Pahiyas Festival

Reporters

Modesto, Pagaran, Permaran, Pedragosa,

Joannah Mae Lea Mae Roshlaine Shaira
 Pahiyas Festival: Get to Know the
Philippines’ Most Colorful Harvest
Festival
Every famous festival in the Philippines is
always colorful, and Pahiyas Festival, without a
doubt, is one of the most colorful and vibrant
festivals in the Philippines. Like most of the
Philippine festivals, Pahiyas is held to give
thanks for their bountiful harvest.
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The History of What is being Who is
Pahiyas celebrated in the involved in
Pahiyas Festival? Pahiyas
Festival
And What are the
Activities
Festival
 History
The Pahiyas Festival month
celebration also includes cultural
shows, trade fairs, art exhibits,
and various contests to boost the
tourism industry. The festival takes
place each year on the 15th of May.
It traces its roots back to the 16th
century when it was not like the
festival we know today. The
farmers would bring their harvests
at the foot of Mt. Banahaw where
they gathered and held simple
celebrations to give thanks to the
Anitos.
The Pahiyas Festival is a celebration
of thanksgiving for good harvest
and the tradition began all the way
back in the 16th Century. The place
of origin of Pahiyas Festival is the
town of Lucban in the province of
Quezon. Lucban's colorful
decorations called "Kiping", leaf-
shaped and multi-colored rice paste
wafers which are used to decorate
the facades of the homes along
with fruits and flowers from nature.
Its Colors are derived from food
coloring of radiant red, yellow,
fuschia, green and now some
variants come with blue, white and
purple shades.
 Why there was a Pahiyas Festival? What are
the Activies?

■ The Pahiyas Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth of May every year in

the Town of Lucban, Quezon. This celebration is held in order to express
gratitude to the patron saint of farmers, Saint Isidore the Laborer, for a year
of bountiful harvest, which in Filipino is ani.

■ ACTIVITIES

- The Pahiyas Festival Dance

- Trade Fair
- Early Morning Procession in honor of San Isidro Labrador
- Free food for everyone and the colorful houses decorated with
Kiping
Who Celebrate the Pahiyas
Festival?
The town of Lucban, celebrates one of the country's biggest, and most
colorful harvest festivals every May 15, along with the towns of
Tayabas, Sariaya, Gumaca, Tiaong, and Lucena City, the festivities are
the Philippines best known harvest festivals to honor San Isidro
Labrador, the patron of farmers.
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Where is the Pahiyas Festival place of origin?

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Who is the Patron Saint of Pahiyas Festival?

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