Colorful Talong (Eggplant) Festival in Pangasinan

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TALONG FESTIVAL

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Thousands of local and foreign tourists flocked to Villasis, Pangasinan to witness the first “Talong” Festival in this agricultural town, the Vegetable Basket” of the North and “Vegetable home of Pangasinan”.

Villasis Pangasinan celebrated Talong Festival” on the month of January. It is a 9-day celebration featuring various activities related to “talong”.

Among the highlights were the inauguration of the Villasis Vegetable Trading Post or Bagsakan and the setting up of a one-kilometer-long Talong Grill to help the town establish its own identity. Almost 1.5 kilometers of grilled talong were grilled on the national highway of Villasis and thousands of tourists enjoyed the grilled vegetables with rice.

Other exciting activities such as fashion show competition, street dancing exhibition are presented where they use talong as their props and decoration to their costumes. Visitors also enjoyed watching talong cookfest cooking talong.

Like other festivals celebrated in different towns of the province of Pangasinan, some TV personalities are invited to entertained townspeople and visitors and experienced a free concerts and street party. – asensopangasinan.com

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Hundreds of local townsfolk, returning Filipinos from abroad and tourists celebrated the 7th Talong (Eggplant) Festival as part of the weeklong festivities in this agricultural town of Villasis, Pangasinan, North of Manila and considered as the “Vegetable Basket” of Northern Philippines. The festivities features different events like a Hundred ways to cook an eggplant, gown-making contest with a mixed-vegetable motif, a cooking contest dubbed “Pinakbet sa Kawa” a food delicacy of mixed vegetables where the eggplant is the main condiment stewed in fish sauce in a large wok and a colorful street dancing. The festival also gives recognition to other farmers planting other vegetables. – demotix.com

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