Colorful Festivals in Isabela

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COLORFUL FESTIVALS IN ISABELA

Bambanti Festival

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The Bambanti (Scarecrow) Festival (May 10) celebrates the bountiful harvest of rice and corn and other agricultural products with street dances and a float parade.

Nuang Festival

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San Agustin is the top producer of Murrah buffaloes in the entire country which is why every September 27, a day before their foundation day or town fiesta, they hold the Nuang Festival, nuang is Ilocano for buffalo, to celebrate this feat.

Pagay Festival

The Pagay Festival is celebrated every 28th of September to observe the founding anniversary of the town of Alicia in Isabela, and highlight the town’s production of Pagay which means Palay (rice).

Binnadangan Festival

Used to be called as Pagay Festival.

Gakit Festival

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The Gakit Festival is an annual festival held at the Cagayan River. It was revived to remind Angadanians of their cultural tradition of resourcefulness and self-reliance.

Participants of the festival offer fruits, vegetables, poultry, and livestock as thanksgiving for their abundant bounty. The practice also reminds Angadanians of their tradition of planting crops and raising poultry in their own backyards for their own consumption. This hopefully will reduce Angadanian’s reliance on others and will inculcate resourcefulness in each Angadanian.

The Gakit Festival also aims to show Angadanians that progress can only be achieved if they are united as one. A key detail of the Gakit Festival is the hand-made bamboo rafts which are used by the participants of the Festival. Each bamboo pole, if alone, has no value. It cannot float reliably on a river nor can it be used to transport anything. But if many bamboo poles are tied together as one, it can be made into a raft which can float and sail on calm or rough waters while transporting people and products.

Pattaradday Festival

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The City of Santiago in Isabela celebrates unity in diversity and its 17th Cityhood Anniversary as it holds the 12th Pattaradday Festival. Culled from the Ibanag word for unity, Pattaradday is celebrated on May 1 with the opening of the trade fair, Santa Cruzan and Oktoberfest sa Mayo.

Pattaradday Festival is an inclusive event which unifies the 17 ethno-linguistic groups in the city. The festival was initiated by civic leaders, the Art Association of Santiago, concerned citizens and the city government to showcase local identity and Santiago’s origins. Santiago is also home to Muslim, Chinese and Indian minorities, making it a melting pot in northern Luzon and a city living in unity despite diversity.

Gawagaway

Gawagaway-yan Festival is a tribute to ancestry celebrated every 14th of April.

The “Gawagaway-yan Festival” is a unique celebration of the people of Cauayan City, Isabela that traces the ancestry of Cauayeneos from the ethnolinguistic group called “Gaddang.”

Baka Festival

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A survey revealing quite number of ranches in San Pablo led to the establishment of the Baka Festival. Held on January 15 it is expected not only to be the highlight of future patronal fiestas of San Pablo but also to sustain efforts to promote the local cattle industry and the products that have been developed since a convergence project was located in the municipality.

The festival is a fine time to see cowboys of San Pablo display skills that are reminiscent of the American Wild West. Read More: https://luzonisabela.wordpress.com/festivals/

Balatong Festival

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Sabutan Festival

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Palanan will be celebrating its Sabutan Festival on the 21 – 23 of March. Said Festival commemorates the capture of the First President of the Republic, Emilio Aguinaldo. Local folks will showcase their products like mats, fans and bags made of grass called Sabutan which is grown in the coastal areas of Palanan. You are all invited to the festival and experience the fun and genuine hospitality of Palaneños. Read More: https://origparanan.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/sabutan-festival/