Bigueño's, Let's Celebrate!
Every
22nd day of January, the Bigueños marks its calendar to celebrate
its cityhood, in conjunction with the Longganisa fest. In late January, Vigan city celebrates its first week-long festival, the Longganisa Festival. The
festival consists of several events including the longganisa cook fest, carabao
painting, food fairs, exhibits, and a lot more. And among these amazing
activities, the Longganisa Festival highlights its street dancing competition
and parades which includes several group dance on the streets of Vigan with a
plate of longganisa on their hands while exclaiming the name of their patron saint.
On the 25th of January, the city of Vigan celebrates its festival, at
the same time as the feast of St. Paul the apostle, their patron. Although we
are unable to experience and witness these activities like last year’s
festival, the City government of Vigan ensures the best for Bigueño to have
activities that prevent people from crowding but to experience a quality of life
through these hard times. On the 25th day of January, Vigan city
sponsored a Misa Concelebrada at the Conversion of St. Paul Cathedral. And this
year activities are celebrated virtually as the mass gathering is still prohibited.
Many
things have changed including how we celebrate our Cityhood and City Fiesta.
But some things may change, the Bigueño spirit never wavers. One day we will
not realize that there are no more face masks on our faces and implemented lockdowns
that will prevent us from having a celebration. Let’s hope that the City of
Vigan and the Philippines to bounce back from this nightmare.
References:
Image retrieved from http://www8.gmanews.tv/webpics/v3/2012/09/vigancathedral.jpg.
Image retrieved from northernwanderlust.com.
Image retrieved from http://www8.gmanews.tv/webpics/v3/2012/09/vigancathedral.jpg.
Festivals of Vigan City Which are Worth Going to, retrieved from https://northernwanderlust.com/festivals-of-vigan/
I also hope that we can celebrate this festival more happy and lively than this year. Nice blog!!
ReplyDeleteI agree that even if the way we celebrate our festivals may be different from usual, the spirit of Bigueño will never change. I like that you included the normal modes of celebrating and how they changed because of the pandemic. Let's just indeed hope that this pandemic will end and celebrate our festivals habitually. Keep safe and have a nice day!
ReplyDeleteHi Angelica. I like how you included in your blog the usual way of celebrating these festivals and how they changed now due to our sudden situation. Like you, I am also hoping for the next years, we will be able to celebrate these such occasions happily without fear and worries. Thank you for sharing your ideas and thoughts. Have a nice day!
ReplyDeleteAs you stated the usual or the traditional way of celebrating the cityhood of vigan, it makes me miss it as well as sad because we can't do all of that anymore. I am sure we will overcome this obstacle or this nightmare as you said. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI like the flow of words and sentences in the blog. Looking forward to seeing more!
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