Within seconds on Saturday night, images of stars, fans, musical notes, bird wings, angels, trumpets and the flag of the Philippines flashed in bright colors, wowing the crowd that gathered in a shopping mall complex in this Pampanga capital for this year’s Giant Lantern Festival.
As the tradition of making giant Christmas lanterns in this Pampanga capital entered its 104th year, craftsmen vowed to display more colorful and innovative creations in a festival like no other in the Philippines.
Ornamental Christmas lanterns in various shapes and sizes handcrafted in this Pampanga capital have gone global, having been shipped out to many Filipino communities abroad for the Christmas season.
