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Annual City Fiesta |
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Date: February
The city celebrates the feast of its patron saint, Saint William the Hermit, on February 10 with much merrymaking that lasts for about a month. |
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Bacsil Ridge Celebration |
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Date: March 19
To commemorate the bravery of the Filipinos during the Battle in Bacsil Ridge in the year 1945 that led to the complete liberation of the town. |
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Pindangan Festival |
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Date: March 20
The celebration of the Founding Anniversary of San Fernando as a City ratified during a plebiscite on March 20, 1998 subsequent to Republic Act 8509, authored by then Gov. Victor F. Ortega, converting the municipality into a component city of La Union on February 13 that same year. |
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Ma-tzu Festival |
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Date: September 16
September is the feast of the Lady of Caysasay, patroness of the Filipino-Chinese, whose image journeys annually from Batangas and is enshrined at the Ma-cho Temple. |
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Trade Fairs: |
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- Rimat ti Amianan
Date: December
Venue: In front of the City Hall
- City Agri-Trade Fair
Date: February
Venue: In front of the City Hall
- Baratillo sa San Fernando
Date: February
Venue: Around the City Market
- Provincial Agri-Trade Fair
Date: March
Venue: In front of the City Hall
- Night Market
Date: Every weekend
Venue: In front of the City Hall
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Arts, Crafts and Flavors |
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San Fernando is the gateway to the rich cultural heritage of the Ilocanos. At the la Union Trade Center beside the City Hall, one could sample the exquisite arts and crafts that the local people created by hand using age-old traditions. These include “inabel” (hand-woven cloth), baskets, shell crafts and novelty items made from indigenous materials.
San Fernando’s numerous downtown restaurants and seaside resorts serve fresh seafood cuisine. Mainstays ain local menu are “kilawen” (uncooked goat meat in spicy vinegar marinade) and “papaitan” (sautéed beef or goat meat with innards and bile).
A sweet local wine made from sugar cane called “basi” and its full-bodied vinegar by-product called “sukang iloko” can be bought at downtown market stalls. Other favorite “paslubong” are guapples, “longganiza”, honey and native rice cakes like “puto”, “suman” and “bibingka”. |
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Annual City Fiesta
