Region : Ilocos Region

• Ilocos Region includes the provinces of:

  • Ilocos Norte
  • Ilocos Sur
  • La Union
  • Pangasinan
• La Union -San Fernando City
• CAPITAL

  • La Union - San Fernando City
  • Ilocos Norte -Laoag City
  • Ilocos Sur - Vigan City
  • Pangasinan -Lingayen
• Historical, Cultural and Heritage attraction

  
• E. Festivals and Special Events

  ilocos Norte

  • Pamulinawen Festival (February 10) in honor of St. William, the celebration features floral and street dance parade.
  • Guling-guling (a day before Ash Wednesday) the residents of Paoay dress in their Ilocano traditional costume adorned with antique jewelleries, dance and sing around the town while being given the sign of the cross using pounded rice instead of gray ash.
• • Talip Festival (May 19-20) commemorates the ancient peace pact that has brought peace among ethnic tribes in the province of Ilocos Norte.
  • Ani Festival (March 23-30) a thanksgiving celebration for the bountiful harvest of rice in the town of Dingras
• llocos Sur

  • Longganisa Festival (January 22) showcases the longganisa delicacy of Vigan; highlight of the celebration is the street dancing competition.
  • Tobacco Festival (March 28-31) showcases the major industry of Candon City tobacco in line with the founding anniversary of its cityhood.
  • •Viva Vigan Festival of the Arts (1st week of May) showcases the rich history, heritage, and cultural treasure of the city of Vigan; it has become the biggest cultural event in the region.
• La Union

  • International Long Board Cup (January 25-27) an international surfing event for both amateurs and professionals organized by the La Union Surfing Association.
  • Buybuy Festival (February 9-11) showcases the major produce of Burgos, La Union, the buybuy or tiger grass.
• Pangasinan

  • Dagupan Bangus Festival - 16-Mav A) showcases the major -(April product of Dagupan, the milkfish or Bangus; features street dancing, trade fairs, fluvial parade, and others.
  • Binongey Festival (April 17)showcases the traditional taste of rice
• F. Major Cultural Groups

  • This Region has three (3) distinct groups: Ilocanos, Pangasinenses, and Igorots.
  • Ilocanos occupy the coastal provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and certain parts of Pangasinan.
  • The natives of Pangasinan are the Pangasinenses. There are also Tingguians who live in the secluded mountains of Ilocos Sur.
• • The Ilocanos are from the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Abra, and Cagayan. The people are essentially rice producers but also plant cash crops like tobacco and garlic. Due to the limited agricultural potentials in Ilocos,
  • Ilocanos are known to be thrifty, self-sufficient, and enduring. Most have also resorted to outmigration, wherein the Ilocanos can be found all over the Philippines as far as Mindanao and overseas
• The Pangasinan live in the Peninsula just north of Zambales. There is a lush area for vegetation and agriculture. Fishing abounds by the waters of the Lingayen Gulf They also produce the some of the best buri mats and the production of bolos (Peralta 2000).
• Spoken Ilokano, Filipino, and English are predominantly spoken and understood within the region. Pangasinense, Pangalatok, Bolinao, and Tagalog are also widely spoken in Pangasinan.
• Ilocos Norte's location on the northwest corner of Luzon makes it ideal and suitable for wind power generation. The 150MW Burgos wind farm in Ilocos Norte is the biggest wind farm in the Philippines and the first wind project nominated for the Philippine Government's feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentive scheme.