Giant Lantern Festival
Annual festival in Pampanga, Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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".
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Giant Lantern Festival | |
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Official name | Ligligan Parul |
Also called | Giant Parols Festival |
Observed by | City of San Fernando, Pampanga |
Type | Cultural |
Significance | Celebrates the start of the Christmas season in the Philippines |
Observances | Holiday |
Begins | December 17, 2024 |
Ends | January 1, 2025 |
Date | In 11 months |
Frequency | Annual |
Related to | Christmas in the Philippines |
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Central Luzon Television is the festival's official television partner since 2008.