SEMANA SANTA
1st week of April
Province wide
lloilo has its own beautiful Lenten traditions celebrated in many towns. For visitors and tourists here in time for the Lenten spectacle, towns offer plenty of other things to do. Church-hopping through Via Crucis from the 1st till the 4th districts of the province is a Lenten Iloilo. Witness exploring base for
dramatic processions around the main streets in the afternoon of Good Friday, theatrical dramatization of the Passion of Christ brings to life the death of our Lord annually celebrated in the towns of Barotac Viejo and Banate and the uninterrupted chanting-singing of the verses of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and Kapiya or Stations of the Cross in Cabatuan and Sta. Barbara.
For more information, please contact the Provincial Culture, Arts, History and Tourism Office at telefax (033) 3384910.
Read also: The Ultimate List of Festivals in Iloilo Province
Sources:
ILOILO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TOURISM OFFICE
2/F, Casa Real Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City
Telefax No: (+63 33) 3384910
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Blog: mybeautifulILOILO
Website: www.iloilo.gov.ph/tourism
DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM REGION VI
Capitol Grounds, Bonifacio Drive, lloilo City
Tel. Nos: (0063) (033) 3375411/5093550
Telefax: (0063) (033) 3350245
Email: [email protected]
Websites: http://www.westernvisayastourism.com.ph or http://www.visitmyphilippines.com