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Marlon Lazaro Antolin
Dubbed
Himala sa Buhangin, this outdoor arts and music festival is the highlight of
this year’s celebration of the La Virgen Milagrosa Festival, which is held in
honor of the province’s patroness, the provincial information office said.
Among
the festival’s highlights are the unveiling of an art installation by Leeroy
New and the presentation of the Elsa Monument, a statue honoring the character
portrayed by actress Nora Aunor in the 1982 movie “Himala.” The movie was shot
in the province’s sand dunes.
The
Paoay Interactive Sculpture Park also opens today, Saturday, as one of the
added attractions in this year’s festival, said June Arvin Gudoy, chief of the
communication and media office of the Ilocos Norte government.
Unveiled
as a national geological monument in Barangay (village) Calayab, Laoag City, on
Nov. 26, 1993, through a presidential proclamation, the Ilocos Norte sand dunes
are low-lying, elongated hills in a narrow zone that extends for about 40
kilometers from the coastline of Currimao town in the south to the coastal town
of Pasuquin in the north. Leilanie Adriano, Inquirer Northern Luzon
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