The Paraw Regatta Festival or Iloilo–Guimaras Paraw Regatta Festival is an annual festival held every third weekend of February in the Arevalo, Iloilo City, Philippines. Its main event is a sailboat race in Iloilo Strait that features the paraw, a Visayan double-outrigger sail boat.

Iloilo Paraw Regatta. 9,210 likes. Iloilo Paraw Regatta Festival is an annual festival held in February in Arevalo, Iloilo City, Philippines. It is considered as the OLDEST Craft Event in Asia and...

Iloilo Paraw Regatta Festival. 5,906 likes · 1 talking about this. The Philippines' best sports tourism event and oldest and largest traditional sailing event in Asia.

The Paraw regatta is a race among seafarers on colorful sailboats called Paraws in the straits between Guimaras Island and the city of Iloilo.

Paraw Regatta is a yearly cultural festival held in the district of Villa de Arevalo in Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines every third weekend of February.

One of the major festivals in Iloilo City held annually is the Paraw Regatta Festival. The Paraw Regatta is a 36.5-kilometer race among native outriggers in the strait between the island province of Guimaras and Iloilo City. It was inspired by history which dates back in 1212 A.D.

Iloilo Paraw Regatta Festival is an annual festival every third weekend of February in Villa de Arevalo district. The main even is the sailboat race of the Paraw along Iloilo Strait. Also, this is the oldest and traditional craft event not just in the country but in whole of Asia.

Feb 3, 2023 · Iloilo Paraw Regatta Festival is an annual festival held every third weekend of February in the Villa de Arevalo district, Iloilo City, Philippines. The festival is mainly to celebrate the Ilonggo craftsmanship in boat-building. Ilonggo …

Mar 19, 2023 · The Paraw Regatta Festival is traditionally held every third week of February in the Villa Arevalo District near Tatoy’s in Iloilo City. This year, the event was moved to March 12 – 19 with the theme – “Sailing Through the Waves of Ilonggo Tradition and Progress.”

The first Paraw Regatta race started in 1973 with the mission to preserve the historic value of the paraws. The competing paraws sailed through the Iloilo Strait between the islands of Guimaras and Panay duing the 30-kilometer race.