BINATBATAN FESTIVAL
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.The origin of Binatbatan festival was Binatbatan Festival traces its roots from the abel weaving industry of Vigan which has been in existence even before the Spaniards came to colonize the Philippines. It comes from the word batbat, a pair of bamboo stick used to separate cotton pods that come from a tall tree called kapas sanglay. Binatbatan Festival was celebrated on last week of april until last week of may.
We Celebrate Binatbatan festival at vigan city. a lot of people wanted to watch this event because this is the most famous festival in vigan, and this is the most ejoyable event here in Vigan City.

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