Pahiyas Harvest Festival: Quezon, Philippines

Thanks for sharing such an interesting cultural album

said manasibhargava 3 months 22 days ago

Nice pics, Maryan54

said drjykyll 5 months 9 days ago

It is a visual sensation dearest Mary Ann and I can only imagine how delightful it must be to actually see this beautiful harvest festival!! Each image is sensational! Congratulations on your wonderful feature with this very beautiful album! I send you warm Aloha greetings with wishes for much love and happiness! Sharon

said ourjrny 5 months 19 days ago

What a stunning album! I love the colors and all these lovely things around. So entertaining!

said chars64 5 months 20 days ago

Wow, what a great album! Very colorful! Your pictures really capture this unique festival in Lucban. Best regards, Luis

said mlbd01 5 months 22 days ago

Dear Maryan, I would like to ask your favor. I would like to write about this festival, even if I never witness it personally, in Indonesian online Citizen Journalism Newspaper (http://community.kompas.com). Can I use some of your pictures in this album to be posted in that website along with the story I would like to share with indonesian people across the world? Thank you very much.

said anyoflores 5 months 24 days ago

fantastic album!!!!!!

said cathyetta 5 months 25 days ago

Congratulations on your wonderful, colorful featured album. The information about the festival really adds an extra dimension! Terrific photos. Thanks and regards- Lynne from Virginia

said donolew 5 months 26 days ago

Hello There! These are so colorful & joyful that one can almost feel as if they were there-thanks for the journey! It's almost as if your spirit became the camera,you know? I will most certainly be back to see more. I adore this work & keep on the creative road.

said ic4u2 5 months 27 days ago

OK, what are Kiping flowers ? Passion flower ?

said msphotospy 5 months 27 days ago

What Great Color And Photography.. A Big Congratulations On Your Featured Album

said jdsmith01100 5 months 27 days ago

CONGRATULATIONS on your being featured ,Very well deserved choice,ENJOY YOUR SPECIAL DAY************THANKS,,,, khaled

said amen2006 5 months 27 days ago

CONGRATULATIONS on your being featured ,Very well deserved choice,ENJOY YOUR SPECIAL DAY************THANKS,,,, khaled

said amen2006 5 months 27 days ago

Fantastic colours, what a brilliant event!

said picqero 5 months 27 days ago

Wonderful album! Congratulations on being featured! Good luck in future! From Russia with love, Alexander.

said russpsych 5 months 27 days ago

CONGRATULATIONS on your featured album.Well deserved feature, and such beautiful shots, well done, enjoy your day. Take care, Paolo

said Paolo_1955 5 months 27 days ago

Very pretty picts .Beautiful colours and interesting formations.CONGRATULATION S on your featured album!Great shots,well deserved!Jozef from Slovakia

said fezoj64 5 months 27 days ago

Congratulations dear Maryan by this wonderful recognition to your excellent photographies. I am glad of heart and I wish the best for you. A hug. Jesus

said raijomayo100 5 months 27 days ago

Hi Maryan.Congratulations on your freatured album but most of all for your description of the Pahiyas Harvest Festival.This is a very colourful album which has been help because of the rain. Cheers. Bernard.

said volvob12 5 months 27 days ago

Congratulations! What a lovely colorful album this is! Greetings from Spain, Ingrid

said ingrid7014 5 months 27 days ago

Wonderful album. You did great shots again. How I wish someday I could visit and watching this beautiful festival, to celebraate the nourishment of the mother nature that gives us life and keeps it alive. Congratulation and thank you for sharing.

said anyoflores 5 months 28 days ago

Congratulations on being featured Maryan.

said alaskaman53 5 months 28 days ago

Congratulations on having your "Pahiyas Harvest Festival" album chosen as one of the featured albums today! A work of Art *** Leslie/VancouverIsland/Ca nada

said bisquitzoe 5 months 28 days ago

Fantastic album. Congratulations on your feature, Lavender

said lavender_dawn 5 months 28 days ago

CONGRATULATIONS my friend! You have put up another very informative album about the Philippines. You should be appointed as our Tourism ambassador. Cheers! ~ Marilyn

said marbel826 5 months 28 days ago

Congratulations on being featured, what a colorful collection of pictures, Estela from Brazil.

said estelax100 5 months 28 days ago

Hi and congratulations on having this marvelous album featured today.

said bearfolk 5 months 28 days ago

Another very colourfull album, superb bright colours quite different to a UK harvest festival that would be mostly 'autumnal' colours. Congratulations on the feature. Eric

said ericy202 5 months 28 days ago

Congrats my dear dear friend on having this absolutely wonderful album featured today! YIPPPEEEE!!!! I am so happy for you. I enjoyed viewing it today. It gives me an insight on your culture and customes and ways. thanks so much for sharing it. God bless you and be with you, Maryann! hugs, Kelli

said kellimays 5 months 28 days ago

Hi.. Mary Ann this is a superb album.. beautiful shots .. thanhs for sharing with us .. Regards from Portugal

said QEsteves 5 months 28 days ago

Dear Mary Ann, Congratulations! Bravo my friend. Regards, Ding

said fdguin 5 months 28 days ago

CONGRATULATIONS on being a featured album, well deserved, beautiful pictures, thank you for sharing, take care Ann (Chester England)

said annedm1 5 months 28 days ago

Nice collection sharing this colorful cultural event. Many thanks. Kate, Seattle

said chachalaca 5 months 28 days ago

Fantastic collection! Congratulations on your deserved feature. Greetings, renato/Italy.

said renato26 5 months 28 days ago

Congratulations on your featured album! Matso is so happy for you! Give you smile :)

said tonymm64912 5 months 28 days ago

Congratulations on your FEATURED home page album. Beautiful shots. John

said woodeye518 5 months 28 days ago

CONGRATULATIONS on having your album featured on WS. Very colorful album, thank you for sharing. Enjoy your time in the spot light. Joyce, California, USA

said joyce914 5 months 28 days ago

Great album. Congratulation on being featured. :~)Dilip

said dilip_mistry 5 months 28 days ago

Very colorful album! Congratulations on being featured on the Home Page! Thanks for sharing.

said lovejoy 5 months 28 days ago

Congratulations on being featured as a POTD Album Pahiyas Festival of Harvest: Quezon, Philippines with this fantastic collection,have a great day.Terry

said Brightlingsea 5 months 28 days ago

Wow! So many great colors, traditions and intersting cultural events that you have captured. Thanks much for sharing them with all of us. Congrats on your featured album! Mabuhay. Randy in Vancouver

said evanreese 5 months 28 days ago

Hello Mary Ann! Love the colours, vivacity and the ethnicity of the Pahiyas Harvest Festival. Your photography truly brings the festival to light. Congratulations on the well deserved feature!

said suresh_krishna 5 months 28 days ago

Congratulations on your album selection! You have some really nice shots in here!

said lordofcb 5 months 28 days ago

Such vibrant colours and life.. lovely!!! Well done and thanks :-) Donna in Montreal

said donnamusica 5 months 28 days ago

Congratulations my friend on being featured album on home page -Jay

said Jayramji 5 months 28 days ago

Dear Mary Ann, Congratulations for having Webshots recognize your great talents and featuring your beautiful album today. Keep up the great work. Hugs, Carol

said albertsville 5 months 28 days ago

Congratulations on being featured, thanks for sharing

said nttl2k2 5 months 28 days ago

Lovely! Congrats on being featured!

said marsy67 5 months 28 days ago

Congratulation being feautered on POTD and thanks for teeling us the sweet news from Phillipines

said catroslin 5 months 28 days ago

Hello Maryan, congratulations on being featured today! Beautiful album, fantastic shots, thanks for sharing! Enjoy your special days in the spotlights!!! Best regards, Henri and Josee/Belgium

said haneveercoremanssh... 5 months 28 days ago

Wow for the first time i've seen an album from the Philippines being featured here in Webshots. Congratulations!

said dtpiller 5 months 28 days ago

Dear Maryan, what a wonderful and colourful album this is. Thank you for sharing the Pahiyas Fesival, your splendid photos and interesting commentary bring it to life and made me feel like I was there sharing it with you, regardless of the rain. Congratulations on having this album featured, I know you will be busy with hundreds of emails in the next few days; best wishes from Keith.

said magikeith 5 months 28 days ago

Bonjour, Congratulations on being featured today and thanks for sharing. Luc, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

said maxeclip 5 months 28 days ago

Hi Maryann, Congrats on this albums feature. Nice color in your shots. Thanks for sharing my friend. Darla

said Darlaree 5 months 28 days ago

Mary Ann, many thanks for putting up such a colorful and informative album on this festive occasion in Lucban. The pictures speak for themselves and your notes just make them go over the top. Every house tells a story and everybody has a big smile including me! This is another masterpiece from your collections of beautiful Philippines. Now the whole world is treated to the trip you afforded us in the province of Quezon. The rains may have dampened the spirit of the event, however, I did not sense that from the photographer nor the tourists and locals in the album. Bravo, my friend.

said fdguin 6 months 5 days ago

"The fiesta color of summer come alive as Lucban celebrates the SAN ISIDRO PAHIYAS FESTIVAL. Every year, thousands of tourists flock to this historic town. Its cool, fresh and invigorating climate earns her the singular distinction of being called the Summer Capital of Quezon province. The festival held every May 15 has become one of Philippines' tourist attractions. At this time, each household tries to outdo each other in friendly competition as they vie for honor in recognizing their creativity. Decking the hall or decorating the wall with "Kiping" and agricultural harvest is what "PAYAS" or "PAHIYAS" literally means. Farmers show their bountiful produce such as chayote, radish, pepper and grains of rice. There are miniatures locally known as "ANOK", fruits, vegetables and longganisa (local sausage) strung together in the most original fashion. Residents engaging in other forms of livelihood display their products in thanksgiving. The handicraft manufacturer has his house decked with colorful buntal hats, or the butcher has a roasted suckling pig (lechon) laid on the window. The most traditional and certainly the most attractive décor is "KIPING" leaves which are adorned and strung together to form all sorts of shapes, from chandelier called "ARANGYA" to huge flowers. Kiping is made from ground rice flour, shaped using "cabal" leaves or other leaf forms and colored in radiant red, fuschia, yellow, green and other bright shades. When kiping catches the light of the sun it turns into a veritable cascade of color. The celebration is a form of thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest and in honor of the patron saint of farmers, San Isidro de Labrador. A procession of the image of San Isidro is held, and it is said that houses along the route of the procession will be especially favored and blessed in the coming year. During the celebration specialty foods can be had & bought such as the delicious Lucban longganisa, puto seko, broas, tikoy and other delicacies." Taken from http://www.pahiyasfestival.com

said maryan54 6 months 5 days ago