Cause Of Covid-19 Pandemic

 We all know that Binatbatan Festival is one of the famous Festival here in Vigan City. It is celebrated during the first week of May. We celebrate it to promote awareness of the value of our historic town, which was hoped to strengthen, resolve, to preserve and protect this heritage site.

The streets were closed, people flocked in certain locations. Drums are beating loud and clear. Colorful costumes are being worn by the street dancers as they proudly proclaim "Viva Vigan!" Binatbatan festival has emerged to be one of the largest cultural gatherings up north the Philippine archipelago. Even

if hot day, the street dancers continued to wear smile of pride with their rich culture and heritage. From Vigan's bustling Quezon Avenue, until the busy Liberation Boulevard to the peaceful and quiet Calle Crisologo, the street dancing becomes more exciting overtime.Wearing clothes made from Abel Iloko, a woven fabric endemic in the Ilocos Region, Binatbatan Festival is not merely just a festival. It depicts the rich culture and old industries of Vigan. 

But now we are facing the Covid-19 pandemic, we can't celebrate it as colorful as our celebration in the previous years. We can't watch the

colorfu Binatbatan Streetdancing Competition. We can't hear the loud drumbeats that gives life for our streetdancing. Because of this pandemic all of the activities are all gone. We can't gather because we need to prevent the spreading of the virus.

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