Sinait Garlic Festival
Sinait Garlic Festival is being held from May 1 to 3 which showcase the talent, ingenuity and hard work of Ilocano farmers in a form of various competitions. Part of the objective of this festival is to encourage Ilocano farmers to mass produce high quality garlic using modern technology. The birth of this festival in year 2000 was made possible by Governor Savellano and Mayor Yabes after witnessing the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, USA renowned as the Garlic Capital of the World.
The Garlic Festival also provides various competitions that display the remarkable talents of Ilocos Sur farmers on garlic cooking and artistic presentation that includes root trimming, cleaning and bundling. An added feature is the Search for the Most Beautiful Cow and Carabao, which aims to recognize the superior indigenous livestock breed, raises by backyard farmers and encourage improvement of animal breeding.
The cooking contest encourages friendly bonding among participating non-government organizations, elementary and high school students and teachers as well as culinary experts while in the process of showing their culinary expertise in preparing and cooking delectable meals using the calorie and protein rich garlic as main ingredient.
The post harvest competition on Ordinary Garlic Bundling and Most Artistic Presentation will highlights the versatility of Sinait farmers and visitors.
The Festival is usually held at the grounds of the
The province-wide cooking contest is also held side-by-side with the Search for the Biggest Garlic Bulb and Garlic Bundling, whose categories include Longest Twined Garlic, Creative Bundling, and Bundling Competition which also allows tourist participation.
May 3 is the festival’s grand closing day with the celebration being started by a holy mass early in the morning. The much awaited Search for the Most Beautiful Cow and Carabao is also a major highlight. The criteria include general appearance, head and neck, forequarter, body and hindquarter of the animal breed.
A Marching Band Exhibition and Competition is usually held in the afternoon while the Search for Sinait Garlic Festival Queen is a must-see event in the evening. The Festival is capped by fireworks display before midnight.
September 02 2008 12:23 pm | Festivals and Garlic and Ilocos Sur
