"Viva Vigan!

Pebrero 20, 2022

Heritage houses, cobblestone streets, kalesas, historic attractions, delicious cuisine, magnificent festivals—these spell out Vigan City.

As one of the best preserved Spanish colonial towns in the world, Vigan City has a unique charm that anyone would be attracted to. In fact, you might not see much of its classic architecture and matching cobblestoned streets elsewhere in the Philippines. Plus, there are food and attractions of interest in and around the city that surely make the 8 to 10-hour road trip so worth it.

Festivities of the said city attracts numerous tourists which its economy. Different people coming from different countries. Every fiestas, you can surely spot crowds which make the city brighter and merrier.

On the blazing day of the year and on the roaring streets of Vigan City, lies a hundred fold histories and stories to tell.

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.

Yearly, it is every Bigueno's tradition to feast and celebrate our City's fiesta. It is expected that a lot of activities will occur during this span of time such as Carnivals, shopping spree and a lot of products produced by the different places within the scale of Ilocos Sur.

It is quite amazing how our place still values our culture and our untold history. The presence of each Ilokano people had come to unite and to witness every inch of the program and to show that they support their activity.

But that changed, Covid-19 made its way and wrecked all Biguenos plans. All ideas which come from burning passion turned to ashes.

This pandemic made us choose between economy and health. Infection control and social distancing is crucial in preventing the virus from spreading. Rationally, crowds are highly prohibited, consequently, different institustions were force to close. Technical economy recession happened. Festivals can boost the economy but our health should be the first priority.

Let it be a reminder that health is wealth. Our well-being is the most important and nothing can negate this fact.

Despite the challenges brought by Corona Virus, we were still able to celebrate the Vigan City Fiesta. Amidst the pandemic, we still showcased our talents. It has come to a conclusion that indeed, every one of us must carve into our hearts that our place has a momentous and unique way of spending our fiesta, it is deeply rooted in our mind and heart that once a Bigueno, always a Bigueno!

Viva Vigan!

To know more about Vigan City Fiesta, visit this:

https://primer.com.ph/tips-guides/2016/01/18/vigan-town-fiesta/