Sangyaw Festival is a religious and socio-cultural event in the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

. It was revived in 2008 by the city government of

Tacloban Tacloban ( ; ), officially the City of Tacloban (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city on Leyte island in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, Tacloban has a popu ...

. Sangyaw means "to herald news" in the

Waray language Waray (also known as Waray-Waray or Bisayâ/Binisayâ nga Winaray/Waray, meaning Samar language) is an Austronesian language and the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines, native to Eastern Visayas. It is the native l ...

. Various participants from different parts of the country participate in this tribal procession. It is held a day before the city fiesta. The festival was first held in 1974 but was discontinued in 1987.Joey A. Gabieta. "Pontifical Mass highlights today's Tacloban City fiesta" Leyte Samar Daily Express Vol.. XXI No. 189, June 30, 2009 page 19.

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Visayan festivals Culture of Leyte (province) Tourist attractions in Tacloban Recurring events established in 1974 {{Philippines-stub

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