ZAMBOANGA CITY — Some 80 traveling merchants are joining the “Baratilyo Sale” of this year’s Zamboanga Hermosa Festival, the city government said Saturday.
Traveling merchants are those who travel from one place to another to sell goods, especially during fiesta and other special occasions of a particular city, town or province.
Benjie Barredo, City Permits and Licensing Division chief, said the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival “Baratilyo Sale” is slated to be held from Sept. 29 to October 31.
The festival’s main highlight is the Oct. 12 feast day of the Our Lady of the Pillar, the most revered saint of this city.
Barredo said special business permits will be given to the merchants to do business here during the Hermosa Festival. They will be allotted a space along RT Lim Blvd.
The participating traveling merchants are from Manila, Albay, Cebu, Iloilo, Surigao, Davao, General Santos City, and Tawi-Tawi. Among the goods they sell are ready-to-wear garments, carpentry tools, and household items.
The Zamboanga Hermosa Festival is one of the grandest local celebrations that attract both domestic and foreign tourists. (R. G. Antonet Go/PNA)
