Sixth-graders from Washington DC Public School’s (DCPS) Excel Academy took part in various activities about Philippine culture and tradition, including an interactive Pinoy parol lantern-making tutorial for the holidays.
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Pampanga treats Filipino netizens with online Giant Christmas Lantern Festival
The Giant Lantern Festival (GLF) in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, known as the Christmas Capital of the Philippines, has gone fully digital this year to keep Filipinos safe amid the coronavirus global pandemic.
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Pampanga Christmas lanterns display heralds holiday season at CCP Manila
Pampanga’s famous Christmas lanterns are featured in the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) “Pasko 2020” online streaming of its annual lights-and-sounds show that can be enjoyed by Filipinos in the comforts of their own homes or wherever they may be.
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Disney’s video tutorial shows fans how to make Filipino Parol star lanterns
Disney’s new video tutorial is teaching fans around the globe how to create festive Filipino Parol lanterns inspired by the ones “Lola” and her grandchild made for Christmas day.
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Iloilo City’s streets light up with 1500 Christmas lanterns made by inmates
Iloilo City’s holiday festivities were heralded this year with its streets adorned and lit up by over 1,500 Parols or Christmas lanterns that were hand-made by inmates of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-Iloilo City District Jail. The holiday star lanterns were presented in the city government’s Christmas ID video released on November […]
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Pampanga transforms PHL’s biggest ferris wheel into giant Christmas lantern
Pampanga, known as a culinary hotbed and renowned as the Christmas Capital of the Philippines, has turned the country’s biggest ferris wheel into a giant “Parol” – the dazzling handcrafted Christmas lantern symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem. The Kampapangan Giant Parol Lantern, which was incorporated into the national costume of reigning MIss Universe Catriona Gray, […]
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No country celebrates Christmas the way Filipinos do
Pinoys, wherever they may be in the world, believe that the Philippines has the most Christmas spirit and here are nine reasons to prove it:
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