Viva Vigan Binatbatan Festival of Arts celebrated from last week of April to the first week of May was originally the feast of the natives that began on May 3, 1883 . The festival began when an epidemic killed 934 residents in a month in 1882.
The Santo Milagroso was venerated by the people with a nine-day novena progress for days. The number of deaths decreased , and on the last day, the epidemic stopped.
Binatbatan Festival was introduced to celebrate one of the industries that kept the residents alive, the Abel iloco. Binatbatan festival is the process of beating cotton bods to removed the seeds.
Last year, the event begins on April 2021 with the opening of food trade and fair ,carabao painting, boklan art , mosaic and abel house decor set at calle Crisologo. This year, due to the increasing rate of the virus we are not able to celebrate in the usual way.
Even if we are in this tough trials, our tradition will always remain and celebrated.This is a prove that nothing can stop us in celebrating our traditions not wven a pandemic. Lets just binds our self to fight this pandemic.
Reference:https://www.google.com/amp/s/pia.gov.ph/features/articles/1021193.amp
https://barangaysofvigan.info/binatbatan-festival-of-the-arts/
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ReplyDeleteI do agree with you that even though we are in a pandemic, we should still keep our traditions going. Your blog was precise and very interesting to read. All the best, have a great day!
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