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110th Semana sang Iloilo, April 4-11

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The  Iloilo Province will celebrate its 110th Foundation Anniversary on April 4-11, 2011. The Iloilo Provincial government has prepared series of events for the weeklong celebration of the 2011 Semana sang Iloilo.

This year’s theme is “Kultura nga pinanubli, aton ikabuhi”.

The activities will kick off with an opening program on April 4 (Monday) at the Provincial Capitol lobby to be followed by the ribbon-cutting of Agri-Fair and Exhibits at the Capitol grounds.

In the afternoon of the same day will be the opening of the Food Festival at the Capitol grounds while a Cultural Presentation will be staged in the same venue from 5:30 – 7:30pm.

The next day, April 5, the following are the activities: Disaster Preparedness Seminar, 8:30am - 3pm (5th Floor Conference Room); Memorial Lecture, 9-12 nn (Sta. Barbara); Inter-municipal Folk Dance Competition, 5:30pm-7:30pm (Capitol grounds); Food Festival, 5pm-12mn (Capitol grounds).

Activities on April 6 are: Jobs Fair, 8am-5pm (Capitol grounds); Cooperative Congress, 8am-4pm (5th Floor Conference Room); Food Festival, 5-12mn (Capitol grounds).

April 7: Inter-Floor Games, 8am-5pm (Sports Complex); Hospital Awards and Recognition Program, 8am-12nn (Capitol lobby); Agri-Achievers Awarding, 2-4pm (Capitol lobby).

April 8: Memorial Lectures, 9-11:30am (5th Flr. Conf. Room); Parade of Festivals, 2:30-5pm (Freedom Grandstand to Capitol).

On April 10, there will be a Semana Marathon from the Capitol grounds to the Iloilo Sports Complex starting 5:30am.

The last day, April 11, will be dubbed as Employees Family Day where various fun activities will be held at the Iloilo Sports Complex Covered Gym from 8am to 4pm.

The weeklong celebration will be capped by a Fellowship Night at the Capitol lobby starting 7pm.

*with reports from the daily guardian newspaper
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Lin-ay: A Statue of Ilonggo Pride

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Lin-ay as simulated in the New Iloilo City Hall render
The "Lin-ay" actually is a 15-foot statue of an Ilongga lady that will be put on top of the dome of the new City Hall, which the honorable mayor of Iloilo City - Jed Patrick E. Mabilog wants to make this as an icon of the city.

This Statue of Ilonggo Pride, is another obra of renowned multi-media visual artist, Professor Edward Defensor.

Professor Ed Defensor and her Lin-ay masterpiece
The lady, is a composite of Ilongga ladies and a true Ilongga in all aspects. She is shown hugging with her right arm, newly-harvested stalks of rice, and in her left hand she is holding a scythe ("garab"), most common harvesting implement of the province. She is as well standing on a field of newly-harvested rice, all to symbolize the prosperity ("kauswagan") of the province and its great city of Iloilo. Her head is tilted up in a pose to symbolize hope ("paglaum"), and her entire mien symbolizes peace ("paghidaet")

The woman statue wears a “Patadyong” skirt and a “Sablay” made of Hablon, products of the then flourishing weaving industry in Iloilo. On its chest is an ethnic necklace symbolic of the rich ethnic culture of Iloilo, also a symbol of being a descendant of the royal line of Datus and a denizen of Iloilo’s internationally known folk-history.

Lin-ay: the Statue of Ilonggo Pride
The "Lin-ay" is standing on a squarish pedestal, festooned with ethnic designs, but most importantly, the four sides will be sculpted with images of the four major economic components of Iloilo--rice farming, sugar cane farming, fishing, and the industrial component.

She will be completely in bronze, and like the Lady of Freedom of Washington D.C. will also serve as a lightning rod.

Upon completion she will be the biggest statue in Iloilo City and the whole of Iloilo province, and our first important cultural edifice since the Arroyo fountain which was put up in the early 1900s.

(Texts are excerpts from Prof. Defensor's description of Lin-ay)
photo credits: Prof. Ed Defensor
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