Sillag Poro Point Festival of Lights

Running on it’s 3rd year, the Sillag Poro Point Festival of Lights kick-off last night, March 7,2014 with the release of the new and improved Hope Lanterns.

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The Hope Lantern Ceremony symbolizes hope and wishes of attendees fir a better life, health, love and wealth. Releasing the lanterns also signifies Poro Point La Union’s dream to become a major tourism and business destination in the Philippines.

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Poro Point Freeport Zone is located at San Fernando La Union and is part of the properties being managed by the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA). It is also the country’s gateway in Northern Luzon with the San Fernando International Seaport and San Fernando Airport. PPFZ also has a 6 hectare lighthouse property vital to the Integrated Tourism Complex. I will tell you more of this fabulous destination in another post. Meanwhile enjoy this 30secondvideo clip of the Sillag2014 Hope Lantern release which kooks way so much beautiful and mezmerizing in person than a video and photo can capture.

I love that instead of the usual paper lanterns with candles inside, they made balloons with LED lights inside so as not to be fire hazard when it explodes or lands somewhere out there! Haha. The balloons look actually nicer when up in the sky as the led lights twinkle they look like stars. Love!

Day 2 of Sillag featured streetdance compwtition, fluvial parade, pyromusical and free concert by Rocksteady.

Fluvial Parade

Sillag 2014 fluvial parade

Streetdance Competition with dancers andbprops adorned with lights.

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Pyromusical

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What I think of Sillag?

Sillag is Ilocano word which means moonbeam or illumination from the moon. The festival is jointly organized by the Poro Point Management Corporation and the Bases Conversion and BCDA, Province of La Union and Thunderbird Pilipinas Hotels and Resorts.

The festival is still young and I think it has a lot of amazing potential. Thwre’s a lot room for improvement to make it bigger and better.

This Sillag 2014 gathered around 10,000 attendees and hopefully by next year there will be more as there will be a great improvement with roads and development for business and tourism jn the area.

I can’t wait for next year! I hope to see all of you there next time.

Stay gorgeous everyone!

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