EXPERIENCE! Ylocos Kannawidan Festival

 

            Kannawidan Ylocos Festival is one of the most enjoying fiestas of Ilocos Sur. Kanniwadan Festival is an annual festival to promote and preserve the culture of the province and its traditions. This festival is a very significant fiesta to every resident in the province of Ilocos Sur as they are celebrating the foundation of Ilocos Sur as a province under the Royal Decree signed on February 2, 1818. But this year, 2021 because of the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic Kannawidan Festival is not that festive compared to other years. Kannawidan means heritage or inheritance and in Ilocano means “tawid”. 

                       Kannawidan is a place for showcasing the traditions and cultures of different parts of Ilocos Sur. Kannawidan Festivals also have the highlights including the street dancing, marching band competition, trade fair, and chorale competition, and the most important part is the “one town, one product” of every town in Ilocos Sur. This year is different because of the Pandemic. Many activities were canceled just like the street dancing competition. The struggle is real during this celebration. People will maintain their social distancing and wearing face masks and face shields and also sanitize their selves. People going to the trade fair also maintain social distancing and also have to write their names as for the contact tracing that they would do in case there is a Covid positive. Kannawidan Ylocos Festival 2021 is not the same compared to previous years.

 Kannawidan Ylocos Festival is great and you can learn a lot. Kannawidan is a celebration of the cultures and traditions of the Province of Ilocos Sur. It is also a celebration to preserve the doings of the people. The festival is beautiful because it has a great impact on its audience for it shows the traditions and cultures of the residence of the province. Kannawidan Ylocos Festival is evidence that the province is diverse. 2021 Kannawidan Festival is not the same as before but the most important is that the people would not forget their traditions and cultures despite the ongoing pandemic.

Our Traditions are still alive amidst the ongoing Pandemic!

 

Fiesta is a time of joyful celebration of us Filipinos. Fiesta is one of the special and important events because they merge and nurture culture, history, and family. We also celebrate fiesta for the honor of our patron saints. But during these times, Fiesta is more enjoyable compared to previous years because of the ongoing pandemic.

           The Vigan City fiesta is held every 25^th of January. Celebrating Vigan Fiesta this 2021 in the middle of pandemic shows us how important our culture. The Vigan City fiesta is held in honor of St. Paul the Apostle. Every year, locals and tourists gather to experience and to watch the street dancing, food fairs, arts and crafts, and carnivals. Celebrating this kind of fiestas is very important mostly to the people who really embraced the culture of it. Culture is a word for the “way of life” of groups of people, meaning the way they do things. Our culture is the thing that makes us different from other people. Celebrating fiestas during this pandemic is very different than before. Compared to previous years, it is obviously more festive before. It is common to Biguenos from all over the country and even abroad to return to Vigan, as it is automatically Filipinos to return to their hometown to join their friends and families in the celebration of their fiesta.  Vigan City fiesta is not complete without the street dancing completion, food fair, carnivals, and arts and crafts exhibits. But I don’t think these activities can be done because of the ongoing pandemic.

                               

Our culture is a very important part of a place. Our culture is the one who guide and shape us. It is one of the proof who and what we came from. For me, culture is a cycle that you need to pass it on to the next generation. Celebrating Vigan Fiesta is very commendable and how happy I am that people will never forget to celebrate it in the middle of pandemic and we are able to celebrate it and keep our traditions and do it safely.

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