Laoag City—With still over two months to go, the city government here has begun preparations for next year’s Pamulinawen Festival.
Over-all festival coordinator Lilian Abijero announced that next fiesta’s theme is “Transcending”, as unanimously approved by all fiesta committees.
Ms. Abijero explained that the theme must be continuance of what was “Achieved”, which was the theme for the 2017 edition.
“Kasi no naka achieve kan, siyempre you don’t rest on your laurels. You keep on moving forward. Transcending means you can break barriers. You can overcome problems and struggles. You address challenges,” Ms.Abijero expounded.
Ms. Abijero also confirmed several changes for the fiesta, foremost is the removal of “street pageantry” as a fiesta highlight. She said it is because it is only a redundancy of the province’s “Tan-ok Festival of Festivals” which also features dance parades.
The Tan-ok Festival is set for February 2, 2018, in time for Ilocos Norte’s bi-centennial celebration.
Ms. Abijero, however, said a surprise activity will take the place of the event.
She also said that the Mr. Laoag will push through along with the Miss Laoag City Pamulinawen Festival Queen and the Miss ABC. Miss Mujeres, on the other hand, will be absent next year; the city government will now conduct the said event every other year.
Another innovation will be the holding of the Dulang Festival at the Laoag City Commercial Complex to complement the Calesa Festival.