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Paraw Regatta Festival or Iloilo Paraw Regatta Festival is an annual festival held in February in Arevalo, Iloilo City, Philippines. Its main event is a sailboat race in Iloilo Strait that features the Paraw, a Visayan double outrigger sail boat. It is the oldest traditional craft event in Asia and the largest sailing event in the Philippines.〔http://www.iloiloparawregatta.com/〕 It is one of Iloilo City's tourism events along with the Dinagyang Festival, Kasadyahan Festival, Chinese New Year festival and La Candelaria Fiesta. The Paraw race course is a thirty kilometers long in the Iloilo Strait, running up the coast of Panay and then down the coast of Guimaras, before returning to the finish at Villa Beach. Participating paraws are categorized based on the waterline length of the boat and further classified according to their sails as "unpainted" or "painted". The sails are painted with colorful designs. The Iloilo Paraw Regatta has grown from a half-day sailboat race into the multi-event festival that it is now. ==Side events== * Iloilo Paraw Slalom * Miss Iloilo Paraw Regatta * Pinta de Layag Competition * Pinta Tawo Competition * Miniature Paraw Race * Rowing and Paddling Competition * Governor's Cup Fishing Competition * Samba de Regatta * Beach Football Tournament * Beach Volleyball Tournament 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paraw Regatta Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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