PAGNAHI-AN FESTIVAL
Municipality of Bingawan
Every 21st of June
The early residents of Bingawan constructed a long house-like structure made of light materials. It accommodated forty families and they called it “Pagnahi-an” because the partitions were sewed together. The original structure was once located at the roadside east where the Bingawan Baptist Church presently stands.
A cultural presentation highlights the celebration that anchored during the 1906 great fire, sweeping over the progressive community and resulted to the great loss of properties and stored gains of its people. Several months after the said fire, a great famine occurred. Despite that, the people joined hands to reconstruct their houses and the church building.
For more information, please contact Marvin Saladar – Municipal Tourism Officer at (033) 3963175/ 5355020 or email at Igu_ [email protected]/ [email protected].
Read also: The Ultimate List of Festivals in Iloilo Province
Sources:
ILOILO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TOURISM OFFICE
2/F, Casa Real Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City
Telefax No: (+63 33) 3384910
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Blog: mybeautifulILOILO
Website: www.iloilo.gov.ph/tourism
DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM REGION VI
Capitol Grounds, Bonifacio Drive, lloilo City
Tel. Nos: (0063) (033) 3375411/5093550
Telefax: (0063) (033) 3350245
Email: [email protected]
Websites: http://www.westernvisayastourism.com.ph or http://www.visitmyphilippines.com
