Every May 15, the townsfolk of Lucban,

Quezon, don their houses with fruits,

vegetables and colorful kiping (a leaf-
shaped wafer made of rice and dyed with
food coloring) in celebration of the
Pahiyas Festival. The word ‘pahiyas’ was
derived from the word ‘payas’, which
During that
time, farmers would bring their harvest
to the town church and the parish priest
would bless them as a way to give
thanks to the Lord for their bountiful
harvest. But as time progressed, the
church can no longer accommodate all
harvests. It was then agreed upon for the harvests to be displayed in
the farmers’ houses instead. Thus, the parish priest would go around
the community to bless their harvests.means decoration or to
decorate.
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