Kannawidan Festival: One of the Ilocanos’ Pride

        

       

        The Philippines has many of festivals, both major and minor, with at least one particular celebration occurring almost every day of the year. Filipinos absolutely love getting together to celebrate and share our rich culture and treasures with the rest of the world.

        Celebrating feasts and festivals is part of our culture and tradition as Filipinos. We have a lot of unique and different festivals all over the world, in each region, where people can see and experience different things. Most festivals in the Philippines are religious in origin, but the religious element is traditionally secondary to the general spirit of celebration nowadays.

        Different festivals are annually celebrated in different provinces in our country. As an Ilocano I would gladly share to you the pride of the Ilocano Culture, The “Kannawidan Festival”. The “Kannawidan Festival” was created by the provincial government in the beautiful province of Ilocos Sur to highlight the culture, tradition, delicacies, trade and agriculture products of Ilocanos for locals and tourists to admire. This joyous festival takes annually takes place from the last days of the month of January to the first week of February. The “Kannawidan Festival” serves to commemorate the Province of Ilocos Sur’s birthday. A display of agricultural products opened the 17-day festival, which featured various celebrations from trade, agriculture, aquaculture, and livestock.

Regardless of the health crisis we are experiencing today, the festival was celebrated. Locals and tourists got to enjoy the festival through the help of social media. Health protocols was also strictly observed. Due to the underlying covid-19 pandemic, the” Kannawidan” Festival may not be as it once was, it was still celebrated successfully.

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