When you start your Ilocos Norte adventure, you are most likely to start in Laoag. It’s the capital of Ilocos Norte and the hub of everything Ilocano. Just go to Museo Ilocos Norte and you’ll see. The region’s main offices and universities are also located here. World-famous sights such as Pagudpud, Paoay and Vigan are less than an hour’s journey away.
Ilocos
Norte is a coastal province so different colors of sand can be found
here — the blackest of black in Laoag, the brown sands in Currimao, the white sands in Pagudpud. Some parts in Pagudpud are also lined with a rocky shore.
Ilocos Norte is located on the northernmost edge of western Luzon.
Its boundaries are formed by the Babuyan Channel on the north and its
sister province, Ilocos Norte, on the south. To the west are the
tribulent waters of the South China Sea, while the eastern borders are
formed by part of the Cagayan Valley, Abra and the Mountain Province. A
well-paved coastal highway connects the province with the rest of the
country.
Ilocos Norte was made a separate province in 1818.
Agriculture
is the main source of livelihood in the province, all lands for
cultivation can be planted with rice, corn, garlic, onion, sugarcane,
tobacco, and cotton. Ilocos Norte is also noted for its various cottage
industries, among which are cloth weaving, pottery-making,
blacksmithing, woodcarving and furniture making.
Its ethnic population is overwhelmingly Ilocano.
The
province is noted for being the birthplace of former Philippine
President Ferdinand E. Marcos, who led an authoritarian rule over the
country during the later half of his incumbency.
Let me show you the proof:
Its the Marcos Museum and Mausoleum in Batac, Ilocos Norte which
showcases memorabilia of the late Philippines President Ferdinand E.
Marcos and a large stately and gloomy tomb housing his embalmed remains
which are contained in a vacuum-sealed glass coffin. Within the property
of the Marcos family is a cluster of three houses and the hallowed
grounds of the mausoleum. The Museum is the first structure seen from
the main street and is the one which follows the lines of a colonial
wood-and-brick house, with solid ground floor walls and an upper storey
of wood decorated with floral motifs. The Mausoleum is a cube of adobe
blocks and is stepped towards the top of the structure. The dark
interior is divided into an entry foyer in which are exhibited old
English standards and a bust of the former president.
Getting to know Ferdinand Marcos:
Ferdinand Edralín Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was
the tenth president of the Philippines, serving from 1965 to 1986. In
1972, he instituted an authoritarian regime that allowed him to stay in
power until lifting it in 1981. He was elected the same year to another
full term which was marred by personal health issues, political
mismanagement and human rights violations by the military. In 1986, he
was re-elected for the fourth time in a disputed snap election. As a
result, that same year he was removed from office peacefully by the
"People Power" EDSA Revolution. He has the distinction of being the last
Senate President to be elected to the presidency and being the first
president to be elected to two consecutive full terms.
And we mustn’t forget the flavors of Ilocos, one of the more well-known types of Filipino cuisine.
- Ilocanos love matching bagoong (fish paste) with just about anything, using souring agents such as native palm vinegar.
- They also have a penchant for bitter things like veggies and papaitan.
- Few of the dishes you shouldn’t miss: pinakbet, igado, dinakdakan, and poqui-poqui.
- They love pork too. Proof—the deep-fried pork belly called bagnet and the native sausage, longganisa.
http://worldtourist.us/ilocosnorte/laoag.html
http://itsmorefuninthephilippines.com/ilocos-norte/
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