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          Unlike previous years when the Kannawidan Festival is being celebrated for at least a month, this year, it only ran for a week starting Friday, January 29 until February 5. The residents of Ilocos Sur province had a simpler celebration of this year's annual Kannawidan Ylocos Festival. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the provincial government, through its provincial tourism office, has declared strict guidelines to be followed during the festival.           Held in the Heritage City of Vigan, the festival opened at the Kannawidan Grounds in Barangay Tamag with the ribbon cutting of the Trade and Food Fair, where the one-town-one-product of the province's towns and cities was displayed. It was followed by the Holy Mass concelebrated at Saint Paul Cathedral in this city led by government workers from national and local offices, public officials and members of non-government-organizations. The Trade and Food Fair provides additi...

              Vigan City Fiesta is celebrated during the feast day of the conversion of St. Paul the Apostle, St. Paul is Vigan City’s patron saint, every January 25. The celebration usually lasts for several days. Colorful and grand, this fiesta express the joyful and vibrant lifestyle that the Bigueños exemplify every day. Locals and tourists gather to experience and see the street dancing, carnivals, food fairs, and arts and crafts. But because of the pandemic brought by covid-19 we can't do the things that we used to do.             In the previous years, Bigueños from different places usually return to their hometown to join their friends and families in the celebration of Vigan City Fiesta. We should enjoying the cultural shows, parades and street dancing prepared by the local government with the help of the local industries and communities but, because of covid-19 we can't. There’s no parade nor street dancing happe...