Eastern Mt Province towns hold festivals
>> Sunday, July 16, 2017
By Roger
Sacyaten
BONTOC, Mountain Province – Three
festivals transpired in three three eastern municipalities of the province on
June.
With common goal of preserving culture, Barlig,
Paracelis and Sadanga towns staged their festivals coinciding with celebrations
of their respective municipal foundation days.
Paracelis had its
2-year-old Kakarayam Festival last June 12-16 themed: “UmilingaAgkaykasa para
itiPangdur-as ken Kappia.”
In June 8, 2015,
Municipal Ordinance No. 2015-002 was enacted giving birth to Kakarayam
Festival, meaning a gathering of the people, residing in and out of Paracelis,
to come together and foster kinship and community ties, Mayor Avelino Amangyen
said.
Last June 16-19,
Barlig staged Fortan Festival as it celebrated the 51st foundation anniversary
of the municipality.
The theme for this
year was: “Ammay ay Finortan, Salemnan”, which means to sustain the good
inheritance.
Vice Mayor David
Osborn Fomocod said the occasion showed “the determination of the people of
Barlig to sustain our ancestral domain, ethnic identities and culture despite
the rapid changes due to modern technology”.
Mayor Genesis
Changilan urged his constituents to unite and work together with elected
officials to make the municipality progressive and a better place to live in
for incoming generations.
Natonin Mayor Mateo
Chiyawan was the replacement of the Undersecretary Falconi Millar of the Dept.
of Tourism who did not make it to the occasion as guest of honor and speaker.
Chiyawan urged tribal
groups of the municipality to unite as one and foster their common identity as
people of Barlig rather than opting to identify their tribal origins as iLias
and or iKachakran. Barlig has three clusters of Kadaclan, Lias, and Barlig
Centro.
The municipality
stages three festivals every year; Menaliyam Festival in Kadaclan every April
19-20 and the Changyasan Festival in Lias every April 28-30.
Sadanga also held
its 9th Fvegnash Festival last June
24-25 in celebration of the 54th foundation anniversary of the municipality
themed: “Gawis ay Kultura, NabalorKa, Unod chi Ungung-a, FomwegannaVatawa”,
which Mayor Jose Limmayog said meant “valuing our noble, constructive and
advantageous culture which could be passed on to the next generation for a prosperous
community”.
Vice Mayor Joseph
Apopot said the event was an opportunity to nurture trade, tourism and
agro-industrial development in the community.
Various events and
activities were conducted during the festivals of municipalities in
commemoration of their respective foundation anniversaries.
The Provincial Tourism
Office personnel assisted in documentation of the festivals as well as the
tourism assets of the municipalities.
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