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  It highlights Vigan's rich culture and traditional industry. Binatbatan Festival has its origins in Vigan's abel weaving business, which existed long before the Spaniards arrived to colonize the Philippines. According to Damaso King, a well-known Vigan historian, the Viva Vigan Binatbatan Festival of the Arts, which runs from the last week of April to the first week of May, was originally the Feast of the Natives, which began on May 3, 1883. People have been gathering to the cemetery chapel named Simbaan a Bassit to hear Holy Mass and continue their devotion to Apo Lakay on Fridays and the third day of May since then. The celebration kicks out on April 27 at Calle Crisologo with the opening of the food and trade fair, abel home décor set-up, carabao painting, boklan art, tile mosaic, and concert, all under the direction of Mayor Juan Carlo S. Medina.

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