Sigay Festival
Binmaley, Pangasinan
Binmaley Pangasinan dubbed as the “Seafood Capital of
the North”, the town holds a grand fiesta named as the SIGAY FESTIVAL and it is now on it fourth celebration since on the year 2010.
The Sigay Festival is a one week celebration from January 15 to
February 2 which will give tribute to the aquaculture industry of the
town, which is the number one source livelihood of the community of
Binmaley. Sigay is a Pangasinan dialect word which means to harvest.
Since Binmaley is positioned as the Seafood Capital of the North, it is apt to
name the festival SIGAY to bring in the positive spirit of harvest. In
fact, Binmaley, has produces milkfish, malaga (siganid) and prawns from
fishponds and has catapulted itself as the “Fishbowl of Pangasinan“,
after years of hardwork by local fish farmers.
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