Binatbatan Festival

The Binatbatan Festival is well known throughout the primary week of May. This Festival first began in 1993 by the Save Vigan Ancestral Homes Association, Inc. (SVAHAI). This is to enhance the notice of the value of the ancient town, which was hoped to strengthen the resolve to preserve and protect this heritage site.

Binatbatan Festival is celebrated in a week that has both religious and secular importance. It always starts on the 1st day of May, the day when the whole country celebrates Labor Day, and Vigan recollects its very own Isabelo de los Reyes, who founded the country’s first federation of labor. The catholic also remembers on this day St. Joseph, patronsaint of workers. The Binatbatan dancing is attached to Vigan’s Abel Iloco craft. The dance depicts how cotton pods are crushed with bamboo sticks to launch the cotton fluff called “batbat” from its seed. The festival was first started in 2002 to showcase this conventional weaving craft which is stated to predate the appearance of Spaniards.

The things you could watch while celebrating the Binatbatan Festival are the calesa parade, comedia or level drama, Santa Cruzan parade, Abel style show, and different interesting activities just like the Amazing Heritage Race. The visitors can also participate in religious rituals or visit exhibits, garden shows, as well as trade and food fairs.

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