🇵🇭 VIGAN • Raniag Electric Float Parade 2016 Blog Coverage

"I'm just happy that this event continues to survive. The event becomes grander and the quality of the electric floats is becoming better each year."

[VIGAN, ILOCOS SUR, PHILIPPINES] ► Bigueños seemed to treat this annual electric float parade seriously. I mean, every year, each entry has the balls to win. The Bigueño creativity just runs through our veins when the Raniag Twilight Festival season comes. 

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I've been watching this event since its debut and I was able to blog about it since 2011. I've seen how this event evolved through the years. Raniag Festival's Electric Float parade is always staged to stun. This has become one of the most watched parades in Vigan.

Below are some photos taken during the electric float parade on 23 October 2016. All photos were taken by Joshua del Castillo for edmaration.com.

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

[VIGAN] ► RANIAG FESTIVAL'S ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE 2016

Insights

• I've said a lot about this event since 2011. I've written my personal experiences, suggestions and reviews in my past blog posts. If you want to look back, I've included the links of the previous posts below.
• I'm just happy that this event continues to survive. The event becomes grander and the quality of the electric floats is becoming better each year.
• For tourists who usually visit our city during summer for the Binatbatan Festival (or the Viva Vigan Festival of the Arts), I am confident enough to recommend this event for you as the best alternative for the crowded May festivals. I have strong guts that this won't disappoint first-time (and even old) watchers—truly a Vigan must-see.

The Electric Float Parade is one of the events staged for the annual week-long Raniag Twilight Festival. | end |

RANIAG ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE THROUGH THE YEARS

► My Coverage Timeline | 2016 | ▼ 2015

[VIGAN] ► Blog Coverage: 133 Photos from Raniag Electric FLoat Parade 2015 + Insights

TEASER ▬ Festival dancers dressed themselves with both luminescence and heat-based light. They have to stand out in the dark—that is the very essence of this artful cultural event.

| ▼ 2013

[VIGAN] ► Raniag Twilight Festival 2013: Float Parade - Photo Coverage

TEASER ▬ The Raniag Float Parade is one of the highlights of the week-long Raniag Twilight Festival in Vigan.

| ▼ 2011

[VIGAN] ► Raniag Twilight Festival: A Bright Halloween

TEASER ▬ Although many have embraced a child-friendly concept, still many of the participants have created floats which are not so child-friendly and these include witches, zombies, aswang, kapre and other malignos.

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23 OCTOBER 2016: ELECTRIC FLOAT PARADE
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[1] This post was filed under the category "Customs and Traditions" There is a section below where you can see other related posts from this category.

[2] All maps I used on this post are from Google Maps.

[3] All photos are mine.

[4] The insights, condition and name of places or properties I mentioned here are based on the facts and situation on the day of my visit. Take note that you may have a different experience when you try or see the properties or places mentioned here. Names of places and properties may also change by time so it's not my responsibility to update all the information on this blog because once published, I already consider it an archive and I won't update my narratives because I want them to become my references of what have happened in the past. I'm very particular of the dates because I want my amazing readers to understand that I am writing stories based on my perspective and insights on the day of my visit. You can see dates almost everywhere on this blog. Exempted from this rule are my travel guide posts that need to be updated.

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