Del Pilar lantern champ in ‘Ligligan Parul’
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO–Barangay Del Pilar won the first place in this year’s world famous Giant Lantern Festival competition as the event attracted thousands of local and foreign tourists.
This year’s event, held at the Robinsons Starmills here over the weekend (December 15), was participated by 11 barangays namely Dolores, Sto. Nino, Sta. Lucia, San Jose, San Juan, Telebastagan, San Pedro, Calulut, Del Carmen, San Nicolas and eventual winner Del Pilar.
For its win, Del Pilar received P150,000 while 2nd placer Telabastagan, took home P60,000 and 3rd placer San Jose got P40,000. All the top 3 also received trophies and 2 scholarship packages each for their chosen constituents.
City Mayor Oscar Rodriguez said San Fernando is taking pride as the Christmas Capital of the Philippines as it is known for its unique century-old lantern making industry.
Our Lantern are made with utmost skill and creativity, displaying the unparalleled craftsmanship of Fernandinos, Rodriguez said.
The city is also home to the Giant Lantern Festival held every December where the world’s biggest lanterns compete to the delight of spectators and this event, a dynamic interplay of lights and colors with the rhythm of music and the grandest and most intricate designs, serves as magnet for thousands of tourists who flock to the city to experience a spectacular show, Rodriguez also said.
The mayor also said that Fernandinos have given birth to a tradition that continues to uniquely define our celebration of Christmas adding that from the modest attempt the essence of the star of Christ through sticks, papers and flickering flame, we have turned it into a gesture of grandeur–the Giant Lantern Festival.
Jecyl Estrada, 18, a native of Pangasinan but now a resident of the City of San Fernando, said, “now I understand why San Fernando is called the Lantern Capital of the Philippines.”
Estrada, a first time spectator, also said that “nakakadagdag ng pagasa sa pasko in spite of the hardship we are having now.”
Another spectator Rose Martinez, also a resident of San Fernando, said that the event was “spectacular” adding that “nakakadagdag ng saya sa pasko.”
Lantern making was traced when Augustinians friars introduced the practice of procession of patron saints.
In 1908, San Fernando started making lanterns with Francisco Estanislao as the pioneer as based from the account of David-Quiwa Family who have continued the tradition of making Giant Lantern up to the present.
But it was only in 1931 when the first lantern competition was held with Barangay Del Pilar joined with brass band music from the Banda 31 of Sasmuan town. The competition was organized in honor of Doña Aurora Aragon Quezon.
Ching Pangilinan-Gonzales, chief of the Tourism Office of San Fernando, said the giant lanterns were displayed in several countries like Japan, Taiwan, Vienna in Austria, USA, Hawaii, New York, Ireland, Russia, Thailand and many others.● Froilan E. Magtoto
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