Paraw Regatta Festival

Paraw Regatta Festival - Iloilo City

The Paraw Regatta Festival is a colorful boat race event in the straits between Iloilo City and Guimaras Island. It is called Paraw in the llongo vernacular. Paraw Regatta is celebrated every 3rd week of February where professional and amatuer artists do boat paintings a week before the festival. It is such of great honor of the Ilonggos to take pride and legacy to celebrate such festivity for it is likely to be the birth of the province and the Hiligaynons. And the festivity doesn't just end there, for there are a lot of fun-filled activities to look after, like Pintawo body painting contest, Miss Paraw, Beach Volleyball, and the Paraw Regatta Photo Competition. Plus to top it all, the highlights of the event is the Iloilo Governor Fishing Contest (a campaign against dynamite fishing).