Aliwan Fiesta 2014 Winners

Aliwan Fiesta 2014 Winners - Festival Floats

1st Place - P500,000
- Bambanti Festival (Isabela Province)

2nd Place - P250,000
- Utanon Festival Float (Dalaguete, Cebu)

3rd Place - P100,000
- Float from Baguio City

(7) Runners-up - P25,000 each
- Pandag Float (Mother Kabuntalan, Maguindanao)
- Tuna Festival Float (General Santos City)
- Karagan Festival (Pampanga)
- Pasay City Float
- Singkaban Festival (Bulacan)

- Float from Mangudadatu, Maguindanao

- Float from Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao

Aliwan Fiesta 2014 Winners - Reyna ng Aliwan

Reyna ng Aliwan 2014 - Festival Queen
- Candidate #6 Steffi Aberasturi- Sinulog Festival (Cebu)

1st Runner-up
- Candidate #13 Shaira Lenn Roberto - Singkaban Festival (Bulacan)

2nd Runner-up
- Candidate #8 Maria Gigante - Palawod Festival (Cebu)
- Candidate #14 Hazel Trasmonte - Sinulog de Kabankalan Festival (Negros)
- Candidate #16 Michelle Marie Monte - Dinagyang Festival (Iloilo)

Aliwan Fiesta 2014 Winners - Streetdance Competition

Champion -  - P1 Million
- Sinulog Festival (Cebu City)

2nd Place -P500,000
- Meguyaya Festival (Upi, Maguindanao)

3rd Place - P250,000
- T'nalak Festival (South Cotabato)

4th Place - P150,000
- Pamulinawen Festival (Laoag City)

5th Place - P100,000
- Caragan Festival (Mabalacat, Pampanga)

(5)Runners-up - P50,000 each
- Kalilangan Festival (General Santos City)
- Bato Art Festival (Luna, Isabela)
- Pandang Gitab Festival (Oriental Mindoro)
- Adivay Festival (Benguet)
- Kalivungan Festival (Matalam, Cotabato Province)

SPECIAL AWARDS
Best Musical Accompaniment- #12 Sinulog Festival (Cebu City)
Best Costume - #12 Sinulog Festival (Cebu City)
Best Folkloric Performance - #7 Adivay Festival (Benguet)

Antique: First Malay Settement

Historians believe that the earliest people who settled on the island of Panay were tribal Negritos or Atis. Oral history, relayed as the "Legend of Maragtas", states that in 1212, ten "datus" from Malay escaped persecution from Sri-Vishaya, a Hindu-Malay empire in Borneo and Sumatra. The ten datus, led by Datu Puti, sailed northward with their families and communities, landing on Panay after departing Borneo. Upon arrival, the Malay datus met the Ati chieftain King Marikudo and his wife Maniwantiwan. They offered the chieftain a golden salakot (wide-brimmed headgear) and golden necklace, among other gifts, as a display of respect. King Marikudo responded to the datus' generosity by moving to the mountains with his Ati tribe, allowing the Malayans to settle in the lowlands. The legacy of this landing is commemorated annually in Antique during the Binirayan festival