1. Region I – Ilocos Region

2. Northwest Coast of Luzon

3. Provinces - coastal

4. Capitals Laoag City (regional center) – Ilocos Norte Vigan City (regional center) – Ilocos Sur San Fernando City (regional center) – La Union Lingayen City - Pangasinan

5. People Ilocanos – industrious and thrifty Ilocano – major dialect in Ilocos Panggalatok – major dialect in Pangasinan

6. Can you speak Ilocano? al-alia – ghost agwatwat – exercise agiw-iwa-iti-mangga – slicing a mango Agsalsala ti tukak. – The frog is dancing. Annay! – Ouch!

7. Ilocano Proverbs Ti táo nga mannaríta, awán ti ania nga magapuánanna. A man that talks too much accomplishes little. Ti agmúla, agápit. He who sows, reaps. Yánud ti danúm ti matmatúrog nga udáng. A sleeping lobster is carried away by the current.

8. Famous Figures Juan Luna – painter – known for Spoliarium Gregorio Aglipay – leader of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Philippine Independent Church / Aglipayan Church) Elpidio Quirino, Ferdinand Marcos, Fidel Ramos – former Presidents Fidel Go – famous pot-maker from Vigan

9. Juan Luna Shrine, Ilocos

10. Spoliarium

11. Gregorio Aglipay

12. Elpidio Quirino

13. Marcos proclaimed Martial Law in Sept. 1972.

14. Marcos Museum, Ilocos Norte

15. Fidel Ramos

16. My family with Pres. Ramos

17. Fidel Go with Burnay Pot

18. Climate Two seasons: dry from October to April wet from May to September Weather – usually mild Cordillera – blocks rains so less rainfall reaches plains

19. Products and Industries Agriculture – people are mostly farmers Salt making, fish sauce, basi (wine from sugarcane) Handicrafts from bamboo and shells Sugarcane, tobacco, rice Maguey – to make cotton or string Abel Iloko (cloth), Burnay pot making

20. Salt Making

21. Commercial Salt Making

22. Fish Sauce in Burnay Jars

23. Basi

24. Bamboo bank (with Ilocano word in alibata)

25. Bamboo Hat

26. Shell Crafts

27. Maguey (Plant)

28. Maguey Products – inspected by Ilocos govt officials

29. Abel Iloko – textile of cotton & natural fiber

30. Abel Iloko dress

31. Abel Iloko loom

32. Burnay Pot Making

33. Beautiful Places in Ilocos Norte Balay ti Amianan (House of the North) – house of former President Marcos (Malacañang of the North) Paoay Lake & Resort Fort Ilocandia Resort Hotel Paoay Church Bacarra Church Sta. Monica Church White Beach, Pagudpud

34. Balay ti Amianan

35. Inside Marcos’s House

36. Paoay Lake

37. Fort Ilocandia Resort Hotel

38. Statue at Fort Ilocandia

39. Paoay Church

40. Bacarra Church

41. Sta. Monica Church

42. White Beach

43. Famous Spots in Ilocos Sur Tirad Pass – defended by Gen. Gregorio del Pilar against the US (he died there) Heritage City of Vigan – example of Spanish architecture

44. Gregorio del Pilar

45. Tirad Pass

46. Example of Vigan House

47. Beautiful Places in Pangasinan Hundred Islands Lingayen Gulf Limahong Channel Isla Santiago Pangasinan – Gateway to the North

48. Hundred Islands

49. US Forces at Lingayen Gulf in World War 2

50. Isla Santiago

51. Tourist Spots in La Union Lots of beautiful beaches, like Agoo Beach

52. Agoo Beach

53. Sunset at the Beach

54. Problems and Solutions Limited land and long dry season – difficult to grow crops easily Northern part of Ilocos Norte – still hit by lots of typhoons, because of southwest monsoon Government can give financial help to farmers if crops are not abundant, also to people whose houses are destroyed by typhoons

55. Thank you for listening!