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Christmas Spirit Hits SF Consulate
Early, Parol Making
Workshop Ushers in Yuletide Season |
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Consul General Maria Rowena Mendoza Sanchez Leads
Her Consulate Team In The Workshop |
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Consul General Maria
Rowena Mendoza Sanchez led her team during the Parol Making
Workshop held at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco
last 22 October 2005. The Consul General and her team were guided
in the creation of their respective parols by “parol master”
Mr. Robert David and Mr. MC Canlas, Community Strategist of
the Filipino American Development Foundation (FADF). Vice Consul
Hermoso, head of the Consulate’s CCPI Section, put together
the workshop.
Consul General Sanchez said “the parol is the symbol of
Christmas for Filipinos, it is only fitting that members of
the Consulate make their own and learn this traditional Filipino
craft through a renowned parol master such as Robert David.”
“Being in the City of San Francisco where Christmas is
also a popular holiday gives us the chance to promote the Filipino
way of celebrating Christmas and one of these is through the
display of parols. Last year during the Lantern Parade which
was well received by the community the consulate parol was among
the more popular because it was in the form of an authenticated
document,” she added.
The parols that were created by each member varied in color
and will be put on display during what has become an annual
Parol Lantern Parade on 10 December 2005. The entire SF Consulate
team together with their respective families will join the Filipino
American community in the event.
The parade will pass through Mission Street to the Yerba Buena
Gardens in San Francisco and will showcase the Filipino American
community’s beautiful creations and multi-colored parols
that come in different shapes and sizes.
The Consulate General is also hosting the Parol Lighting Ceremony
that is scheduled to be held at the Philippine Center on 21
November 2005, in conjunction with the closing of the 8th Buy
Pinoy Exporters Fair in San Francisco.
The Parol Lantern Festival is a project of the FADF, Bayanihan
Community Center, in partnership with the management of Yerba
Buena Gardens and various community organizations. |
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