PAMULINAWEN FESTIVAL

PAMULINAWEN FESTIVAL

[Fiesta ni San Guillermo, Ti Ermitanio—Patron iti Siudad ti Laoag]

RETRATO N.29

[Koleksion Dagiti Nagkauna a Ladawan iti Siudad ti Laoag]

MARAMBAKAN ti fiesta iti Laoag a panglagip ken ni San Guillermo, Ti Ermitanio [The Hermit], a Patron ti Siudad, a maangay iti umuna a lawas ti bulan ti Pebrero nga agpatingga iti maika-sangapulo nga aldaw. Tinawen a marambakan ti fiesta ni San Guillermo.

Manipud iti simple a selebrasion ti Aldaw ti Fiesta ni San Guillermo, nagbalin daytoy a nabarayuboy [awanan kontrol iti panaggastos] a panagrambak iti fiesta a maitan-ok ti kultura ken kannawidan ti siudad karaman ti nagduduma pay a klase iti aktibidad a maisayangkat.

Iti nasao a selebrasion ni San Guillermo, malagip pay ti panangsakup dagiti Kastila ti pagilian a Filipinas ken ti kombersion wenno  panagbalbaliw dagiti Ilocano iti kina-Kristiano.

PAMULINAWEN: Panagrambak iti Maris ken Kultura

Mailadawan dagiti nagkaadu a panagfiesta babaen iti panangipakita ti kultura, tradision ken kannawidan. Dagitoy a panagrambak ti wagas iti panagyebkas ti bukod a bagi iti sosiodad ken mangikonektar kadagiti pampamilia, pakasaritaan ken iti komunidad.

Kadagiti naglabas a tawen, nagdur-as wenno nagbaliw a namimpinsan a nangitunda iti nasaysayaat wenno naim-imbag a panagrambak. Naipresentar dagiti nagduduma nga aktibidad a kas iti interpretative dances literary arts contests, street dancing competition, maiparang dagiti nagduduma a klasena a taraon ken makan a luto ni Ilokano. 

Maluktan ti panag-fiesta babaen iti civic-miltary parade. Kalpasanna, maisaruno ti social-civic activities a kas ti Calesa Festival ken ti Baro a Laoag reyna iti Amianan beauty pageant. Pakadagupan ti amin, selebrasion iti kultura ken namaris a tradision a kas panangyebkas ti panagrambak ti biag iti amianan.

Taldiap:

Pamulinawen Festival celebrates the patronal feast of St. William the Hermit and the cultural and historical heritage of the people in the city of Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philipines every February 10. Its schedule of activities lasts for the whole month of February and thus coincides with the foundation of the Ilocos Norte which takes place every second of February and the celebration of Valentine’s Day.

Etymology

Pamulinawen is a folk song familiar in the Northern Luzon. Believed to have originated in pre-Hispanic times, it is a courtship song that tells the story of a lady unmoved by the words of her suitor. Daughter of a chieftain, she was named after a type of hard stone thought to have come from outer space such as a meteorite and used by the locals as a flint to start a spark to produce a flame to light up their cigars. These characteristics are said to be likened to the people of Laoag.

Scholars stated that the love song was sang by boatmen as they rowed their boats along bodies of water in Luzon. From a composition with a deliberate tempo, it has numerous renditions of varying lyrics and tempo the widely popular of which are by the artist Arman Ratuita in the 1960s, by Lea Salonga in the album Bahaghari in 2017, and by the UP Madrigal singers as introduced by National Artist Lucrecia Roces Kasilag.

History of Pamulinawen Festival

The local government of Laoag passed the Ordinance No. 3 during the time of Mayor Eulalio Siazon in 1967 that established February 10 as the date of its annual festival. Through the years, its celebration has grown grander and within the term of then Mayor Cesar Ventura it was called Pagdadapun Festival. It was renamed to Pamulinawen Festival starting in 1996. Afterwards in 2008 during the tenure of then Mayor Michael Fariñas, its calendar takes up the entire month of February.

Devotion to St. William the Hermit

Pamulinawen Festival is held in conjunction with the feast of St. William the Hermit, the patron of the city. Christianity came to Laoag through the Augustinian friars who set foot and built a humble church made of light materials in 1580. Dedicated to the patronage of St. William the Hermit, it was rebuilt in stone in 1612. When it was damaged by fire in 1843, it was repaired between 1873 and 1880 by Antonio de la Camara and Fr. Santiago Muniz.

During the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War, it became a garrison for Filipino troops and subsequently for American forces, respectively. In the years of the American occupation, the religious authorities of the Roman Catholic Church took over the church from the Aglipayan.

It became a cathedral when Laoag was elevated to a diocese on June 5, 1961 with canonical erection on July 26, 1961. Its secondary patroness is Our Lady, Cause of Our Joy (Virgen Milagrosa de Badoc).

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