BINATBATAN: A Miracle Festival

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The COVID-19 had a huge impact to us. We suddenly had a new normal life. Even the way we celebrate festivals has changed. But despite of this
pandemic, we still got to experience our local festivals. No one or nothing could stop us in promoting our culture and our unfading arts.

During the pandemic, there are four Vigan Festivals that were held online including the Binatbatan Festival of the Arts. The Vigan government officials were able to find ways to push the celebration of Vigan Binatbatan Festival, Despite of the impact of COVID-19, Bigueños are still active in participating in the said festival. During the one-week duration of the festival, there were a lot of activities that are conducted like street

dancing competition. Even if there are no audience,
the participants still made impressive performances and they followed the health protocols like wearing face shields as this is one of the guidelines of the said competition. Furthermore, some of the activities that were conducted are Abel House Décor Competition,
Boklan Art Competition, Television Commercial Competition and Samiweng Chorale Competition. These made the last week of April and the first week of May more memorable to Bigueños.

Binatbatan Festival is not only for entertainment but also for promoting and nurturing the Vigan Culture. Conducting such celebration is a great way to share our treasured culture to other people. This year’s celebration of Binatbatan Festival is quite challenging because of the pandemic. Therefore, nothing could stop us in preserving and nurturing our unfading culture. We still feel the spirit of this festival and it became much stronger now. Indeed, this festival is a miracle. 



References:

Binatbatan Festival of the Arts: A tapestry of culture and arts woven by a miracle, (2019, April 23), Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/amp/s/pia.gov.ph/features/articles/1021193.amp

Lists of the events and competitions for the Viva Vigan Binatbatan Festival of the Arts 2021,(2021, April 19),TVigan Production. Retrieved from https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4087092241343097&id=590565900995766&sfnsn=mo


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https://www.gmanetwork.com/regionaltv/balitangamianan/regionaltv/39191/balitang-amianan-binatbatan-festival-2021/video

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  1. Angelica Mae12 June 2021 at 00:26

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