The Giant Lantern Festival is an annual event that takes place in the city of San Fernando in the Philippines in December, just before Christmas. The festival is actually a competition between the creators of giant lanterns.
Giant Lantern Festival is a yearly festival celebrated in December, on a Saturday that precedes Christmas Eve in the fabulous city of San Fernando.
Famous Giant Lantern Festival held in Pampanga, the city known as the “Christmas Capital of the Philippines”. In mid-December various lanterns or “parol” made by the local community are displayed at different locations throughout Pampanga until the end of the month. These parol are made of bamboo or steel, decorated with fibreglass or paper, and incorporate many LED lights into the design. The festival starts with a competition on the first night to judge the best parol.
The Kapampangan locals or natives call this festival as “Ligligan Parul” which is an annual festival that is being held during the Saturday before Christmas in December.
This is a century-old festival in the Philippines that started in the year 1904 but the old locals believed and as far as they can recall, that the event was inaugurated on 1904 but it was initialized or instantiated during the later years of 1908.
The first Giant Lantern Festival was to honor the current Philippine President, Manuel L. Quezon. That is because, during that time, President Quezon converted and opened the famous Mount Arayat National Park that paved the way to tourism in the City which helped the locals prosper.
Date:2018/12/15-2019/1/1
Location: Pampanga Philippines