KANNAWIDAN

Kannawidan festival at the end of January celebrates the best of Ilocos Sur culture, from traditional dress and folk dance to tribal rituals and marching band contests. 

During the opening of the festival on January 29 at Kannawidan grounds in Barangay Tamag, an ethnic dance called ‘tadek’ was performed by 100 students of Grades 7 to 12 and teachers of San Emilio National High School. “Tadek” is an indigenous opening ritual. Some of the students continued performing ‘tadek’ during the formal opening of the food, trade fairs, and exhibits. The festival is also a show of the province’s trade and agriculture products, and is a livelihood training ground for women and students through the Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Agriculture. 

One mission of the festival is paying more attention to the children. It is because of the observation that many traditions, songs, dances, and other Ilocano culture are not recognized by the younger generations of the province. Instead, children are paying more attention to the modern and novelty dances they see television than the traditional ones. It is one of the reasons why the Kannadiwan Festival is conducted. 

The local government of Ilocos Sur thought of this festival to encourage the younger generations to learn the indigenous songs and dances of the province.

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CHANGE: IT STARTS WITH ME!

Change is the act or instance of making or becoming different. Change is the only permanent in the world. Change is only a six-letter word but it is a lifetime process. Change is hard to do, but if it is for the better, then CHANGE is a must.

Change should start with ourselves. Let's show the world that we can do big changes from simply changing ourselves. Somewhat, they say "we must not change ourselves" but if that change will make the world better, would you still not change yourself? I did not mean to say that you have to change your entire self, what I mean is to limit doing non-sense things and never do things that are inappropriate towards your fellow humans and to your home or the nature. 

Be a role model to the world. If you can change yourselves, then make them believe in their own abilities that nothings impossible and motivate them to change their selves, the world, and be the best versions of themselves.   



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VIGAN CITY FIESTA CELEBRATION

The Vigan City Fiesta is held every January 25. It is celebrated during the feast day of the conversion of St. Paul the Apostle. St. Paul is Vigan City’s patron saint. Before his conversion, St. Paul was known as Saul, a zealous persecutor of Christians. After he was touched by a personal encounter with Jesus Christ on his way to Damascus, his name was changed to Paul and he endured a lot of hardships and danger to spread the word of God to far places. 

The Vigan City Fiesta usually lasts for several days. It includes within the period the celebration of the anniversary of the cityhood of Vigan, which is commemorated every January 27. There are also food fairs, arts and crafts exhibits, as well as a visiting carnival. 

Participants from the different neighboring provinces in the northern region are also sent to compete in the various games and activities, particularly the street dancing competition. This participation by other municipalities makes the Vigan City Fiesta not only a local event participated in by Vigan’s officials, but a national event participated in by other local public heads and national officials. Within the Vigan City Fiesta days, the Longganisa Festival is also celebrated.The city has a longganisa-themed parade and at one time attempted to set a record for having the longest longganisa ever made. The festival has become a crowd-drawer as Vigan longganisa, a native version of Mexican salami, has a distinct garlicky taste that has become a favorite of the Filipino palate.

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NEW YEAR, NEW ME!

My New Year celebration went great. New year is a sign of a  new chapter of my life is yet to begin. Celebrating new year is very important to me because new year is also means to me that I am about to close my previous chapter. I may finish and close the previous chapters of mine, but the memories and lessons that I built will remain eternity.

"New Year, New Me!" is a very popular phrase that I encountered every new year. We all wanted a peaceful life. We all wanted to be a better version of ourselves. 

I wanted everything new. New heart, new soul and new personality.
I want a new heart because I want to let my old heart shattered itself to let go of everything that bad happened and bad memories I built in there. I want a new soul because I want to be pure again, I want my old soul renewed in order to be pure again; what I mean is, I want my old soul let go of the bad vibes and energy that I let in to my life. I want a new personality, everyone wants it. I want a new personality because new personality means to me that I have to be a better version  of myself, to be matured, to be the one that I really wanted to be and letting my old personality to let go of my bad habits and attitude. 

Renewing every parts of myself is not easy. Letting go is not easy. There's nothing easy in this world. To fulfill our new year's resolution, we need to exert more efforts and be patient in everything because you can be the person you wanted to be in God's perfect time. 




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