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All set for Giant Lantern Festival in Pampanga on Dec. 17
- Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=12&rid=948072
- Tuesday, December 13, 2016
- (PNA), LAP/ZST/FEM
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Dec. 13 (PNA) -- It's all systems go for this year's Giant Lantern Festival at the Robinsons Starmills here on December 17.
Dubbed as "Ligligan Parul", 10 villages from this city will vie for the annual competition that is expected to attract thousands of local and foreign tourists.
This year's participating barangays are Calulut, Del Pilar, Dolores, San Juan, San Nicolas, San Jose, Sto. Nino, Sta. Lucia, Sindalan and Telabastagan.
After the competition night, the giant lanterns will be on exhibit at Robinsons Starmills on Dec. 18-21 and Dec. 25-Jan. 1, 2017.
The giant lanterns will also be displayed at Essel Park, Barangay Telabastagan here on Dec. 22, Greenfields Subdivision in Barangay Sindalan (Dec. 23) and in Poblacion (Dec. 24).
A special lantern exhibition of the giant lanterns will also be held at the Marque Mall, Angeles City on Dec. 29-30.
Since 2008, Robinsons Starmills mall has played host to the annual giant lantern festival organized by the city government
The festival was believed to have started in 1931 in honor of the late First Lady Aurora Aragon Quezon.