Dapil Festival 2019

Dapil Festival is Bangued Municipality’s way of celebrating fiesta. This is centered on one of Abra’s main agricultural products, the sugarcane. Dapil is derive ... d from the word “Dadapilan”, an equipment used in extracting the sugarcane juice that can be done through a conventional or modern method. With the old type, they use the service of a Carabao to pull the wooden dapil to rotate clockwise, while the farmer is inserting the sugarcane stems to be pressed. The juice flows down as they collect it into a big pot or “Silyasi”. When they have collected enough, they heat it through the fire. The heat varies depending on what product you want to achieve. Slight heating is necessary for making “Basi” or the wine followed by “Suka” or vinegar. Molasses is also a by-product of sugarcane. The use of traditional type of dapil is getting rare nowadays, since modern machines are much more convenient. This pushes the Administration of Hon. Dominic B. Valera, together with the help of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member Joy Valera-Bernos before, now the Governor of Abra, realize and mark the birth of the DAPIL FESTIVAL. The Dapil Festival started last February 2008 and is now bringing its 7th Season this year, with the theme, “A Vision of Excellence, A Tradition of One Bangued.” The festival features trade fair of sugarcane products and other agri-based items, beauty pageant, parades, and cultural shows and the like. The Festival is a four-day celebration that takes place from 20th to 23rd day of February every year. The festival aims to bring back the essence of “Panagdapil” as a convention of excellence that delineates the richness of the culture and tradition of the People of Bangued. See More