff! I've already hit the SUBSCRIBE button just like Everyone should that stumbles upon your videos. I'm taking notes, Keep doing your thing, brother!!!
I was born and raised here in Iloilo City “The City of Love” and I am so grateful to you for sharing and introducing our culture and traditions to the world Gareth 💕
Iloilo Dinagyang Festival is a multi-grandslam winner for the best tourism event in the the Philippines. I AM ILOILO Proud to be ILONGGO and Proud to be FILIPINO. 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 Thanks Gareth for visiting the city of love. You are always welcome here in Iloilo.
This is so amazing, Gareth! I love seeing and learning about different festivals around the world. Truly fascinating. The costumes are gorgeous and vibrant, the dancers' choreography is awe-inspiring, and the shots you got of everything are some of the most beautiful I've ever seen. The steamed bun you had looks delicious, too! Stunning video, man!!
Thank you Brandon! It was an amazing show, right up there with Carnaval in Rio for me, only much more warm and inviting. I hope to be back next year as well!
iwant to say thank you gareth for filming ilo ilo tradition because im ilongga by blood but its been 29 years i never seen my own place im staying her in cavite now i dont have enough time and money to visit my hometown when in scrool my phone i notice that you travel whole province of the phils luckily enough i see iloilo now thank you so much sir God bless to your journey any i subscribe now to your channel
The locals really take so much pride in festivals like this and prepare for it a year in advance. This is their way of life and as you can witness the result, watching your video has made me experience this which I haven't yet, being a filipino and all, and transcended me to this very moment, I can just imagine how much it would actually feel being there in person, but this is the closest deal without having to spend a dime at all. Thanks for taking me along with you Gareth.
Yes, a lot of filipino people take so much pride in the festivals in the philippines, different regions of a province would practice choreography,design costumes and go to the parades/festivals just to represent their tribe/tradition
Kuya we only prepare a few months before not a year. Participants majority high school students or those tambays. It became the tradition. Panay was bought by Malay ancestors from the Aeta tribe with a big giant Golden hat and a long gold necklace. They divided the city into 3 lead by 3 Datus. This history was passed on by oral descendants. Pirot song "Barter/Purchase of Panay " captured the legend of this festival. Each island in the Philippines has its own legend and history. I guess yours is different.
Thank you for visiting Iloilo City. I was born in Iloilo and raise here in the City of Love. Every year this is the best celebration in Iloilo City , The Dinagyang festival , the best picture , best choreographer and the production . Amazing performance and beautiful warriors. Nice to see you eating Robertos siopao, the most popular place of big siopao. Good you tried Netongs batchoy but we still have Lapaz batchoy which is very delicious too. A lot of places and beautiful native foods you can find in Iloilo City and Province. I loved all of your videos its beautiful and incredible. Hope you appreciate also, our hospitality here in Iloilo. More blessings and stay safe always . 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼♥️♥️♥️🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Yes ended he's humble and his good what he does, he respect Filipinos coulter, and his very friendly to the people, that's what I like to see the American vloger , stay safe always ❣️💞❣️💞
Thanks for coming to my hometown Iloilo and experience Dinagyang.... ILOILO ANG BANWA KO.... The City Of Love ❤️.... I ❤️ Robertos siopao.... One of the best festivals in PH 🇵🇭.... It only happens every 3rd week of January.... But you could experience watching Dinagyang on the month of April along with the best festivals in the Philippines they call it the Aliwan Fiesta dubbedas The battle of all festivals in the country.... Who ever wins in Iloilo Dinagyang will represents in the Aliwan Fiesta in Manila for the dance competition.
Thanks for posting a video of the dinagyang. I miss it too much. I"ve been working in the middle east for 13 years and my vacations are usually in May and December. When I was still a student in Iloilo City, I watched Dinagyang yearly and on two occasions was a cadet guard. One day I'll be there again. Palangga ko gid ang Iloilo!
Wow.... breathtaking performance of every tribe and their facial expression are truly amazing! Thank you for this wonderful video. And yeaaahhh Roberto’s is love. Missing my hometown!
ILOILO the City of LOVE...I don't know why but I was a part of that festival growing in high school there. Few calluses walking around the old city performing in several stages in the 80's. Colorful capture of dancers except politicians. Welcome to Iloilo.
I grew up watching this and i could say that it gets better each year.I love this festival because of the energetic choreographic dances, the beat of the drums, the face paints, the costumes and most of all the effort and hardwork that each participants invested on their performances!
This was not the last. There are 2 more dinagyangs before the Pandemic, Dinagyangs 2019 and 2020. Maybe you've forgotten Dinagyang 2020 happen 'cause it eas held on January, and ECQ was started on March. This video was shot on January 2018
Roberto's House is an institution in Iloilo City. Good thing you had the time to visit. I remember eating in that Restaurant when I was still a student at Sun Yat Sen decades ago.
I am from Iloilo and I am very happy to see that you really enjoyed the Dinagyang Festival and the Iloilo City itself. Thank you for taking the city to the world.
Great edit on the tribal dances. I don't know why I got emotional watching that segment. I think focusing on the dancers more than the choreography/spectacle itself made it more "human". I could feel how much work and passion went into these dances. Great job Gareth, i love your editing style!
i room around and play in that area when i was a kid. now i live in manila but visited that place last year. i was very emotional that time. iloilo is clean peaceful and trafficfree. nice video
Thank you for capturing everything that makes this celebration unique and special! The music, the colors, the emotions of the people, and the pride of the culture...this was such a great video and made me feel like I was there too! Thank you, love your work!
H Gareth, it's great to watch your show again. As you know Dinagyang Festival is very popular in the Philippines. This are just one of the few famous festival being held yearly in Iloilo Province.
Dinagyang festival is JUST one of the many festivals we have in this country. I guess, every month, a city or locality celebrates an event. Here are some of my top list: Sinulog Festival (Cebu) Ati-Atihan Festival (Aklan) Dinagyang Festival (ilo-ilo) Kadayawan Festival (Davao City) Panagbenga Festival (Baguio City) Maskara Festival (Bacolod) and the list goes on... Thanks for showing our cultural heritage on your channel..
Thank you for the worthwhile content. It comes across as genuine, not annoying, and actual value. Something that's missing from other vlogger videos who come off as annoying and are clearly just trying to increase their views and subscribers
Gareth it's my beloved hometown.,thanks for coming..a Filipino here in Hong Kong..been following your vlogs and subscriber. Enjoy your escapades in Philippines.God Bless.
I miss my high school day that my class mate usedbto make some costume of over champion tribe Bola bola. .. i hope i can wach when im come home to my home land Iloilo. Thanks for sharing Ilongo's best food and festival.. God Bless
I really enjoyed watching this video. This makes me missing this place more than ever where you can see the most sweetest lovable people in the Philippines. And ofcourse the Most exciting Festival in the Philippines. Viva Senior! Credits to the owner of this video! You’re the man!
Incredible!!! This is the best vlog series on UA-cam so far (to be honest). This is also the only vlog that shows the other side, the uncommon, the unique, the undiscovered part of the philippines so far (again, to be honest). Can we have an awarding ceremony for vloggers? I'm sure this will garner multiple awards (esp. cinematography).
Gareth Leonard Indeed it is, but as they say, there's no place like home. I hope you'd get the chance to visit Philippines again, specifically in Panay island where Iloilo City is, it is somehow overlooked by a lot of travellers, bur if you do a little bit of research, it is an incredible place to travel to with beaches and waterfalls that are untouched that is waiting to be discovered. I hope next time, you'd travel there more and let the world see how beautiful Panay island is. Stay safe and travel more.
Ooh.. Thank you so much for visiting my province..😁I am your new subscriber here... This is my first time to watch your channel Gareth.. And i can't believe it that my province is one of your vlogs.. Thank you soo much for featuring it on your channel.. Have a nice day..
Whatever you do, either in a pool, in the street, in the plane or eating whatever you still look the same. Love your videos dude. Keep it up and more power
Wow! The best video I ever seen. You put to much effort and time to edit those beautiful video footage . You are amazing!!! God be with you always. Take care.
I’m glad you’re able to visit Iloilo city. It’s my home town and miss it deeply . People are wonderful and there’s really more places to see and food to taste! Thank you for sharing!💕
A feast for the eyes !! it was only through this videos that i see how rich and beautiful our culture was on this part of the country.. unfortunately, Philippine Festivals like these were kinda unpopular from foreign tourists....Great video man!
Great vlog about Dinagyang! I stumbled upon your video while searching for the 2019 Dinagyang performances that happened last weekend. We were there last Sunday at the new Freedom Grandstand to watch the competition and the energy, the costumes, the creativity were incredibly impressive! The intro of some tribes gave me chills. You should be there to feel the energy and excitement.
My hometown, city of 💗... Please visit again this month 2019😍😍😍 Miss my hometown 😢😢😢, watching from Saudi and new viewer here😉😉😉 Thanks for this video, and ur next try "Lapaz Batchoy",, 👍😉🍜 And the winner of the Tribe is #Tribu Panay anon😍😍😍
Hey Friends! Let me be very clear, I shot this video on the last weekend of January. I know I am many months behind. Please understand that I do not treat my videos as "vlogs" but rather more like an episode of a series. I was very behind on my editing when I shot many of these videos, and I didn't want to rush to push them live just to get them over with. I want to take time with each video and give the people, place, and moment its proper respect, information, and appreciation.
I hope this makes sense, and I hope this clears up any confusion in the comments. My goal is to get caught up with this Travel Deeper Philippines series so that my next videos coming out will be much more timely. I apologize for any misunderstandings and I hope you still enjoy the videos!
With that being said, I am looking to hire a new video editor, so If you know of any great video editors, please send me a DM via Instagram instagram.com/tourist2townie
Otherwise, I will see you all next week from Dumaguete!
Gareth Leonard i love watching your videos, and i really appreciate that u take the time to edit each episode so that we could actually watch an event or occasion instead of just watching a vlogger of no importance information. So, thank you for making your videos not only very interesting but informative as well.
No apologies necessary. Every one of your videos is 10/10
Gareth Leonard and u told in your first vlog part 1 of dinagyang that sinulog was far better than dinagyang..
@@charlesmaersk5235 well, every country has its good and bad sides..
I can not believe people are complaining about this video. There was no disrespect involved and it is clear you enjoy telling the story of the event/area through a foreign lense. It's better to take the time you need on your videos to produce the best video you can. It's the quality that counts. Anyways happy travels!
Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo was Awarded as the Best Tourism event in the Philippines! The only Festival that states the Story line Clearly. Best energy of dancing, best choreography and the most artistic festival ever. Iloilo Dinagyang is now the center of influence of Philippine Festival.
Basta ilonggo proud taya❤❤❤
used by warrior dancers of dinagyang
-for my assignment pleasee
The shots of the warrior dancers were crisp. Great job !
From the first day that you've arrived in the Philippines to this Iloilo video, these were the 1st videos I've seen of yours. As a Filipino-born, Los Angeles-grown dude, I applaud the quality of your videos, the amount of time you must have spent 'editing'(which turned out superb results), the angles, location of the camera shots, the narration, etc. All of those detail stuff EASILY could be taken for granted by your "audience/viewers" but I just want to take this time to Show LOVE and ENCOURAGEMENT. Traveling in a foreign land isn't "a walk in a park" as we say in the U.S., there's different factors that comes into play(the weather, transportation, politic stuff, etc) but you make it look EASY and ENJOYABLE. Most Importantly, you manage to have a "sensibility" in your videos that helped capture more than just "sights and structures", You've helped capture the "ESSENCE" of the CULTURE(My Kababayan, the food, Filipino hospitality, My Filipinos' sense of humor, etc.)...Awesome stuff! I've already hit the SUBSCRIBE button just like Everyone should that stumbles upon your videos. I'm taking notes, Keep doing your thing, brother!!!
I was born and raised here in Iloilo City “The City of Love” and I am so grateful to you for sharing and introducing our culture and traditions to the world Gareth 💕
Iloilo Dinagyang Festival is a multi-grandslam winner for the best tourism event in the the Philippines. I AM ILOILO Proud to be ILONGGO and Proud to be FILIPINO. 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Thanks Gareth for visiting the city of love. You are always welcome here in Iloilo.
This is so amazing, Gareth! I love seeing and learning about different festivals around the world. Truly fascinating. The costumes are gorgeous and vibrant, the dancers' choreography is awe-inspiring, and the shots you got of everything are some of the most beautiful I've ever seen. The steamed bun you had looks delicious, too! Stunning video, man!!
Thank you Brandon! It was an amazing show, right up there with Carnaval in Rio for me, only much more warm and inviting. I hope to be back next year as well!
Gareth Leonard You're welcome! I hope you get to go back, too!
the dinagyang tribe competition was held every 4th sunday of january...on the 4th saturday was the kasadyahan festival
iwant to say thank you gareth for filming ilo ilo tradition because im ilongga by blood but its been 29 years i never seen my own place im staying her in cavite now i dont have enough time and money to visit my hometown when in scrool my phone i notice that you travel whole province of the phils luckily enough i see iloilo now thank you so much sir God bless to your journey any i subscribe now to your channel
Whoa! That must of been incredible!
YUP BERIT TRY TO VISIT ILOILO CITY IN DINAGYANG 2020
The locals really take so much pride in festivals like this and prepare for it a year in advance. This is their way of life and as you can witness the result, watching your video has made me experience this which I haven't yet, being a filipino and all, and transcended me to this very moment, I can just imagine how much it would actually feel being there in person, but this is the closest deal without having to spend a dime at all. Thanks for taking me along with you Gareth.
Yes, a lot of filipino people take so much pride in the festivals in the philippines, different regions of a province would practice choreography,design costumes and go to the parades/festivals just to represent their tribe/tradition
Kuya we only prepare a few months before not a year. Participants majority high school students or those tambays. It became the tradition. Panay was bought by Malay ancestors from the Aeta tribe with a big giant Golden hat and a long gold necklace. They divided the city into 3 lead by 3 Datus. This history was passed on by oral descendants. Pirot song "Barter/Purchase of Panay " captured the legend of this festival. Each island in the Philippines has its own legend and history. I guess yours is different.
Thank you for visiting Iloilo City. I was born in Iloilo and raise here in the City of Love. Every year this is the best celebration in
Iloilo City , The Dinagyang festival , the best picture , best choreographer and the production . Amazing performance and beautiful warriors. Nice to see you eating Robertos siopao, the most popular place of big siopao. Good you tried Netongs batchoy but we still have Lapaz batchoy which is very delicious too. A lot of places and beautiful native
foods you can find in Iloilo City and Province. I loved all of your videos its beautiful and incredible. Hope you appreciate also, our hospitality here in Iloilo. More blessings and stay safe always . 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼♥️♥️♥️🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
That show was incredible. I didn't know how diverse and beautiful Filipino culture is. Thanks for sharing.
Gareth your vlogs are down to earth your humble luv the fact you just blend with everybody god bless from California
That means the world to me Jimmy. Thank you.
Yes ended he's humble and his good what he does, he respect Filipinos coulter, and his very friendly to the people, that's what I like to see the American vloger , stay safe always ❣️💞❣️💞
Thanks for coming to my hometown Iloilo and experience Dinagyang.... ILOILO ANG BANWA KO.... The City Of Love ❤️.... I ❤️ Robertos siopao.... One of the best festivals in PH 🇵🇭.... It only happens every 3rd week of January.... But you could experience watching Dinagyang on the month of April along with the best festivals in the Philippines they call it the Aliwan Fiesta dubbedas The battle of all festivals in the country.... Who ever wins in Iloilo Dinagyang will represents in the Aliwan Fiesta in Manila for the dance competition.
I looooooooooove the editing, especially that girl's slow turn! That look in her eyes! Woot!
I'm glad u like my City....I am an ilonggo a born in Iloilo City but working here in Singapore for 15yrs now
Thanks for posting a video of the dinagyang. I miss it too much. I"ve been working in the middle east for 13 years and my vacations are usually in May and December. When I was still a student in Iloilo City, I watched Dinagyang yearly and on two occasions was a cadet guard. One day I'll be there again. Palangga ko gid ang Iloilo!
Thanks for watching Alex! I hope to be back again also!!
Wow.... breathtaking performance of every tribe and their facial expression are truly amazing! Thank you for this wonderful video. And yeaaahhh Roberto’s is love. Missing my hometown!
ILOILO the City of LOVE...I don't know why but I was a part of that festival growing in high school there. Few calluses walking around the old city performing in several stages in the 80's. Colorful capture of dancers except politicians. Welcome to Iloilo.
I appreciated you're loving our country Philippines our different culture and food. Thank you so much.watching from Canada missed my country
thank you .... its been 16 yrs that I don't have a chance to witness our Dinagyang Festival. thank you so much means a lot to me
I'm really proud of our festivals here in the Philippines... Appreciate it very much that you came ang cover it
I grew up watching this and i could say that it gets better each year.I love this festival because of the energetic choreographic dances, the beat of the drums, the face paints, the costumes and most of all the effort and hardwork that each participants invested on their performances!
Amazing Jennifer, it was such a moving and emotional show to witness! I want to visit every year!!
Really, that would be great! I' m glad to know that, you'll be welcome everytime☺!
Those drums are wicked, man! The energy, the colors, and the beauty are truly insane! That siopao looks delish, too! Great vlog!!
This is the last dinagyang before the pandemic, being an ilonggo I miss this event more. Beautiful edit...
This was not the last. There are 2 more dinagyangs before the Pandemic, Dinagyangs 2019 and 2020. Maybe you've forgotten Dinagyang 2020 happen 'cause it eas held on January, and ECQ was started on March. This video was shot on January 2018
Gareth leonardo, thank you so much for visiting in my city, iloilo city to watch dinagyang fistival❤❤❤
Roberto's House is an institution in Iloilo City. Good thing you had the time to visit. I remember eating in that Restaurant when I was still a student at Sun Yat Sen decades ago.
Proud Ilongga here, thanks for featuring our very own festival..
I am from Iloilo and I am very happy to see that you really enjoyed the Dinagyang Festival and the Iloilo City itself. Thank you for taking the city to the world.
epic cinematography!! hats off to you, sir!! hope you had a great time..
I appreciate it Timo! 🙏🏻
Great edit on the tribal dances. I don't know why I got emotional watching that segment. I think focusing on the dancers more than the choreography/spectacle itself made it more "human". I could feel how much work and passion went into these dances. Great job Gareth, i love your editing style!
This is amazing show Iloilo festival.. More fun in the Philippines ..
So true! It was an amazing show!!
From Iloilo Here. Thank you G. It is Amazing,fantastnative Ati-atihan Dinagyang in Iloilo.
This is the heart of Iloilo every January. Thank you for the video and appreciation of Ilonggo and Filipino culture. 🇵🇭💚
i room around and play in that area when i was a kid. now i live in manila but visited that place last year. i was very emotional that time. iloilo is clean peaceful and trafficfree. nice video
It is an amazing city! Thanks for watching!
Wow!!! Thumbs Up... you Awesome ,chow this fantastic festival really Beautiful,,, Beautiful. More , Action to come!
Hi Gareth I'm from. The frovince of ilo-ilo I'm so happy that you chose my city To cover it thak you :)
Thanks for visiting our place and showing our culture to the world.
I enjoyed the show tremendously. I am a Pilipino who now resides in America. I have never been in that province.
Thank you for capturing everything that makes this celebration unique and special! The music, the colors, the emotions of the people, and the pride of the culture...this was such a great video and made me feel like I was there too! Thank you, love your work!
Thamk you for visiting my city..you are always welcome here anytime...hope you enjoy our dinagyang activities..see you soon again..Godbless
H Gareth, it's great to watch your show again. As you know Dinagyang Festival is very popular in the Philippines. This are just one of the few famous festival being held yearly in Iloilo Province.
Proud Ilonggo here..thanks for this video
very nice. i envy you sir. you are able to witness the incredible fiesta and festive dinagyang.
Dinagyang festival is JUST one of the many festivals we have in this country. I guess, every month, a city or locality celebrates an event. Here are some of my top list:
Sinulog Festival (Cebu)
Ati-Atihan Festival (Aklan)
Dinagyang Festival (ilo-ilo)
Kadayawan Festival (Davao City)
Panagbenga Festival (Baguio City)
Maskara Festival (Bacolod)
and the list goes on... Thanks for showing our cultural heritage on your channel..
Your the first vlogger that showed this! It is awesome!
Thank you for the worthwhile content. It comes across as genuine, not annoying, and actual value. Something that's missing from other vlogger videos who come off as annoying and are clearly just trying to increase their views and subscribers
we love you sir gareth thanks for loving my country🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻take care
Very easy to love! Cheers Erwin!
Gareth Leonard ,its that you?omg thanks for the reply
thanks for showcasing a piece of our culture..
From City of Love, Iloilo! 💕
i always watch ur video gareth..enjoy staying in the phillipines..😊😊
Gareth it's my beloved hometown.,thanks for coming..a Filipino here in Hong Kong..been following your vlogs and subscriber. Enjoy your escapades in Philippines.God Bless.
I miss my high school day that my class mate usedbto make some costume of over champion tribe Bola bola. .. i hope i can wach when im come home to my home land Iloilo. Thanks for sharing Ilongo's best food and festival.. God Bless
Wow Gareth, im so happy for you, you visit my hometown how i wish i was there to celebrate dinagyang i miss that event, so fun..
I really enjoyed watching this video. This makes me missing this place more than ever where you can see the most sweetest lovable people in the Philippines. And ofcourse the Most exciting Festival in the Philippines.
Viva Senior!
Credits to the owner of this video! You’re the man!
I'm from Iloilo. Thank you for visiting our province. Proud to be Ilonggo here💙
Marvellous, stunning and incredible.
Incredible!!! This is the best vlog series on UA-cam so far (to be honest). This is also the only vlog that shows the other side, the uncommon, the unique, the undiscovered part of the philippines so far (again, to be honest). Can we have an awarding ceremony for vloggers? I'm sure this will garner multiple awards (esp. cinematography).
Beautiful photography, beautiful shots. Seeing those beautiful people and The Vice President Of the Philippines. Thank you for sharing Gareth
Spectacular edit! Watching from Dubai. Makes me miss home so much.
Thank you Lhester! Dubai is an amazing place too!
Gareth Leonard Indeed it is, but as they say, there's no place like home. I hope you'd get the chance to visit Philippines again, specifically in Panay island where Iloilo City is, it is somehow overlooked by a lot of travellers, bur if you do a little bit of research, it is an incredible place to travel to with beaches and waterfalls that are untouched that is waiting to be discovered. I hope next time, you'd travel there more and let the world see how beautiful Panay island is. Stay safe and travel more.
i love how you show how the locals live, even politicians make it to your videos. this is so beautiful
I love ur blog ...and it's so nice watching ur adventure in the phils.
Thank you Gareth..
Im from Philippines in City of Love Iloilo.. Im proud Ilonggo!!
Thank you very much for featuring the Philippines' grandest festival, Dinagyang Festival!
Ooh.. Thank you so much for visiting my province..😁I am your new subscriber here... This is my first time to watch your channel Gareth.. And i can't believe it that my province is one of your vlogs.. Thank you soo much for featuring it on your channel.. Have a nice day..
Great show Gareth. Thanks for your efforts to capture some of it for us to see.
Wow look at that! I was mesmerized..
Iloilo is a great City. I hope you had a time to meet more of the lovely people there.
Hi thank you for the nice shots!!❤❤ I am the girl in your cover and the one in the slow motion part! When pandemic ends, you should visit here again☺️
Thumbs up for you Gareth, you bring the Philippines to the world. GBU.
Oh my gosh, I'm blown away! I can't wait to go home (Philippines). Siopao is my favorite since I was little.
Wow!! Amazing place, i love it ! So nice!
Love the cinematography! Thanks for featuring Iloilo City and the Dinagyang Festival :)
I’ve done a festival dance before too and I miss it. Great you had fun!
Whatever you do, either in a pool, in the street, in the plane or eating whatever you still look the same. Love your videos dude. Keep it up and more power
Watching all your videos from beginning to the end.
The best Festival in the Philippines! DINAGYANG FESTIVAL!! Truly World Class!
That looks awesome thanks for sharing Gareth ❤️😘👍
I'm stunned by the beautiful shots you got from the festivals
Wow! The best video I ever seen. You put to much effort and time to edit those beautiful video footage . You are amazing!!! God be with you always. Take care.
Congrats u witness dinagyang im from iloilo too
ILOILO woow.. i MUST visit ILOILO and watch DINAGYANG Festival then..
you made the dinagyang festival look even more fabulous the way you filmed and applied sounds to it....great cinematography....
Oh wow, you were in my hometown. I grew up in Roxas City, Capiz. It's 1hr drive from Iloilo.. Hello from California.
My Humble Place Iloilo Philippines. Thanks Gareth..
I’m glad you’re able to visit Iloilo city. It’s my home town and miss it deeply . People are wonderful and there’s really more places to see and food to taste! Thank you for sharing!💕
Glad you enjoyed Iloilo. I'm proud to be an Ilonggo.
A feast for the eyes !! it was only through this videos that i see how rich and beautiful our culture was on this part of the country.. unfortunately, Philippine Festivals like these were kinda unpopular from foreign tourists....Great video man!
''DINAGYANG-FESTIVAL'' Is alway's amazing..!
Amazing festival in the philippines... Mabuhay tayong mga pilipino....😀😀😀😀😀
Thank you for visiting my home town. My god i miss Iloilo banwa ko.
Wow...Amazing show, i'm r enjoy wacthing the vds.
Such great footage of the dances dude!! Amazing stuff and a solid edit. Love the track and audio quality.
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Proud Ilonggo here... Welcome to the "CITY of LOVE" ILOILO....
Great vlog about Dinagyang! I stumbled upon your video while searching for the 2019 Dinagyang performances that happened last weekend. We were there last Sunday at the new Freedom Grandstand to watch the competition and the energy, the costumes, the creativity were incredibly impressive! The intro of some tribes gave me chills. You should be there to feel the energy and excitement.
My hometown, city of 💗...
Please visit again this month 2019😍😍😍
Miss my hometown 😢😢😢, watching from Saudi and new viewer here😉😉😉
Thanks for this video, and ur next try "Lapaz Batchoy",, 👍😉🍜
And the winner of the Tribe is #Tribu Panay anon😍😍😍
Welcome to city of LOVE so proud to come and visit my City thank you for promoted my City.
Very happy to be here, thank you Jade!
Those hosts are my former colleagues when I was still in radio. So nice to see their faces in your video. :)
Amazing festival in the philippines... Best in cheorgrapy,costumes , performance and dicipline
Absolutely Jay!
Jay Tarrosa that’s my place!!!
I hope you enjoy your stay in Iloilo.. The City of Love.. Hope to see you next year..