by Gerald
(Alicia,Isabela,Philippines)
Pagay is the first festival to be ever established in the history of Alicia. The thanksgiving of the people and love for celebration were the bases for creating the fiesta which will serve as Alicia’s cultural identity that will surely recognize Alicia and will promote pagay, the municipality’s largest agricultural product.
Pagay is an ilocano term for rice, the primary trade mark and livelihood economy of Alicia. From this word, Pagay Festival was made.