In the past, Efren would only need P20 to buy a single long log of bamboo, which would be enough to craft 200 parol frames. Now, Efren said, the price of the log is up to P300 with each of parol ...

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.

Parols, said Lily Ann Villaraza, ... but when it came time to put them together in a three-dimensional frame, I realized I hadn’t been careful enough to make the stars the same size.

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 ...

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 ...