Giant Lantern Festival
giant lantern festival kapampangan ligligan parul annual festival held middecember city san fernando philippine festival feature competition giant parol lantern popularity festival city nicknamed christmas capital philippine central luzon television festival official television partner since san fernando lantern industry evolved giant lantern festival san fernando festival held every december find root bacolor much simpler activity held following transfer provincial capital bacolor san fernando august lantern event followed well ligligan parul said started san fernando others believe ligligan parul began predecessor modernday giant lantern festival actually religious activity know today “lubenas” lantern measured two foot diameter far cry fifteen foot lantern seen today festival created barrio bamboo locally available material nineday novena christmas coincided simbang gabi december paruls brought around barrio procession visita midnight mass christmas eve lantern brought town church together barrio patron tradition gradually evolved lantern became bigger design became intricate later one big lantern made barrio created cooperative effort resident contributed construction concept design material labor end lantern became symbol unity barrio electricity introduced san fernando lantern thus sparking birth first giant lantern festival added illusion dancing light highlighted bright color intricate design giant lantern time light controlled individual switch turned following beat music barangays del pilar santa lucia san jose among first barangays participate festival first lantern festival held honor president manuel l quezon time quezon made arayat rest area converted mount arayat tourist resort show gratitude quezon people san fernando held christmas lantern contest honor first family quezon donated prize lantern contest personally awarded winner first lady aurora aragon quezon cancelled martial law declared year followed innovation introduced giant lantern colored plastic replaced traditional papel de hapon use colored plastic continue wherein fiberglass handmade paper lantern make first appearance large steel barrel called rotor also substituted handcontrolled switch manipulate light lantern grown size approximately foot today illuminated light bulb festival almost postponed due cataclysmic mount pinatubo eruption festival venue paskuhan village festival held bren z guiao convention center venue moved sm city pampanga present day venue robinson starmills brgy calulut brgy del carmen made inaugural competition appearance brgys sindalan pandaras also joined competition first time december brgy dolores achieved grand slam champion three competitive year followed brgy calulut brgy sindalan st nd runner number light limited light bulb giant lantern participant december brgy dolores year competition fourth time followed brgy san jose brgy del pilar st nd runner also brgy del rosario joined competition first time brgy dolores participate year winning halloffame year previously also participating barangays returned competition san pedro sto nino del carmen first time history femalelead lantern maker brgy san jose competed festival december brgy telabastagan competition year followed brgy san jose firstrunner brgy san juan secondrunner brgy san nicolas placed thirdrunner december brgy santa lucia emerged winner competition followed brgy calulut winning first runnerup brgy del pilar nd runnerup brgy sindalan getting final position rd runnerup barangays entered competition year making biggest celebration since competition proper canceled instead presented exhibition due covid virus year barangays joined festival brgy santa lucia brgy san juan presented new lantern design year smart gave prize top winner smartxglf popularity award social medium vote brgy san juan brgy telabastagan brgy santa lucia top three favorite respectively giant lantern festival competition returned well return brgy del pilar dolores pandaras december brgy san juan emerged winner competition marking first championship brgy telabastagan brgy santa lucia hailed st runner nd runner festival held last december also marking comeback barangay san jose festival lineup since last participation barangay telabastagan first prize followed barangays san nicolas san juan winning second third prize respectively show wheres waldo wally wenda went san fernando pampanga festival featured various show biyahe ni drew kapuso mo jessica soho christmas philippine san pedro cutud lenten rite city san fernando pampanga giant lantern facebook community page video barangay sumali sa taunang giant lantern festival sa pampanga