QUEZON PROVINCE, Philippines – Last May, the town of Lucban, Quezon came to life once more as it celebrated its annual Pahiyas festival. Residents painted the town all month long with their colorful ...

Of course, one takes special notice of this title—”Pahiyas: Planting Rainbow Seeds” by Eugene Y. Evasco, illustrations by Joffrey Zamora “Pepot” Atienza (Scholastic Singapore, 2023)—published as it is ...

LUCENA CITY—After a subdued staging last year, Quezon province’s Pahiyas Festival in Lucban town will return on May 15 with all the fanfare and color it has been known for before the coronavirus ...

EARLY this month, a friend asked me if I would be visiting any town celebrating the feast of San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers and peasants, on May 15. I told him I was going to the ...

An online celebration of Philippine festivals highlights the country’s most popular cultural events via a virtual multi-sensory format. Pahiyas is one of the biggest and most colourful festivals in ...

We hadn’t gone there for a couple of years, so Beng and I joined a posse of pilgrims—friends from our pen collectors’ group, the Fountain Pen Network-Philippines—on a sortie to the Pahiyas ...

It's fiesta time in this month of May, and what better way to drink, eat, and be merry as we head south to explore charming Quezon province. It's the best time of the year as we join in the revelry ...

QUEZON, Philippines – Residents of Lucban, Quezon took part in the annual Pahiyas festival on Monday, May 15 to celebrate the feast of San Isidro Labrador, patron saint of farmers. Rappler multimedia ...

With light and love in my heart, I feel life! Missing out on almost a year of family and social activities, I am now fully present and attending most of the festivities happening around me, like the ...

Ahead of the Pahiyas Festival, “kiping” makers in Lucban, Quezon received free breast examinations, pap smears and Human papillomavirus (HPV) screenings from the GMA Kapuso Foundation. Sheirley ...