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A giant Christmas lantern displays its different patterns as it vies in a ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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A giant Christmas lantern displays its different patterns as it vies in a ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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The NCCA ICH video documentation team interviews a lantern maker for a documentary on the giant Christmas lantern tradition of San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines.

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The NCCA ICH video documentation team interviews a lantern maker for a documentary on the giant Christmas lantern tradition of San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines.

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Giant Christmas lanterns, made by different barangays, vie in a ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns changes to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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Rolando Quiambao, 63, is a prominent lantern maker and designer from the barangay of Del Pilar in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines. For many years, he has been making and design giant Christmas lanterns which vie in a ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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Workers work on the giant Christmas lantern design of Rolando Quiambao. The lantern is the entry of the barangay of Del Pilar the ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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Each giant Christmas lantern has about 7,000 to 10,000 light bulbs. They compete at the ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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The giant Christmas lanterns, made by different barangays, are being set up in an open field where they will vie in a ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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The giant Christmas lanterns, made by different barangays, are being set up in an open field where they will vie in a ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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A giant Christmas lantern displays its different patterns as it vies in a ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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Operated manually, giant rotors control the thousands of light bulbs and the creation of different patterns and designs in a giant Christmas lantern. The lantern competes at the ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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The NCCA ICH video documentation team with a lantern maker during the shoot of a documentary on the giant Christmas lantern tradition of San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines.

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Giant Christmas lanterns, made by different barangays, vie in a ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns changes to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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Operated manually, giant rotors control the thousands of light bulbs and the creation of different patterns and designs in a giant Christmas lantern. The lantern competes at the ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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Workers put on the light bulbs on a giant Christmas lantern. One lantern has thousands of light bulbs. It will compete at the ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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Teddy Aguilar, 49, is tricycle driver and lantern maker and designer. He designs giant Christmas lanterns which compete at the ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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The giant Christmas lanterns, made by different barangays, are being set up in an open field where they will vie in a ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.

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The giant Christmas lanterns, made by different barangays, vie in a ligligan parul or Christmas lantern showdown and contest in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines, a local tradition in December for more than a century. The lights of the lanterns change to create different patterns and designs to the accompaniment of music.