Lakwatserong Tsinelas: WORLD HERITAGE

The pastel-colored neo-classical buildings, creating a distinct Mediterranean atmosphere have been a constant sight for us. We were at the Senado Square (Largo do Senado), a portion of the UNESCO Historic Center of Macau World Heritage, a widely-known tourist attraction and the gateway to other equally important landmarks of historical, religious and cultural significance in the country.

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It appears like a stairway to heaven. A citadel stands at an elevation reached by this imposing flight of steps. My first sight of the grand buttresses and the façade led me to easily conclude - This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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A time machine is not that easy to invent. And even teleporting is not scientifically proven unless anyone here has done an extensive research to refute my point.

Calle Crisologo of Vigan City is the epitome of the so-called traveling-back-in-time scenario. The street is aligned by Spanish ancestral houses, of azoteas in varying Spanish, Mexican and Chinese architectural styles, and ancient tile roofs as façade, complemented by cobble-stoned pavements.

Truly, apt to be called The Vigan Heritage Village.

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The quirky names whose recipes have been passed on from one generation to another makes an intriguing culinary discovery.

Vigan City is one of the Hispanic settlements in the Philippines. Apart from the architectural landscape greatly influenced by the Spaniards and even the early Chinese settlers on account of the Galleon Trade, Ilocano cuisine is more than a scintilla of evidence to prove the city’s origin.

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Traditional crafts and folk arts in the form of fabrics and jars is a testament of the rich cultural heritage preserved in the City of Vigan.

A pagburnayan (pottery barn) has produced a national artist in the city of Vigan and export quality fabrics were produced by the loom weavers. We were fortunate to have personally witnessed how these traditional crafts came into existence.

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The rural landscape summoned me. And I entered my appearance.

The horse-drawn carriages lined up in front of the cathedral while the busy thoroughfare across with aligned fast food chains and other commercial establishments tended their own world, and some people gathered in the plazas. That was an ordinary scenario of the only heritage city in the Philippines yet a timeless charm that speaks hundredfold story.

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