At Christmas, Filipinos traditionally display a star-shaped lantern called a parol in their window or outside their home. But that can be pricey, so some locals get creative.

To the question of whether lantern-making is a business or a hobby for him, Roland Quiambao takes only a second to reflect on his answer. “It’s life,” says the four-time Ligligan Parol ...

Las Piñas City, known for its parol-making tradition for decades, celebrated the 19th Las Piñas Parol Festival & 15th Street Dance Competition, with the Villar Foundation leading the festivities ...

Disheartened, I gave up. I thought that making my own parol would bring me closer to my heritage, that it could celebrate not just the Christmas season but my efforts to embrace a part of myself.

"When we were kids, my brothers and I would play with our toy trucks and attach our own parol drawings on cardboard, simulating the position the way the real arrangements of actual giant lantern ...

Many Filipino homes hang a star-shaped decoration for Christmas called a “parol”, from simple ones made of paper to elaborate modern ones with bright blinking lights.

THE Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Office 3 (DPWH-3) launched its Christmas celebration with a parol-making contest where divisions, including the Office of the Regional Director ...

On his 50th year of making parols, he was awarded by the local government as the “Golden Man of Parol – San Fernando.” Runs in the blood Parols have been around the country since the 1900s.

LA parol festival spotlights Filipino culture during the holidays Philippine parols for sale at the 2nd annual Eagle Rock Parol Festival on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Los Angeles.

The original parol should be made of recycled endemic materials such as bamboo, paper and coconut palm to representing the unique traditions of the SUCs.

For Filipino-Australian Sharon Miguel-Cranston, learning how to make the Parol brought back memories from her childhood in the Philippines.