The City of San Fernando, Pampanga — the Christmas Capital of the Philippines — staged the Giant Lantern Festival (Ligligan Parul) 2015 on December 19, 2015 at Robinsons Starmills. Eleven barangays competed with giant lanterns about 20 feet in diameter, each one a moving kaleidoscope of thousands of bulbs controlled by hand-built rotors that sync the lights to music. The giant parul tradition, which began as a religious procession in the early 1900s, has grown into the country’s most spectacular Christmas event, drawing huge crowds to San Fernando every December. These photos are from the Giant Lantern Festival 2015.
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Giant Lantern Festival 2015
