Celebrating Binatbatan Festival

          We often celebrate Binatbatan festival during last week of April to the first week of May. Binatbatan dancing is connected to Vigan's abel Iloco craft. The dance depicts how cotton pods are beaten with bamboo sticks to release the cotton fluff called batbat from its seed. This festival was started in 2002 to showcase this traditional weaving craft that is said to predate the arrival of the Spaniards.

           Before pandemic, Binatbatan festival showcase street dance that is one of the main attractions during the week-long celebrations. showcases local art of mosaicking seeds called ”boklan”. Carabao painting, Kalesa parade, spoken poetry, Abel decors, and fashion show. Plus a fun shoot, capturing the Vigan experience. But when pandemic started, many of the events cancelled because of danger caused by COVID-19 Virus.



            Even there is a Vitus that spreads, we can celebrate in different ways. Online is the best way to celebrate special occasion like Binatbatan Festival. We can conduct spoken poetry, Abel decors and showcase of local art thru online. Its not safe to conduct street dance and fashion show but if we follow protocols we can prevent getting infected while watching these kinds of activities. 

           Binatbatan festival is an happy celebration where many activities can be done. But because of pandemic, some of them are cancelled. But we can celebrate it thru online. We can also celebrate it outside if we follow protocols so that we can prevent from getting infect by the virus.

REFERENCE:
https://generosepomelo.com/2019/05/05/viva-vigan-binatbatan-festival-of-the-arts/#:~:text=%E2%80%9DBinatbatan%E2%80%9D%20is%20the%20process%20of,during%20the%20week%2Dlong%20celebrations
https://eazytraveler.net/2012/05/viva-vigan-binatbatan-festival-of-the-arts-2012/

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