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| Mujeres 2019 Winners! (from left) 2nd runner up Marsh Clooney Agcaoili; Mujeres SK Ivy Pascual; Mujeres Laoag City 2019 Kyle Ranada; Mujeres ABC Kimper Corpuz; and Mujeres 1st runner up- Justine Lenin Silvestre. The first transgender woman in Congress Rep. Geraldine Roman (Bataan, 1st District) served as the crowning guest. The coronation was held at the LC multi-purpose hall on February 18, 2019 as part of the Pamulinawen Festival 2019. (Doms dela Cruz) |
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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