Kahayag Dance Company Philippines Grand Champion IYF 2015 World Cultural Dance Festival

As the official representative of the Republic of the Philippines, Kahayag Dance Company presented the country's unending array of vibrant cultural and modern summertime festivities during the 2015 IYF World Cultural Dance Festival. Their winning entry entitled, “Tag-araw” which is a Filipino term for summer, is a dance amalgamation reflective of the Filipinos’ creativity, artistry, and natural high when it comes to celebrations. Regardless of age, religion, form and reason, one thing stands true: Filipinos all over the archipelago are a happy people with welcoming smiles of warmth and hospitality. For all these reasons, people will always want to come back because in the Philippines, it feels like it is always summer.