MARCOS, Ilocos
Norte—Taking pride of this town’s favorite Ilocano
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 of public and private organizations.
Marcos town is a
fourth class municipality of Ilocos Norte with more than 15,000 population or
3, 059 households based on latest census.
The town was named
after the late Assemblyman Don Mariano Marcos, father of former president
Ferdinand E. Marcos. It was formally separated from its mother municipality on
September 11, 1963 which coincided with the birth of the late president. (Leilanie
G. Adriano)
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