For many Filipinos, the approaching holiday season will be one tinged with nostalgia. After close to two years of living and coping with the pandemic, people are longing for a sense of normalcy, with ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Many Filipino homes hang a star-shaped decoration for Christmas called a “parol”, from simple ones made of paper to elaborate modern ones with bright blinking lights.

CHRISTMAS is just around the corner which is probably why I cannot help but reminisce about all the Christmases I spent as a young boy in Candaba, Pampanga. More than the hot bibingkas and puto ...

There is no greater symbol of the Filipino Christmas spirit than the parol. Derived from the Spanish word farol, the lantern in the shape of a five- pointed star representing the Star of Bethlehem is ...

After moving to Manitoba as an immigrant, Filipino artist Queti Azurin missed home. Making parols — star-shaped lanterns — helped soothe her homesickness. In Winnipeg, she also began teaching ...

Christmas lanterns shaped like stars are commonly seen all over the Philippines, but those inspired by fishes? Only in Pampanga. On Wednesday’s “24 Oras,” Kuya Kim said these lanterns known as asan ...

Parol is dervied from the Spanish word for lantern, 'farol' FILSPARC's parol contest highlights the use of recyclable materials as means to reduce wastes The contest shows how Filipinos are ...