Experience the colors, sights, foods and shopping at the Lucban San Isidro Pahiyas Festival. Come and join as they bring you to one of the most colorful festivals in the Philippines.
Every year, the streets come alive for the San Isidro Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon. The festival, colloquially known as Pahiyas, is how the agricultural municipality celebrates a bountiful harvest. It also honors San Isidro, the patron saint of farmers in Roman Catholicism.
The festival’s name comes from the tagalog terms “Hiyas and Pahiyas which means to decorate the hall with "kiping" and other agricultural harvest. If you’re not familiar with kiping, it is made from ground rice flour, which shaped like real leaves or other leaf forms and colored in red, yellow, green, orange and other bright shades. After producing a lot of "kiping", they formed it into different shapes like chandeliers called Anok or huge flowers.
CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
May 15, 2014
06:00 AM Holy Mass (Pag-aalay ng Pasasalamat kay San Isidro Labrador) - Roman Catholic Church
07:00 AM San Isidro Labrador Procession - Pahiyas Route
09:00 AM Timpalak Pahiyas - Pahiyas Route
01:00 PM Parikitan, Bikas Gayak at Pancit Habhab - Roman Catholic Church Grounds
02:00 PM Grand Parade
06:00 PM Timpalak Pahiyas Kutitap
May 17, 2014
09:00 AM Timpalak Garbo Pa RIn - Pahiyas Route
May 19, 2014
02:00 PM Awarding of Winners - Rizal Park
Every year, the streets come alive for the San Isidro Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon. The festival, colloquially known as Pahiyas, is how the agricultural municipality celebrates a bountiful harvest. It also honors San Isidro, the patron saint of farmers in Roman Catholicism.
The festival’s name comes from the tagalog terms “Hiyas and Pahiyas which means to decorate the hall with "kiping" and other agricultural harvest. If you’re not familiar with kiping, it is made from ground rice flour, which shaped like real leaves or other leaf forms and colored in red, yellow, green, orange and other bright shades. After producing a lot of "kiping", they formed it into different shapes like chandeliers called Anok or huge flowers.
CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
May 15, 2014
06:00 AM Holy Mass (Pag-aalay ng Pasasalamat kay San Isidro Labrador) - Roman Catholic Church
07:00 AM San Isidro Labrador Procession - Pahiyas Route
09:00 AM Timpalak Pahiyas - Pahiyas Route
01:00 PM Parikitan, Bikas Gayak at Pancit Habhab - Roman Catholic Church Grounds
02:00 PM Grand Parade
06:00 PM Timpalak Pahiyas Kutitap
May 17, 2014
09:00 AM Timpalak Garbo Pa RIn - Pahiyas Route
May 19, 2014
02:00 PM Awarding of Winners - Rizal Park
How to go to Lucban, Quezon.
You can take a Lucena bound bus (P140) in Araneta Center Cubao, EDSA Kamuning, Buendia–Taft, EDSA Pasay. These buses will stop at Lucena Grand Central Tereminal. Travel time takes about the 3-4 hour. From there, take a Lucban jeep (P25) going to the event place, which takes 45 minutes.
On Private Car
Take the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and exit at Calamba exit. Pass through the towns of Calamba, Los Baños, Bay, Victoria, Pila, Sta Cruz, Pagsanjan, Cavinti, Luisiana and then to the town of Lucban.
You can take a Lucena bound bus (P140) in Araneta Center Cubao, EDSA Kamuning, Buendia–Taft, EDSA Pasay. These buses will stop at Lucena Grand Central Tereminal. Travel time takes about the 3-4 hour. From there, take a Lucban jeep (P25) going to the event place, which takes 45 minutes.
On Private Car
Take the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and exit at Calamba exit. Pass through the towns of Calamba, Los Baños, Bay, Victoria, Pila, Sta Cruz, Pagsanjan, Cavinti, Luisiana and then to the town of Lucban.
0 nagger:
Post a Comment
If you have questions and other inquiries feel free to comment below.