Parol making

Parol Making #RecycledMaterials

Parol (Pae-rol) Fillipino craft. Making a paper lantern.

Christmas Parol (star) made of Nespresso pods

San Francisco – Thinking of saving money this Christmas on your decoration budget? Would you want to share Filipino Christmas tradition with your friends and relatives in the United States ? Would want to see something Filipino iconic item in your décor at home or in your office? Why not make your own parol lantern? Parol is a five-point star that is made of Philippine bamboo, papel de japon (tissue o rice paper) and cellophane. The parol lantern is a symbol of hope, blessings and peace…

Transform a simple star using recycled materials into a spectacularly unique Christmas star decoration. Decorate your Christmas tree, door...

Filipinos around the world hold one holiday symbol above the rest: the parol, a traditional ornamental lantern that adorns streets, homes and buildings in the Philippines. This is how to build your own.

The "parol" is the Filipino Christmas star, symbolizing the one that shone over Bethlehem about 2000 years ago. Simple ones are made of bamboo and plastic, with a single incandescent bulb inside. The more elaborate parols like this are multi-colored with synchronized blinking lights made of various materials like native capiz shells soldered together.

You have seen those giant paper-mache mascots and those colorful rabbit lanterns and now, here's another highlight of the Bangenge Festival, the Lantern-making contest. What really makes this contest more interesting is the fact that students and other participants from different schools and barangays were encouraged to use a not-so-typical material for their lanterns. The goal