ILOILO CITY- The Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc. (IFFI) has extended invitations to content creators on social media to feature the upcoming 100 Day Countdown to the Iloilo Dinagyang Festival 2024. Among the vloggers they have reached out to is Kalinti by TBON, whose inclusion has recently become a topic of controversy among Ilonggos due to concerns about the vlogger’s role in the event.
Kalinti by TBON is known for producing content that often includes satire and humor, which has led some Ilonggos to question its suitability for participation in the prestigious and religious Dinagyang Festival.
According to Ms. Joyce Clavecillas, Executive Director of IFFI, their initial intention was for the featured vlogger to provide coverage of the countdown event and thereby reach audiences of various backgrounds.
“𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘪 𝘒𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘉𝘖𝘕 𝘢𝘮𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪-𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘐𝘭𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘰, 𝘬𝘢𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨-𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘬𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘱𝘢-𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢 𝘪𝘺𝘢, 𝘬𝘢𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘨-𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘬𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘯-𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘬𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘢 [𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘢 𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘷𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴],” ang kabahin sang pahayag ni Clavecillas.
The IFFI believes that Dinagyang, as a celebration for all and in changing times, should also involve social media for promotion and publicity. Therefore, they decided to extend invitations to vloggers.
Despite the recent poster controversy, where the vlogger’s face appeared more prominently than the image of Santo Niño, Clavecillas stated that they acknowledge public feedback and have already discussed the matter with their marketing team.
“Again, it is a learning process for everybody especially social media influencers,” -Clavecillas added.
