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The Giant Lantern Festival (Kapampangan: Ligligan Parul) is an annual festival held in mid-December in the City of San Fernando in the Philippines. The festival features a competition of giant parol lanterns. Because of the popularity of the festival, the city has been nicknamed the "Christmas Capital of the Philippines".
Behind the carriage is a giant intricately-designed lantern (which is the origin of the Giant Lantern Festival). This giant lantern can take any form. [13] [14] In 1933, the giant lantern of Bgy. Del Pilar was reputedly built in the image of King Kong. [4]
Popularly known as the "Christmas Capital of the Philippines", the city holds the annual Giant Lantern Festival every December where large parol are displayed in competition. CNN has hailed the city as 'Asia's Christmas capital.' [5] It is one of the two provincial capital cities named San Fernando, the other being San Fernando, La Union in ...
Throngs welcomed the Lantern Festival in cities across the world’s second most populous country with 1.4 billion people. Beijing hosted a slew of lantern festival events across the city.
On May 27, 2023, the City of San Fernando Giant Lantern and Tourist Information Center was inaugurated by Mayor Edwin Santiago as testament to Kapampangan heritage and realization of SFP as Home of the Giant Lanterns. The center’s lantern heritage exhibits are curated by Raphaelle Kalaw and Tourism officer Ma.
Well-known annual events include the Giant Lantern Festival in December, the hot air balloon festival in Clarkfield in February and in Lubao in April, the San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites celebrated two days before Easter, and the Aguman Sanduk in Minalin celebrated on the afternoon of New Year's Day.
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Bay City, Metro Manila: The Grand Festival of Lights Parade. Annual Christmas parade staged by SM Mall of Asia, on each Saturday evening leading up to Christmas. [2] San Fernando: Giant Lantern Parade. Part of the annual Giant Lantern Festival.