PH CONSULATE JOINS SOMA PILIPINAS IN 20TH ANNUAL PAROL LANTERN FESTIVAL IN SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco’s cold and wet weather did not stop Filipino Americans in the Bay Area to celebrate Christmas at the 20th annual Parol Lantern Festival, organized by the SOMA Pilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage District and the Filipino American Development Foundation (FADF) at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on 10 December 2022.
The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, led by Consul General Neil Ferrer and Mrs. Miriam Ferrer, took part in the festivities by joining the rest of the community in a parol stroll around the Yerba Buena Gardens. The Consulate’s Philippine-made parols were made of colorful capiz (translucent oyster) shells.
Consul General Ferrer and other Consulate officials also joined a reception hosted by SOMA Pilipinas and the FADF for city officials and community leaders.
First mounted in 2003 as the first Filipino Christmas lantern festival in the U.S., the Parol Lantern Festival has become a yearly tradition among Filipino Americans in San Francisco and the Bay Area to enjoy Christmas the Filipino way through parol-making, music, and food.
