1,200 kids join Capitol ‘Trick or Treat’

A total of 1,200 children together with their parents visited the Ilocos Norte Capitol on October 26 for the trick-or-treating as part of the province’s Halloween festival, Semana ti Ar-aria.

Organized by the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte, the Capitol employees had transformed their offices into houses of horror and opened them at exactly 3 pm for a huge crowd of Ilocano kids who graced the event in their spookiest costumes.

Carrying their candy bags, the kids entered the offices with courage and went out with sweet treats; some, however, were scared and stepped-out crying.

Aside from trick or treating, this year’s event for the kids and kids at heart was incorporated with Bone Hunting where kids collect the bones hidden in some parts of the route which started at the La Tabacalera Ilocano Lifestyle Center.

According to Provincial Tourism Officer, Ianree Raquel, the capitol was the venue for the activity because it is an opportunity to open up the building for all the kids.

The event concluded with an awarding ceremony where kids who wore the best Halloween costumes, cutest ar-aria [ghost], healthiest ar-aria, and scariest ar-aria were awarded with prizes. While successful bone hunters were also awarded with special prizes.

Ilocos Norte Governor Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos who graced the event also expressed her excitement seeing the surging number of kids participate, the largest compared to previous years, who participated the third instalment of the said event in their own Halloween costumes.

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