The city of Vigan has it's own way of making the Halloween fun and exciting and this defines the Raniag Twilight Festival. This festival has the goal to make Halloween season in Vigan bright and happy.

Raniag is an Ilocano term for "light" or "brightness." This festival showcases the creativity of the Ilocanos by creating wonderful Halloween costumes that are not limited to ghosts.

There is also a float parade and every float must have a "glare" or a notable brightness that will enlighten the night of the souls. It happens every last week of October just prior to Halloween.

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The man was so courageous lying down a real coffin! It was Halloween in the city of Vigan in Ilocos Sur, Philippines where I was able to capture a zombi-ed body of a fictional name Jaime Ampatuan.

Well in the Philippines, the name "Ampatuan" is always associated to violence because it is a political name in the Islamic province of Maguindanao, Philippines who brought shame in the Philippines in the face of global community when they allegedly forced the killing of more than 50 mediamen and other civilians because of their clamor to stay in political power.

Anyway, the name Jaime Ampatuan is just fictional. This was in fact during the Vigan Twilight Festival happening every Halloween in Vigan City where the creatures of the underworld are the stars of the night. The man was so courageous lying down a real coffin!

Culture Ilocos Sur