Annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Manaoag. Known to local pilgrims / tourists as miraculous, the Virgin's image has become one of Manaoag's main attractions. Pilgrims' vehicles are blessed every Saturday.

The Festival

Every 2nd week of April in Pangasinan, the annual crusade to the Manaoag Pilgrimage is held at the Shrine of Our Lady of Manaoag, celebrated in honor of the Virgin of Manaoag. It is also a tradition that every Saturday, vehicles of pilgrims, great and small, are baptized.
At the event of the celebration, pilgrims flock to the shrine of the Nuestra SeÒora de Manaoag, the patron of the sick, needy, and helpless. It is believed that her image is miraculous, and her appearance is compassionate, and captivatingly radiating. Her miracles are countless and continues to progress up to the present times. Devotees request for masses be held for their favor at her shrine, or candles be lit before her, and others send flowers, decorating the throne, even provide cloak for the image to wear. People everywhere pay visits to her shrine throughout the year and every May and April, the number of devotees multiplies to a large volume, making the shrine a true pilgrimage site. Through this, devotees offer her prayers expressing gratitute for everything they received at her intercession, asking for another favor, or just to honor her.

Origin
The patron of Manaoag is covered with mystical enchantment as her loving, compassionate face. People say that the town itself is named after the Virginís call, and so coining the term ìtaoagî, as to call, was named to the town. Story has it that one day, the mysterious voice of the Virgin Lady is heard calling by a young man and looked around. With his awe and amazement, he fell on his knees as he saw the Lady in brilliant light, holding a rosary on her right hand, and on the left, a child, standing on a cloud atop a tree.
He told the people about the apparition, and soon, to exactly the same spot, a church was built, thus earning the name ìManaoagî.

History
It is the year of 1926, April 21st, the image was crowned by the Papal Nuncio, and on the Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1951.
In 1976, Manaoag received a flock of devotees who are expected to be an addition to the large number of believers of the Virgin Lady in her Golden Jubilee celebration.