Flores handcrafts each parol by himself. “I draw everything out on the computer. And then, I laser-cut it from there, and paint it, and hand assemble it,” he says. Yet, his largest parol sells for ...

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.

The 2nd annual Eagle Rock Parol Festival on Saturday, Dec. 9 honored a beloved, colorful Filipino tradition during the holidays. The free festival, held at the Eagle Rock Plaza in Los Angeles, was ...

Parols, said Lily Ann Villaraza, professor and department chair of Philippine studies at City College of San Francisco, are “uniquely Filipino” and rooted in Catholicism — lighting the way ...

A display of parols at the 20th Parol Lantern Festival in 2022. Photo taken by Annika Hom, December 2022. Canlas said his city’s contribution to creating the parol had something to do with its surfeit ...

The Parol lantern is the quintessential Filipino symbol of hope, blessings, luck, and peace, during the holiday season, and can be found lighting up windows in Filipino homes throughout the world.