February is the busiest month in the province of Ilocos Norte. Several events are usually held in celebration of various festivals. The Ilocandia Photographic Society (TIPS) members went to cover most of these events.
Ragrag-o Festival was the first one on the line. It was held on February 2, 2010. It was the 192nd founding anniversary of the province of Ilocos Norte where all the municipalities were invited to perform and compete with each other. Tribal groups from the towns of Adams, Dumalneg, Carasi and Nueva Era joined this event. There was a float parade followed by dance showdown where the towns of Vintar, San Nicolas and Batac emerged as winners placing as 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place respectively.
It was followed by Pamulinawen Festival held on February 10, 2010. Again, the different municipalities of Ilocos Norte, different institutions in Laoag City and including guest competing groups such as Santa Maria from Ilocos Sur competed with each other for the much coveted plum prize of Php100,000. After the showdown, the board of judges composed of people from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts were convinced that Ilocos Norte National High School should take home the grand prize. Second place went with La Paz School of Fisheries and the third place was given to San Nicolas group.
Guling-guling festival is an event close to the hearts of the TIPS members. This is because majority of them met here a year ago. So again majority of the members went to cover this event on February 16, 2010. Most of the barangays in town participated in the street pageantry displaying their beautiful abel costumes with their ever graceful dance choreography. Guling-guling is the last day of celebrations and merrymaking before the Lenten Season. Later on that day, the group proceeded to celebrate the birthday of member Ronald Macatulad at his home in the same town of Paoay.
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