Giant Lantern Festival

Ligligang Parol or the Giant Lantern Festival is an annual event held during Christmas season at San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines. These lanterns, measuring 20 feet in height, were designed and created by nine competing barangays (villages). Made from fiberglass, colored cellophanes or papers and 3000 - 5000 light bulbs, they were run with the use of rotors (barrels). The criteria for judging were creativity, synchronized lights and sound, and uniqueness making the winning lantern stand out. This year's winners were Sta. Lucia (1st place), Dolores (2nd place), and San Nicolas (3rd place).

With this celebrated occasion, the province of Pampanga became famous in lantern-making and therefore named as the Christmas Capital of the Philippines. 

Another famous in Pampanga is its mouth-watering delicacies. One can bring home the best "pasalubong" from the following specialty shops:

Susie's Cuisine

Tibuk-Tibuk - made from carabao's mik

Cassava Cake

Moche

Pancit Luglug (Pansit Palabok)

Puto

Moist Chocolate Cake

Nataniel's

Frozen Buko Pandan

Puto Pao

Siomai

With an event worth watching and food worth savoring, one will definitely be back for more!