This year, I found a new way to celebrate my heritage through parols, colorful star-shaped lanterns. By Matt Yan When I was a kid, Christmas at our house always looked like a Hallmark movie ...

The parol represents the creativity of Filipinos and is one of the best known Philippine expressions of the Christmas spirit. For 63-year-old Josefina Ang or “Manang Josie” to her friends ...

As the "Ber months" usher in the festive season, the town of Pili in Camarines Sur anticipates the arrival of Christmas eagerly, marked by the creation of traditional parols by 71-year-old Tatay Cesar ...

Christmas lanterns shaped like stars are commonly seen all over the Philippines, but those inspired by fishes? Only in Pampanga. On Wednesday’s “24 Oras,” Kuya Kim said these lanterns known as asan ...

Headed by Johnson Bernardo of the AHP Organizing Committee, local artisans were sought and encouraged to create Christmas lanterns using indigenous and organic materials. The parols were then made ...

According to him, the designers used “the most amazing parols” they could find as inspiration to communicate the Filipino department store chain’s Christmas message. “For us, it’s very ...

Here in Australia, acquiring or buying a parol is not as abundant as to Christmas trees and Christmas lights. Filipino have to either import them or make them. The Filipino Sports Arts ...