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The City if San Fernando in the province of Pampanga will once again shine in its brightest as it holds the annual Ligligan Parul or the Giant Lantern Festival. The highlights of the event will be held at the SM San Fernando Ampitheater at around 7PM. Be there early as large crowds are expected to witness this event.

Scene from the 2005 Ligligan Parul in San Fernando

See how the magic of the Kapampangan works when Christmas lanterns or Parol as high as 18 feet twinkle its lights to the tune of Christmas songs. See how thousands of lamp bulbs is tranformed into a visual masterpiece.

San Fernando, Pampanga is known for making attractive and very colorful Christmas lanterns known in Filipino as Parol. Because of this, the Kapampangan Capital City has been known as the Christmas Capital of the Philippines.

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