17/07/2026
A year after being named ๐๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐โ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น โ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ,โ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ is marking the milestone with something that will be hard to miss.
The Megaworld township has officially unveiled ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น, a ๐ญ๐ฎ-๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป that now stands at the ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐. Commissioned by Megaworld and created by renowned art collective ๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฝ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ, the landmark celebrates the creativity, resilience, and shared aspirations of the Ilonggo community.
Derived from the Hiligaynon word meaning โ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ,โ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ features a striking spiral structure surrounding a reflective pond, with a ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ at its center symbolizing Iloiloโs continuing journey in arts and culture. Crowning the installation is a torch-bearing figure representing hope, leadership, and progress.
The unveiling also kicks off ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐, a month-long celebration showcasing the regionโs creative scene through art exhibits, workshops, cultural performances, film screenings, architecture, literature, music, and gastronomy.
Visitors can look forward to activities such as ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ผ, ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, comic workshops at ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐, art talks, graffiti showcases, photography installations, the ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ: ๐๐ป ๐๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ด๐ผ ๐๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐, the ๐๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ, and a screening of the acclaimed Ilonggo film ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ถ๐.
Beyond being a business district, ๐๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ continues to position itself as a space where art, culture, and community come together. Home to the ๐๐น๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ผ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ (๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐), the countryโs first ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ, and some of Iloiloโs biggest festivals and cultural events, the township is steadily growing into one of Western Visayasโ leading cultural destinations.
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐโ๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. ๐จโจ