Dinagyang is an annual event, when the whole town rejoices,shouting their pride of being an Ilonggo and telling theirculture. It is a wonderful looking back to the past. It is notjust a celebration, it is a religious evangelization. Goingback to Iloilo is more like a past fulfilled and a lookingforward for future celebrations. It is our culture. The Aetaculture. That's why it is painting the townblack.