Lantern Festival to light up Boracay this Christmas
BORACAY – Christmas in this island-resort is expected to be bright, beautiful and colorful with the pioneering Boracay Lantern Festival. The Philippine Networking for Eco-tourism Development (Philned) is organizing the festival.
Dadjmar Amores of Philned-Boracay said they hope to make the Boracay Lantern Festival the biggest tourism event in the country.
The festival, that will showcase indigenous Filipino culture, has the backing of the Development of Tourism (DOT), Amores said.
"Foreign tourists and balikbayans have not experienced the Pinoy flavor of Christmas in this resort island. We would now want them to feel that," Amores stressed.
Among others, there will be a nightly contests and concerts in this resort island showcasing Original Pinoy Music (OPM), and on-the-spot lantern making contest.
To be officially named "Parol Bira, Boracay Lantern Festival", the event will be staged from December 15 to 31. It will culminate in a fireworks display during the New Year revelry. Every year, many resorts here have their own fireworks display to attract tourists on New Year's eve. (www.aklanon.org)