Binatbatan Festival

 


 

Vigan Binatbatan Festival of the Arts celebrated from the last week of April to the first week of May, in 2002, the Binatbatan Festival was introduced to celebrate one of the industries that kept residents alive – Abel Iloco hand-loom weaving. Binatbatan is the process of beating cotton pods to remove the seeds.  This is shown through the Binatbatan street dancing and showdown.



It's a festival in which various schools from Vigan wherein they perform street dancing while wearing colorful and beautiful woven fabric found in the Ilocos Region, or commonly known as Abel Iloko.

With this Celebration, people in Vigan are likely to join in these celebrations to show the people they’re talent and in this celebration, the culture of the people of Vigan are surely preserved if these celebrations keep getting celebrated every year.

 


                As the celebration is ongoing, the mayor and the people of Vigan are inviting Filipinos and foreign visitors to experience the Celebration of the binatbatan Festival

 



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