
Today, the plastic-covered lanterns have come a long way. Lanterns are still covered by plastics but the design has evolved into more complicated and lighted lanterns. Ethan and I went to Las PiƱas one night to see the beautiful-colored-lighted lanterns for sale by the roadside. The street was fairly busy because of the parked cars whose owners were by the lantern stalls, buying.
If you look closely at the picture above, extreme left, a lantern snowman is also displayed. Now, I ask, what the heck is the relevance of a snowman as the Philippines is in the tropics? I actually saw some lantern snowmen prominently displayed in the most exclusive of South of Manila villages. They looked pathetic all wrapped in clear plastic for rain protection. I did not buy any for the cheapest that I could find was at 1,750 Php. Totally a far cry from the 5.00 Php parol of long ago.
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That school I went to in high school [yung sister school ng Assumption na binisita ata ang anak mo] used to make really nice parols na pang contest...that's before the Paskuhan Village sa Sn Fernando, Pamp.
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