Panag-Abuos Festival
Banna, Ilocos Norte
Panag-Abuos Festival is located in Banna, Ilocos Norte, celebrated every 1st to 3rd of April. The art of ant harvesting is shown in a dance parade around town. "Abuos" is an exotic delicacy of the residents. This event coincides with their town fiesta.
Panag-Abuos Festival News
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Ilocos Town Adopts Panagabuos As Annual Festival
Residents of this town in the eastern part of the province has embarked the promotion of collecting an exotic food known as "panagabuos" by adopting it as an annual festival every month of April.
"Panagabuos" is an Ilokano term for gathering the eggs of weaver ants from its hanged oval ??" shaped shelter made ??" out of the leaves of a tree that abundantly sprouts in the last quarter of the year until summer season.
The harvested eggs of the weaver ants is called in Ilokano term as "buos," a protein ??" rich exotic food that can be cooked as adobo or sinigang and an ingredient for pizza ... -
Weaver Ants Highlight Panag Abuos Festival In Ilocos Norte Town
Young boys and girls dressed like weaver ants dancing to rhythmic music will be the apple of the eye in this year's Panag Abuos festival on Saturday, April 5.
Over the past 10 years, this town's festival has been attracting domestic and foreign tourists because of its exotic delicacies prepared by local residents during the town fiesta.
Banna town, a fourth class municipality in the northeastern part of Ilocos Norte, is known as the home of weaver ants, locally known as abuos. During the summer season, these little creatures spawn eggs which are then cook into exotic delicacies, craved b ... -
Trip Na Trip Panag Abuos Festival Banna Ilocos Norte
Trip Na Trip in Panag Abuos Festival Episode of Banna, Ilocos Norte with Franzen Fajardo.