EARLY BUSY DAY

After the rain fell at night, people were busy retouching the decorations in preparation for the day of festivity. Grand price winner is P 100,000.00 at stake for the winning house best in decorations... participants of the contest were doing their best to make their house colorful, of course by using  products from the farm, vegetables, rice and other useful materials would represents.

KIPINGS

It is a leaf shape wafer made of rice paste added with different colors. During Pahiyas festival people usually integrated this kipings for their house decoration to make it colorful with various shapes and sizes. Making of this Kipings is simply have traditional beliefs, to prevent kipings to crack, it should be observed total silence while mixing the rice paste.

PAHIYAS FESTIVAL

It is a display of good harvest decorated in their houses in honor to the Patron Saint of farmers San Isidro Labrador... During Pahiyas Festival different houses are competing to the best decorated and colorful houses using their bountiful products from the farm.

RICE FOR LIFE

Kipings made of rice paste are always the main attraction that always used to make their houses colorful, as this house was barely hand decorated with almost 80% from rice. Yearly the residents of Lucban were doing this Pahiyas festival as one of the most colorful festival in the Philippines honoring for their Saint of Farmers.

KAMAY NI HESUS

Kamay ni Hesus (Hand of Jesus) is a healing church located in Lucban, Quezon, one of the biggest images of Jesus Christ, upon reaching this statue up to the top you can go through the hill by passing 14 station of the cross. It is popular pilgrimage destination in Quezon particularly during Lenten. 

WELCOME

Every Filipino and other tourists are very welcome to visit as this Lucban celebrates Pahiyas Festival every 15th day of May of the year and one of the Philippines' colorful fiestas you can visit and experience. People here are very warmed in welcoming visitors and guests... If you have plan to visit lucban during fiesta make sure you have to booked a head of time as this place were visited by a thousand tourist from different places. 

THE CHURCH

The first church, built in 1595, was ruined in 1629. The second church was constructed between 1630 and 1640, but was seriously damaged by fire in 1733. The present church was completed in 1738 and the convent in 1743

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COLOR OF LIFE

Colorful as it is... Converting this pictures in HDR is simply defining and giving highlights for the beautiful colors of Pahiyas Festival only here to be found in Lucban, Quezon... Every 15th day of May, Lucban is celebrating their Festivity in commemoration and honoring their Patron Saint of farmers San Isidro Labrador. It is a one month celebration from May 1 to May 30...

     

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DILIGENT PEOPLE OF LUCBAN

A night before the big event people of Lucban were very busy decorating their houses to make it colorful to commemorate the Festivity of their Patron Saint. The Lucban Government in coordination with the Local Department of Tourism and with the help of NGO's raised the winning pot to P100,000.00 at stake for the winner of the Best Decorated house of Pahiyas

MEN vs WOMEN

Can't help to ignore this man to click some photos as he is doing the usual work done by a woman... Busy doing some arrangement of colorful and hand made flowers decoration. Best to offer for all guest and visitors who are interested to buy their products.

PRODUCTS TO OFFER

Longanisa here longanisa there... Obviously you can find a tasty food longanisa in Lucban, one of their special food products best to offer.

FAMOUS HAB-HAB

Now i understand why they called it Hab-hab... It is one way of eating pancit (cooked noodles) with out using any condiments, pancit is placed in a banana leaf serves as plate eating the pancit directly through it.

LONGANISA

A must to try food of Lucban... Anywhere in lucban you can see this street food grilled longanisa, taste is different from other longanisa products, it is more on garlic flavored sausage.

PILIPIT

When i was young i remembered my mother always cooked and prepared us tasty pilipit made from sticky rice, fried with a brown sugar... Well this pilipit is far different from the pilipit i usually ate, Lucban pilipit basically still made of sticky rice deep fried and covered with a crispy brown sugar but the add on is they put ground squash that makes the food yellow in color but very tasty and nutritious, i can't resist to try it.

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