Ilocos Sur Festival

Every year on February 2nd, the Philippines' Ilocos Sur province celebrates its founding anniversary with the Kannawidan Ylocos festival. Activities take place from the final days of January to the first week of February, and the celebration lasts for a week. The province's capital, Vigan, is the site of major activities.

The word tawid is the root of Kannawidan Ylocos. Tradition, legacy, and/or heritage is how it is translated into English. It commemorates the province's historic founding during the Spanish era.

Kannawidan Ylocos was first launched within the term of Deogracias Victor Savellano in 2008. It was founded with the goal of raising awareness of and preserving the regional customs, legacy, traditions, and culture. Additionally, it provided a chance to highlight regional goods, craftsmanship, and artistic expression. Additionally, it was developed to support the regional travel and tourism sector.

Traditional games, cultural performances, drone light and dancing fountain shows, fireworks displays, comedy evenings, entertainment, cuisine festivals, pet shows, and competitions are among the events that the Kannawidan Ylocos can enjoy. Traditional games, talent competitions, displays, athletic events, training, street dancing, festival dance competitions, and other entertaining activities are also available.

That's all I can find for the information I have researched. Very unfortunate I didn't participate in any activities while it was going on. Oh well, there's always next time. Thanks for reading!

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Kannawidan Ylocos - FESTIVALSCAPE

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Pic2: Kannawidan Ylocos Festival | Paradores De Vigan

Pic3: Kannawidan Ylocos Festival: Uppat a Tawenen a Mangitantandudo kadagiti Kultura ken Tradision ti Ilocos Sur | Around Ilocandia Channel

Always on Valentine's Day

 The holiday of love, Valentine's Day. The only thing I've done on this day is attending the 3rd Quarter Recognition. It was a small but good event that was held in our classroom, featuring a presentation of all the students who have gotten honors for the 3rd quarter, including me. We even had a small little intermission to showcase our love to our parents and teachers. After, we took pictures of our grades and went back home to eat.

When me and my mother went back home, my father was there. To our surprise, he had brought a bouquet of flowers as a gift to my mother, in which we told each other a happy valentine's as we embraced together as a family. It really grew my spirit high that day and I am grateful to have loving parents take care of me and my siblings.

Then in the afternoon, we attended church to get blessed by the Father. After that, we had our dinner at Shakey's, lots of people was crowded in there because of Valentine's. We managed to get our table there and waited for our food. When the food arrived, we ate it up, I ate lots of chicken and a garlic bread, it was all yummy for my tummy. There was also a talk between my parents and some other people at a table, who were people that my mother knew. I don't really know who they were, but it was fun seeing them chat.

After all of that, we rested our stomach and went on a trip back home. All in all, it was a very fun day to have experienced and was grateful to be there. I loved everything that happened on that and hope there more days like that. Happy Valentine's Day folks!

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Pic3: Valentine Wishes For Seniors — RNH