Diyandi Festival 2017 - Viva Senyor San Miguel!

By Jun Enriquez

Video File: Diyandi Festival Street Dancing Competition 2017

Iligan City - "Diyandi" is a cultural and traditional practice of celebrating the death. This was known to the original people in Iligan when they were informed in a neighborhood that there is someone suffered from death so they will go for Diyandi.

On the other hand, Iligan City Fiesta is celebrating the victory of St. Michael the Arch Angel triumphant over the evil Lucifer the angel of the dark. The notion connotes that good will always triumph over evil.   

The Diyandi Festival in Iligan City was formally supported by a local ordinance to be celebrated every year during the period of the month of September. The Fiesta celebration of St. Michael the Arch Angel is on September 29 and every year thereafter. This year's Diyandi Festival activities will start on September 20 to October 2.

Patron St. Michael The Arch Angel, secured by Karancho

At 3:30 early in the morning on September 20, 2017, Karancho Lone district of Iligan City was tasked to provide marshal during the “Pakanaog ni Senior San Miguel” the Patron Saint of Iligan City will step down from the Altar. There were 700 Karancho members assisted the Philippine National Police (PNP) of securing the area around the St. Michael’s Cathedral. It was traditionally practiced by Iliganon parishioners that the “Pakanaog ni Senior San Miguel” is a Roman Catholic church event at St. Michael's Cathedral in Iligan City, will be done every 20^th of September the start of the fiesta celebration and also the day of the Opening salvo of the Diyandi festival and announcement of Fiesta activities. with reports & photo by Bam Gimena.