Pahiyas Festival 2015

PAHIYAS “Festival of Harvest and Blessings”

May 14, 2015 Friday  LUCBAN, LILIW and NAGCARLAN

The Pahiyas Festival is held in honor of San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers. It is an annual observation in thanksgiving for abundant harvests. Quezon folk decorate their homes with the choicest produce; they string fruits and vegetables together and make the “kiping,” the traditional Pahiyas décor of many colors. These are leaf-shaped wafers of rice makeup and looks like Spanish tacos; these are used to liven up halls and walls, and more craftily turned into arangya (chandeliers) that lighten up the town on fiesta night itself.

The literal meaning of “pahiyas” is actually decorating houses with kiping and vegetables. Aside from this, however, fruits, ropes and straw hats are also utilized. The decorating frenzy starts sometime before the actual fiesta, and the air is abuzz with healthy, friendly competition over who will have the best ornamented house that year. Whoever does gets a reward from the local government.

Other things to try out while there are the pancit hab-hab (which is eaten off banana leaves), the Lucban longganisa, the kiping that's actually edible and is said to be best dipped in vinegar. Also, visit the Lucban Church and put on some straw hats

Itinerary

  5:00 am : ETD Manila 

-      QC (Mcdo Mrt QA Edsa)

-      New Horizon Hotel Lobby  (Caltex Boni)

-      Makati Dusit Hotel Lobby

-      Alabang South Station Bus Pick Up

   6:00 am Take Out Breakfast at SLEX

   9:00 am ETA Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery

10:00 am ETA Liliw Church and Liliw Shoe Stree

11:45 am LILIW LUNCH

  1:00 am ETD Liliw for Lucban

  1:30 pm ETA Lucban, Follow the decorated street, watch the local parade,

                    visit the church, enjoy pancit habhab, enjoy local sales

 4:00 pm ETD Lucban

 7:00 pm ETA Manila

PAHIYAS DAY TRIP PACKAGE RATE

REGULAR Rate  P 1288/pax 

Inclusive of

·        Aircon Tourist Bus

·        Healthy Eat All You Can Lunch,

·        Halo Halo in Liliw w cheese

·        Service of the Tour Coordinators

·        And wholesome fun

·        Travel Discount Certificate worth P 250 (will be emailed after the trip)

NOT INCLUDED: Breakfast, AM Snack, Tricycle around Lucban, Tip to the Tour Directors and Bus Driver.

OVERNIGHT PACKAGE : P2,888 (limited only)

Inclusive of : Same destination above, overnight aircon accommodation family room Los Banos Hot Spring Laguna, RT Fare, Breakfast

Not included : Dinner and Pasalubong

NOTES :

1.     First Come First Served Book and Buy Reservation (seats will be very limited)

2.     3 dozen of lucban longaniza, broas, cassava cakes, will be raffled off to each bus  after the trip, kaya ang saya saya!!!

3.     Family and Barkada PROMO 10pax plus 1 Free

4.     Reservation is non refundable but transferable to others

Contact us for details

Antipolo Masinag Branch

0922-881-0624 / 655-9480 Anie

0906-467-3755 / 655-9603 Donna

Quezon City Branch

0922-890-8383 Paul

937-9678 Aissa