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Foundation Day in a Festive Way!

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  Image retrieved at https://medium.com/@dyulanne/beauty-at-its-finest-5172a504300 Every province have different festivities. This is mainly to share the culture and beliefs, but it is also a form of celebration. Celebrating this annual events have became part of our yearly routine. Without this celebrations, we cannot showcase how proud we are, and how we honor such important events in history.  Image retrieved at http://www.traveltothephilippines.info/2015/06/04/join-the-celebration-of-kannawidan-festival-in-ilocos-sur/amp/ In Ilocos Sur, a yearly awaited event, Kannawidan Ylocos Festival is being celebrated. Among all of the festivities that the province have, this is one of the most important one. This is because Kannawidan Ylocos Festival is an annual celebration of the province's foundation day. February 3, 1818 was the day that Ilocos Sur became a province. The said festival is celebrated for a week or more. Various local products are being shown and sold, especially foods.

San Pablo, Ama ti ili!

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Image retrieved at http://pageone.ph/vigan-boasts-its-special-longganisa-festival/        After new year, is another book that opens. By this time, Bigueños, locals from Vigan City, are already looking forward to an annual celebration which is the fiesta in Vigan City, which is celebrated every 25th of January. It is the feast of the City's Patron Saint, St. Paul. Bigueños  become busy within the week of Vigan Fiesta. Schools preparing their dances and marching bands. Decorations being placed everywhere. Venues are also being prepared. Prizes for competitions. A lot of parades. The sound of drums and lyres all over the city. And the loud voices of Bigueños shouting the official yell, "Viva San Pablo, Viva Vigan!" Nostalgic. Image retrieved at https ://trip101.com/article/best-things-to-do-in-vigan-philippines        After the strike of the Coronavirus Disease, the supposed to be 1 month lockdown was unexpectedly postponed until a year. This changed the lives of people, in