"Every year, beautiful muses grace the street, new festival costumes are done & donned..."
[VIGAN, ILOCOS SUR, PHILIPPINES] ► Here's my 2017 coverage of the Longganisa Festival. SEO-wise, Google's bots might penalize me for writing multiple entries with same and repetitive keywords and title="Longganisa Festival" but there is a Longganisa Festival every year in my hometown worthy for a separate post. I'll insist my rules. This blog isn't SEO-optimized anyway (I published some of my blog coverages on my other blog though, www.exploreilocos.com).
[VIGAN] ► HELLO! WELCOME TO VIGAN!
Every year, beautiful muses grace the street, new festival costumes are done & donned and new choreography is made. For edmaration blog, a new article is published. So Google, please. I ain't spamming your search engine with repetitive keywords and alt="Longganisa Festival". This is Longganisa Festival "2017" and the name of the festival doesn't change.
If you're now annoyed with my blabs, better yet enjoy the photos below! Belated happy fiesta Vigan!
[VIGAN] ► THICK CROWD AT CALLE CRISOLOGO
[VIGAN] ► LUCKY PEOPLE, THEY WATCHED IT FROM ABOVE.
[VIGAN] ► IS THAT A DIRTY FINGER SIGN? JUST ASKING.
[VIGAN] ► THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO SQUEEZE THEIR BODY IN THE CROWD LIKE I DID. 😔
[VIGAN] ► THE BLACK-WHITE CONTRAST WAS CATCHY. WINNER COSTUME!
[VIGAN] ► THE PLATE WAS SILVER THOUGH.
[VIGAN] ► ONE OF THE FESTIVAL MUSES
[VIGAN] ► I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT HE SAW.
[VIGAN] ► THE MOUTH OPENING CHOREOGRAPHY THOUGH
[VIGAN] ► DRUMS WERE BEATING LOUD!
[VIGAN] ► SO MANY FACIAL EXPRESSION HERE
[VIGAN] ► THE SMARTPHONE DID ITS JOB WELL.
[VIGAN] ► HITTING THE DRUMS WITH SUCH COORDINATION AND PRECISION. AWESOME!
[VIGAN] ► ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL QUEEN
[VIGAN] ► SO THERE, THE YELLOW GIRLS.
[VIGAN] ► FESTIVAL SCENE CHANGED A LOT. ALL GONE DIGITAL.
[VIGAN] ► GORGEOUS, RIGHT?
[VIGAN] ► ANOTHER QUEEN. THE PIGLET THOUGH...
[VIGAN] ► EQUALLY GORGEOUS.
[VIGAN] ► PROBABLY HE IS THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR
[VIGAN] ► THE SHIMMERING WHITE GANG HAS COME.
[VIGAN] ► SO THERE WAS AN ESCORT TOO.
[VIGAN] ► AMAZING LONGGANISA! DEFYING GRAVITY.
[VIGAN] ► THAT CONTAGIOUS FESTIVAL SMILE
[VIGAN] ► SO THAT'S HOW THE BACK LOOKED LIKE.
[VIGAN] ► OWN THE FLOOR BESH!
[VIGAN] ► GRACEFUL!
[VIGAN] ► ALSO GRACEFUL
[VIGAN] ► LONGGANISA MOVES
[VIGAN] ► ANOTHER LONGGANISA MOVES
[VIGAN] ► ST PAUL'S REPLICA LOOKS HEAVY HERE YET SHE DANCED WITH EASE AND BEAUTY.
[VIGAN] ► I LOVE THE PEARLS.
[VIGAN] ► LONGGANISA FESTIVAL 2017!
[VIGAN] ► LONGGANISA FESTIVAL 2017!
[VIGAN] ► LONGGANISA FESTIVAL 2017!
Insights
This year's Longganisa Festival was overshadowed by the Miss Universe event that happened in Vigan prior. The level of excitement in the Miss Universe event was too high that when the Longganisa Festival week came, it turned out a li'l less exciting. However, the festival must go on. The show was equally great.
I stayed at Calle Crisologo to document the street dancing. Calle Crisologo is not the best place to watch this street dancing because of the crowd and the narrow street but it's still the best place to capture photos with all the ancestral houses at the background.
Anyway, still, the festival drew crowd and curious foreigners also joined the frenzy. | end |
Related: Longganisa Festival Coverage Timeline
► 2017 | 2014 | ▼ 2013
[VIGAN] ► Longganisa Festival: A Colorful Vigan City Fiesta
TEASER▬ The Longganisa Festival marks the opening of a year-long cultural celebration in Vigan.
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Longganisa Festival: 22 January 2017
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► FOOTNOTES, DISCLAIMERS, ACKNOWLEDGMENT, ETC
[1] This post was filed under the category "Festivals" There is a section below where you can see other related posts from this category.
[2] The maps I used on this post are from maps.google.com.ph.[3] All photos are mine.[4] The insights, condition and name of places or properties I mentioned here are based on the facts and situation on the day of my visit. Take note that you may have a different experience when you try or see the properties or places mentioned here. Names of places and properties may also change by time so it's not my responsibility to update all the information on this blog because once published, I already consider it an archive and I won't update my narratives because I want them to become my references of what have happened in the past. I'm very particular of the dates because I want my amazing readers to understand that I am writing stories based on my perspective and insights on the day of my visit. You can see dates almost everywhere on this blog. Exempted from this rule are my travel guide posts that need to be updated.
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_________________TEASER▬ Beautiful costumes designed by passionate minds from different parts of the world, inspired by their culture, were showcased in Calle Crisologo.
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__________________TEASER▬ Festival dancers dressed themselves with both luminescence and heat-based light. They have to stand out in the dark—that is the very essence of this artful cultural event.
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_________________TEASER▬ The Raniag Twilight Festival basically preludes the All Souls' Day in Vigan where a mass homecoming and reunion of the Ilocanos happen as a tradition.
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_________________TEASER▬ No million-dollar dance show can ever fathom the depth of the meaning of the dances their ancestors wanted them to execute.
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_______TEASER▬ This street dancing is one of the must-see events of the week-long Raniag Twilight Festival.
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_________________TEASER▬ The Raniag Float Parade is one of the highlights of the week-long Raniag Twilight Festival in Vigan.
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_________________TEASER▬ Events like this happens because this heritage city takes pride of its rich culture and heritage.
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