Kannawidan

Kannawidan? I don't know much about kannawidan. Ilocos Sur celebrated this event during the 31th day of January to the 6th of February. Most of us don't know the real meaning of kannawidan and why we celebrated this event so, I will just share what I know.

Kannawidan means "tawid" and they are trying to portray the different culture of Ilocos Sur like the native dances. We are celebrating this event yearly. By this activity or celebration it reminds us that we inherited this cultural dances to our ancestors so, we must take good care of it and improve it. We are now living in a modernize country so, we must not forget those cultural dances and our traditions because these are one of our identy here in Ilocos Sur. We have a lot of traditions and because of that Ilocos Sur become famous.

There are some products also introduce to all Ilocanoes. This products came from the different municipalities like in San Vicente they have thier furniture and in Sinait their product is garlic. Kannawidan Ilocos Festival means feast of practices in Ilocos also. During the kannawidan, native products of Ilocos Sur are going to be sold to the public in celebration of its 193nd freedom anniversary. The ancient costumes, cultures, traditions and products are introduce in this event.

Kannawidan is very important also because through this kannawidan Ilocos Festival, we are preserving and sustaining our old traditions, attractive products and practices to promote our tourism industry that redound for the increase of the demand of our products, create more job opportunities and generate more income. Therefore kannawidan is a unique festival so, try to watch their different activities......

Enjoy....