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Pampanga's Giant Lantern Festival ‘Ligligang Parul’ 2022 is Back!
The lantern festival in Pampanga is making a giant comeback on December 17!
By: Kriszel T. Rago | December 06, 2022
The most-awaited lantern festival in Pampanga is making a giant comeback this December 2022!
Images: Pampanga PIO (L); The Orchid Garden Resorts Complex (R) Facebook pages
Lanterns, a colorful ornament crafted with love and passion and one of the country’s epitome of the Christmas season, symbolize light and hope among Filipinos—this is what San Fernando, Pampanga is most known for. And every year, celebrating Christmas isn’t complete without its most prominent and brightest Giant Lantern Festival in Pampanga.
This year, San Fernando, Pampanga, the Christmas Capital of the Philippines, celebrates the 114th anniversary of the Giant Lantern Festival! Plus, after two years of waiting, the Giant Lantern Festival’s ‘Ligligang Parul’ (Lantern Competition) will make a grand comeback on December 17, 2022, at Robinsons Starmills.
Bonus! Winners of this Pampanga festival competition will be announced on the same night, while nightly exhibitions, which are open to the public, will run from December 18, 2022, to January 1, 2023. No tickets are needed.
The winning giant lanterns were made by Barangay Dolores - the grand winner; Barangay San Jose - 1st runner-up; and Barangay Del Pilar - 2nd runner-up during the Giant Lantern Festival 2017.
Images: Giant Lantern Festivals Facebook page
For the previous years, 2020 and 2021, the Ligligang Parul was put off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, seven barangays and lantern makers: Telabastagan, San Juan, Bulaon, Sta. Lucia, Calulut, Sto. Niño and San Nicolas still made and exhibited their crafts to continue the festival's tradition.
In this year’s Giant Lantern Festival, more barangays and lantern makers are participating and might have a chance to win PhP300,000, PhP200,000, and PhP100,000—prizes for the top three best lanterns. The competition is tight as Barangay Dolores, the grand champion of the Giant Lantern Festival from years 2014 to 2017, is rejoining the competition.
Participating barangays and lantern makers are as follows:
● Florante Parilla for Barangay Bulaon;
● Teddy Aguilar for Barangay Calulut;
● Efren Tiodin for Barangay Del Pilar;
● Marcelino Ambrocio for Barangay Dolores;
● Rolando Ambrocio for Barangay Pandaras;
● Mark Niño Flores for Barangay San Juan;
● Edmar David for Barangay San Nicolas;
● Byron Bondoc for Barangay Sta.Lucia;
● Engelbert Bondoc for Barangay Sto.Niño; and,
● Arnel Flores for Barangay Telabastagan.
What’s more? Jolly Christmas attractions and displays await!
This year’s SM City Pampanga’s Christmas display with a Giant Toyland Christmas Centerpiece and a 30-foot-tall Christmas tree.
Images: CSFP City Information Office Facebook page
Aside from the most-awaited Giant Lantern Festival in Pampanga, there are other Christmas attractions and displays you may visit around the province. As you shop around the city with your kids or even kids-at-heart, check out this kid-friendly themed display at SM City Pampanga featuring a giant toy land and a 30-foot-tall Christmas tree.
Guests enjoy the faux snow at the Christmas village and take pictures with park staff dressed as Disney princesses.
Images: The Orchid Garden Resorts Complex Facebook page
Christmas is definitely in the air as you visit The Orchid Garden Resorts Complex’s Night of Lights: The Sound of Colors at Lazatin Blvd., San Juan, San Fernando, Pampanga. Take pictures with your favorite Disney princesses, Santa Claus, and other mascots, and watch the enchanting symphony of lights and musical performances as you visit this Christmas village.
The Orchid Garden Resorts Complex’s Night of Lights: The Sound of Colors is open daily from 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM. The entrance fee is PhP50 per head, and kids one year old and below are free of charge. Bonus! You can bring your furbabies as long as they're vaccinated and should wear diapers.
Celebrate the most joyous time of the year by feeding your eyes with blinding lights and experiencing the brightest and grandest Giant Lantern Festival in Pampanga.
Visit Yoorekka Magazine for more joyous spots and tourist attractions in Pampanga and Central Luzon this holiday season!
Stay safe as you travel! Make sure to follow social distancing protocols and observe health precautions. For now, keep safe!
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About Kriszel T. Rago
Kriszel is a writer, an aspiring multimedia journalist, and a strong-willed, pierced & inked modern-day kikay tita. As a former iskolar ng bayan–still one at heart, Kriszel is passionate about social issues and everything under the sun. She loves to read, watch documentaries, thriller-mystery series, and anime, cook for her loved ones, and play Valorant & Mobile Legends with friends. Kriszel dreams of being a multiple degree holder and traveling to every province in the Philippines.
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