Patricia Mae

Ilocos Sur is a beautiful province located in the northern part of Luzon. It is a province rich in culture that represents the ancient Spanish and Fili Heritage. To show and share their treasures to the whole world, the locals conceived a festival that highlights these cultural traditions and they called it the “KANNAWIDAN FESTIVAL”. This festival at the end of January celebrates the best of Ilocos Sur culture from traditional dress and folk dance to tribal rituals and marching band contests. The responders strongly believe that the kannawidan Festival is rich in culture and has a sense of identity among all Ilocanos committed to ensure the conversion, prevention, and promotion of the Iloco cultural, artistic, historical and intellectual heritage. This celebration is important to each occupant in the region as they are praising the establishment of Ilocos Sur as a territory by uprightness of the Royal Decree endorsed on February 2, 1818. Numerous exiting activities and shows will be fe...

 January 25 is the Vigan Town Festival, and all the citizens living in Vigan City are exited to that event because there’s a lot of activities like beauty contest, musical performances and cultural show. The fiesta commemorates the town’s patron saint and Paul the apostle. This Year the celebration of Vigan Town Festival is not the same as the past years because of the pandemic happening in the world. So the citizens living in Vigan City doesn’t feel like it’s the town fiesta. But it’s their culture and if they don’t celebrate the Vigan Fiesta, their year make incomplete so they just celebrated in their home even if there have a pandemic. We all know that the Vigan Town Fiesta is once in a year so Filipinos living in Vigan City will find ways to celebrate even if there’s a pandemic because it’s part of their culture. https://www.viganonline.com/ViewEntity.php?Category=Festivals&Name=Vigan%20Fiesta