The top three
finishers of the 21K category in the Lammin Hardcore Marathon celebrate their
victory. From left: Florante Nicolas, 3rd placer; Romy Pagarigan, 1st
placer; Mariano Gamayo, 2nd Placer. Ajan Bite Gantala topped the 21K
female division. The winners in the 42K category are: Arnel Agag, 1st
placer; Joey Fabreo Fallacuna, 2nd placer; and Jeronimo Jerry Tabac,
3rd placer. (Aceyork P. Guerrero)
MARCOS, Ilocos Norte—Taking pride of this town ’s favorite Ilo cano dish, locally known as pinakbet, a mix of indigenous vegetables steamed in fish sauce, residents here ushered the opening of the third Pinakbet festival. “Pinakbet” came from the contracted Ilokano word ‘pinakebbet ’ which means “ shrunk ” or “shriveled.” As a way of thanksgiving, the Pinakbet festival is a repository of the town ’ s “ani” [harvest] festival being celebrated every month of March but this was later moved to December to accommodate more balikbayans wanting to join the festivity. Residents in this agricultural town derived most of their income from the harvest of high value crops, including rice, tobacco and corn as staple crops. This year, the week-long festivity highlighted a grand parade around the town plaza and a pinakbet cook fest at the municipal gymnasium to showcase the best pinakbet in town. A boodle fight followed suit. Earlier, a fun run was participated by various groups ...

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