Filipino lubenas lanterns, a 100-year-old tradition from Pampanga, have been brought to Italy for the first time, adding a touch of Filipino Christmas spirit to Milan. The lanterns are on display as part of the Simbang Gabi festivities at the Basilica di Santo Stefano Maggiore, where the Filipino community celebrates Misa de Gallo. Consul General Elmer Cato facilitated the project, aiming to share the Filipino Christmas tradition with Filipinos in northern Italy, especially as the region has a large Kapampangan population. The lanterns were gifted by the local government of Magalang, Pampanga, led by Mayor Malou Lacson and tourism officer Ryan Miranda.
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“It was the product of my discussions with Mayor Lacson and tourism officer Miranda when I visited my mother’s hometown last year,” he added. The tradition started in Bacolor and later spread to San Fernando after the town separated from the old capital in 1754. CKS Fernandinos began to enhance their lanterns, replacing paper with cloth, and the candles with kalburo. The booming sugar industry under the American regime then helped fund the transformation of the lubenas lanterns into the renowned giant lanterns of San Fernando, Cato continued. ” .
In his Facebook post, Tantingco said Kapampangans particularly in the first district of Pampanga which includes Angeles City, Mabalacat City, and Magalang, as well as several other towns in the province, and a few towns in Tarlac hold processions to honor their patron saint for nine consecutive nights during theThe religious procession features seven pairs of lighted lanterns mounted on bamboo poles including a whimsical fish lantern with a moving tail and fins and a large lantern placed behind...
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