" WORLD HERITAGE CITY OF VIGAN"

Preserving the Ilocano culture is preserving the World Heritage City of Vigan.

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            To preserve the heritage of the city, the city government established an event where all of its residents called Biguenos come out of their ancestral or modern-age houses to join other residents of Ilocos Sur to once more relish the Ilocano culture and the history of Vigan through songs, dances, stage plays, literature, street drama complete with floats, said Mayor Juan Carlo S. Medina.

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            This is the World Heritage Cities Solidarity Day celebration on September 8.  This is one moment where Vigan City joins in the world-wide celebration to focus on heritage issues and express its solidarity with other World Heritage cities.

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            On this day Biguenos gather at the Saint Paul Cathedral for the Solidarity Mass, and to renew their Pledge to Heritage Conservation. After this they unite in a breakfast at the city hall. And in the afternoon, the history of Vigan comes alive via a parade of floats showing the different periods starting from the entry of Chinese merchants to the coming of Spaniards, the Japanese, the Americans, the indepence of the country, until the city was listed as a World Heritage City and one of the New Seven Wonders Cities of the World.

            This year Ilocano culture will be celebrated through competitions among the youth and elderlies in vocal chorus, vocal solo, photography called fotografias y recuerdos, stage play called zarzuela Ilocana, spoken poetry called dallot, singing with a guitar called kinnantaran, letras y figuras, on-the-spot painting, speech choir in Filipino called sabayang pagbigkas, poetry called daniw, story telling, cultural quiz bowl, folk dance, local debate called bukanegan, and solidarity games. And the exhibit of local products and food.

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