Treņas dreams of making Dinagyang biggest festival in Visayas
Treņas
City Mayor Jerry Treņas dreams of making Iloilo Dinagyang festival as the biggest festival not only in Western Visayas but in the entire Visayas region.
Trenas made public his plan of making Dinagyang as the mother of all festivals in the Visayas in last Friday';s thanksgiving rendered by the Iloilo city government and the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (IDFI) for the recent successful Dinagyang festival.
He said each town in the province of Iloilo has their own festival. However, he wants Dinagyang to be the biggest festival in Visayas. The Dinagyang festival has placed Iloilo City in the international tourism map.
He said his dream will not come into reality if the government, private sector and the citizenry would not work hand in hand for the realization of the plan. The mayor stressed the importance of the participation of the private sector in such endeavor.
The mayor attributed the recent success of the Dinagyang festival in the help and cooperation of the private sector, citizenry and the government.
Treņas dubbed this year';s Dinagyang as the best Dinagyang ever held in Iloilo City.
He also said the level of expectation of the people on the celebration increases every year. That is why, he said, the city government and the organizer should always live up to the expectation of the people.
The mayor said the people should always think that Dinagyang belongs to the community. No one should claim ownership on the festival, he said.
On the same gathering, sponsors of the Dinagyang 2006 also received plaques of recognition from the city government and the IDFI for their valuable contributions that made the affair a success.