Before the Mass on Christmas

Before the Mass on Christmas Eve, the lanterns were brought to the town church together with the barrio patrons.. This predecessor of the modern day Giant Lantern Festival was actually religious activity which we know as lubenas. The lanterns measured just two feet in diameter, far cry from the fifteen feet that we see These were created in each barrio from bamboo and other locally available materials.

This predecessor of the modern day Giant Lantern Festival was actually religious activity which we know as lubenas. The lanterns measured just two feet in diameter, far cry from the fifteen feet that we see During the nineday novena before Christmas, which coincided with the simbang gabi from to 24, these paruls were brought around each barrio in procession to their visita. Before the Mass on Christmas Eve, the lanterns were brought to the town church together with the barrio patrons..
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