Manila, Jan. 15 -- The organizer of the 2026 Dinagyang Festival is inviting spectators to stay until the end of the performances during the Tribes Competition to watch a thousand performers dancing together in unity, honoring the Senor Santo Nino on Jan. 25.

"We call this a praise song for Sto. Nino and this is something you should experience and watch," Iloilo Festivals Foundation, Inc. (IFFI) president Angel De Leon said in a media briefing Wednesday evening.

The unity dance, to the beat of "Hala Bira, Iloilo!", was first introduced during the opening salvo on Jan. 11, which already amazed the viewers, IFFI festival director Eric Divinagracia said.

Divinagracia said it is an expression of the devotion of the Ilonggos to the Senor San...