You don’t have to be a Chinese to enjoy the festivities of the Chinese New Year. Experience once again the merging of two cultures as the City of Bacolod and the Filipino-Chinese Communities bring you the 2009 Bacolaodiat Festival, the 4th time for the city to hold the festival.
Bacolaodiat was coined from Bacolod and Lao Diat, the Fookien word for celebration. The Bacolaodiat Festival was meant to showcase the best of the Filipino and Chinese cultures.
Different activities were already lined up for the 2009 Bacolaodiat Festival. The Year of the Ox will be welcomed on January 23-26 with lantern parade, fireworks, street dancing, food festival, and more.
Here is the 2009 BacoLaodiat Festival Schedule of Activities:
January 23 – Opening of Lantern Park at the The Capitol Shopping Center, known as the China Town of Bacolod City
Opening of the Chopsticks Alley will be along Narra and Tindalo Avenue which will cater to Chinese food.
January 24 – Street-dancing competition with 10 participating groups will kick off at 6:30 p.m. from SM Bacolod to the festival site.
January 25 – An animated and colorful parade of floats, lanterns, lions and dragons alongside Chinese drum beaters and acrobats which will start from the plaza to the festival site.
A nightly display of fireworks which they call a “symphony of lights and sparks” wil also be featured.