Viva Vigan Binatbatan Festival of the Arts Schedule of Activities

Viva Vigan Binatbatan Festival of the Arts

Schedule of Activities

Tobacco Festival: City of Candon Fiesta Schedule

Tobacco Festival: City of Candon Fiesta Schedule

THEME: "Timpuyog ti Umili, Tulbek ti Naballaigi a Candon City"

March 1 - Presentation of Miss Virginia Tobacco 2013 Candidates
Venue: 2nd floor, NTA Building

March 9-10 (Saturday & Sunday)
8:00 AM - Football Tournament
5:00 PM - Venue: Candon National High School Field
8:00 AM - 2013 Candon City Chess Championship
5:00 PM - Venue: Candon Civic Center

March 10 (Sunday)
1:00 PM - Elimination - Lolo ken Lola ti Siudad
Venue: Candon Civic Center

March 16 (Saturday)
7:00 AM - Triathlon
Venue: Candon Beach Resort, Darapidap, Candon City
8:00 AM - Educational Institution's Day
5:00 PM - (Marching Band and Group Calisthenics)
Venue: Candon South Central School Grounds
Screening for Mr & Ms Body Shots
Venue: Candon Beach Resort, Darapidap, Candon City

March 16-23 - Trade Fair
Venue: Liquete St., San Antonio, Candon City

March 17 (Sunday)
8:00 AM - Motorcross
5:00 PM - Venue:b Bagani Campo Race Track
9:00 AM - Acrobat Show
Venue: Candon Civic Center
2:00 PM - Talent Competition - Miss Candon 2013
Venue: Candon Civic Center
8:00 PM - Mr. & Ms. Body Shots
Venue: Candon Beach Resort, Darapidap, Candon City

March 19 (Tuesday)
9:00 AM - Inauguration of the New Vegetable Market
Venue: Candon Public Market
Guest: Sen. Francis Joseph "Chiz" G. Escudero
3:00 PM - Inauguration of the Newly constructed BJMP Building
Venue: San Agustin, Candon City
7:00 PM - Senior Citizen's Night
(Search for Lolo ken Lola ti Siudad & oldest living Candonians)
Venue: Candon Civic Center

March 20 (Wednesday)
7:00 PM - Kapuso Night
Venue: Candon Civic center
Guest: Hon. Cynthia Villar

March 21 (Thursday)
10:00 AM - Wreath-Laying Ceremony
Venue: candon city Plaza
6:00 PM - Talent Competition
Miss Virginia Tobacco 2013
Venue: Candon Civic Center

March 22 (Friday)
9:00 AM - Concelebrated Mass
Venue: San juan de Sahagun Church
Celebrant: Most Rev. David William Antonio, D.D.
Auxiliary Bishop, Nueva Segovia
10:00 AM - Agriculture & Tobacco Day
Venue: Candon City plaza
7:00 PM - Search for Ms. Virginia Tobacco 2013
Venue: Candon Civic Center

March 23 (Saturday)
1:00 PM - Grand Parade
Street dance Competition
Fireworks Display
Venue: Candon South Central School Grounds
Guest: Cong. Sonny Angara
8:00 PM - SK Night
Search for Ms. Candon
Venue: Candon Civic Center

March 24 (Sunday)
1:00 PM - Pammadayaw
(Awarding of Best Performing Barangays, Board/Bar Passers, Honor Students & City Scholars)
Guest Speaker: Dr. Edna C. Leal, CESO V
Schools Division Superintendent

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Source: Candon City FB

Bantay Church and Belfry in Ilocos Sur

St. Augustine Parish Church of Bantay in Ilocos Sur.

Quirino Bridge (Banaoang) in Bantay, Ilocos Sur | Old & New

The new Quirino Bridge in Bantay, Ilocos Sur 

       Quirino Bridge in Bantay, Ilocos Sur, also known as Banaoang Bridge, is named after the late Elpidio Quirino, the 6th President of the Philippines and a native of Ilocos Sur.

 The old Quirino Bridge in Bantay, Ilocos Sur

Vigan Cathedral in Ilocos Sur

    Vigan Cathedral also known as St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Baroque-styled church built in 1574 located in Ilocos Sur.

Apatot Beach in San Esteban, Ilocos Sur

     Apatot Beach in San Esteban, Ilocos Sur.

       This cove was the site of US submarines surfacing during the last stage of World War II to unload arms and supplies for the USAFIP in Northern Luzon.

Sunset in San Esteban

Plaza Burgos in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur

     Plaza Burgos, one of the major plazas in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. It can be found just right beside Saint Paul Cathedral's Bell Tower.

Sunset in San Esteban, Ilocos Sur

Sunset at Apatot beach in San Esteban, Ilocos Sur

Calle Crisologo in Vigan City

Kamestizoan District in Vigan is replete with ancestral houses with ancient tile roofs, massive hardwood floorings, ballustrades and azoteas in varying Spanish-Mexican-Chinese architectural styles. Calle Crisologo brings back the old Spanish atmosphere starting with the cobblestone streets, the gorgeous backdrop of the old houses against the shadows of each houses, and of course the the clacking noise of horse driven carriage, kalesa.

This is the most photographed site in the city. They say, you have never been to Vigan, unless you walked through this street and posed for all the world to see.

Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur

Santa Maria is a 3rd class partially urban municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.

The Municipality of Santa Maria was called a “Purok” in early history. Others called it “Bukang” although “Purok” could be more likely the name given to the place since this means village in Iluko while “Bukang” does not refer to anything in this dialect.

There are conflicting dates regarding the establishment of this town as an independent parish. Sources available at the Rare Books and Manuscript Section. Filipiniana Division of the National Library and national Archives shows that the first Agustinian mission was established in Santa Maria in 1760 which was at that time a “Visita” of Parish since 1587. Others reveal 1765 and 1769 as the town’s foundation dates although it celebrated the 200th year of its christianization in 1767 on the strength of a “Libro de Bautismos” for 1766 still preserved in its parish archives. Santa Maria however, was officially recognized as a ministry in 1765, but later it became once more a visita of Narvacan for lack of priest. It finally became an independent parish in 1769 under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Assumption in whose honor the name of the town was changed from Purok to Santa Maria.

Sta. Maria Church in Ilocos Sur

NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ASUNCION CHURCH
Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur

The Church of the Assumption, designated as a National Historical Landmark on Sept. 26, 1982 and included in the World Heritage List on December 11 1993, is built on top of a hill giving visitors a panoramic view of the town, the green fields and the blue sea in the horizon. One can reach the Baroque church via an 82-steps stairway. Two huge columns flank the church façade. What makes the church attractive is its reddish exterior due to the exposed brickwork. An octagonal bell tower (pictured on the front cover) is located nearby.

The patron saint of the parish, which was established in 1765, is Señora de la Asuncion and her feast day is celebrated on August 15, the feast of the Assumption. Enshrined in the church is the Virgin’s statue made of wood in ornate sculptural style, with ivory face and hands. She stands on pedestal of clouds surrounded by angel’s heads.













Source: Ilocos Sur