Insight: Ylocos Kannawidan Festival

Kannawidan, celebrates its 195 years!

Ilocos Sur, our very own province has rich and stunning cultures and traditions that we Ilocanos must be proud of. In order to showcase these, we have important festive just to exhibit and promote products of ours and precious cultures of Ilocanos to attract and invite tourists to come and visit Ilocos. One of these is the Kannawidan Ylocos Festival.

Kannawidan Ylocos Festival is the official Festival of the Province of Ilocos Sur. Kannawidan is a variant of the Ilocano word "tawid" meaning heritage or inheritance and it is a week-long festive of happiness for local and foreign tourists as more entertaining events are included in the celebration. This is celebrate on the 29^th day of January to February 3.So, what is its essence for the people, the traders, and in the community?

For the people, Kannawidan is one way for them to experience, know, learn, and love the different cuisines, cultures, traditions, and exhibits of their own province, of their own place. This festivity has a great impact to the people for it shows how their province lived and lives. The activity creates a magnificent  influence that pulls people together in one area of the province and makes an amalgamating once in a year experience as traders all over the province and all over the Philippines showcase their wide array of reasonably priced products.

For traders, Kannawidan is a place, an activity and a way of how their living worked and works. Kannawidan is  a place for showcasing products like furniture, horticultures, crafts, cuisines, the province’s OTOP, and products coming from external towns and/or provinces. Kannawidan is an activity that unites dealers/merchants to one place and create a market of beauty, food, and creativity.

For the community, Kannawidan is  the best place to enjoy nature’s gifts, it is the best place to create a coalescing community. Kannawidan is a place for showcasing talents, brains, beauties, and the creative hospitality that we, Filipinos, esp. Ilocanos, have.

This Kannawidan Ylocos Festival aims to create awareness on the preservation of the province’ rich cultural heritage, practices and traditions, and a showcase of the different agriculture and industry products. We, Ilocanos should all be proud of with this because we are having this for tourists to appreciate our rich culture. Moreover, let us all preserve these cultures for next generations and this will serve as our trademark as an Ilocano.

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New Year, New Me

Farewell, 2014! Hello, 2015! Happy New Year!

Roman Catholic countries celebrate New Year’s Day on January 1. Traditionally, the day has been observed as a religious feast, but in modern times, the arrival of the New Year has also become an occasion for spirited celebration and the making of personal resolutions about future conduct. Speaking of resolutions, I’m going to share you some.

Last year, I feel unweary. Because I did some nonsense things and that made me not totally irresponsible. So, with this year, I’ll start to schedule some fun time everyday. Stop overthinking. Let myself off the hook. Remember my true worth. Take my dreams seriously and prepare myself to take risks. Keep my sense of humor. Appreciate all that I have. Be kind to myself and relax more in making all of this happen.

Oftentimes, my heart is choked with grief because I was so in love with a “nonsense” person. I was hurt but the good thing is that I had learned from my mistakes, that it is more painful to keep yourself attracted to that person when you really know it will not happen. Instead of falling for that person someone, I’ll make it up to be a more responsible and studious students.

I’m a grown up now and I know I’ll make it better. My life goes on and I should be stronger. Got to move on and live my life nicer. Because I know that the New Year is here for a whole new me.

Reflection

        

        Goodbye, Third Quarter! Hey, Fourth Quarter!

        I regret to say this but the Graduation Day is fast approaching. It is really sad to ponder, right?

        At this juncture, I would dare to share to you some of the noteworthy experiences during the third quarter. Those hectic-schedule many projects, homework and complicated lessons really made me feel weary.

        Finally I am looking forward for his quarter to be better than the past quarters. And, I will definitely do my best to be a more responsible and studious student.