It Wasn’t Like Before

                        

Vigan City is a popular tourist destination because of its museums and architecture. Still, it is also known for its Longganisa which is a local kind of salami. The dish is made in accordance with a century-old tradition and has a truly unique taste. Although there were several tries to replicate the combination of sliced spicy meat, sugarcane vinegar, and garlic, no one can compete with local chefs.

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.

Vigan’s main church, the Metropolitan Cathedral is dedicated to St. Paul and it stands at the core of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia. The major Catholic educational institution in Vigan that stands beside the church is also dedicated to the patron, the St. Paul College of Ilocos Sur. 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.

 In late January, the Vigan celebrates City Fiesta and Longganisa Festival is included in the festive program. It's normally celebrated around January 22nd to January 25th—the dates vary from year to year. During the festival, every tourist has a chance to try authentic Longganisa from Vigan. Usually, local people eat salami for breakfast but the food itself is too good to be eaten during the morning hours only.

Due to this COVID-19 pandemic festivity, the local government prohibited this festivity because mass gathering aren’t allowed and it may cause for more COVID-19 cases in the city. No more street dancing, carnivals, contest, foodfair and exciting activities which we always do before. This festivity isn’t just like before which makes a lot of Bigueno sad yet some of them just think positive and considered the fact that the virus is still spreading all over the world.

I hope that everything will go back to normal soon. I hope that we will experience again what we used to do before. We, Bigeunos always say “Viva! Vigan!” which means hoped to strengthen and to preserve and protect his heritage sight. Always have “ragsak” or happiness in our hearts with or without celebrating the Vigan Festival.  

 

References:

https://rove.me/to/philippines/vigan-city-fiesta-and-longganisa-festival

Photo credit: Ian Revibes

    

 

Comments

  1. Israela LuzMarch 10, 2021 at 12:43 AM

    The way we celebrate the Vigan Festival this year is very different from the previous years. I like how you discuss the challenges, causes and responses about the topic. Your blog is full of facts and that made it interesting, keep it up!

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  2. Wayne ZedyMarch 11, 2021 at 4:59 AM

    Your article Diana is very enlightening. I agree that se should remain positive as all the bad things will come to an end.

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