Pahiyas Day Tour 2009

Experience the colors, sights, foods and shopping at the Lucban San Isidro
Pahiyas Festival. Join the day tour of the Pahiyas this coming May 15, 2009 and we will bring you to one of the most colorful festivals in the Philippines.

Rate: Php 1,800 per pax

Date of Departure: May 15, 2009, Friday

Inclusions

Roundtrip transfer from Manila – Lucban – Manila A la Carte breakfast of Lucban longganisa, egg and fried rice. Buffet lunch of exotic and traditional Filipino foods like pinangat, hardinera, pinais, enseladang ampalaya, enseladang pako, ginataang suso and more Buffet dinner of inihaw(roasted) spare ribs, ginataang tilapia, vegetable salad, sinigang and more Professional tour guide for the whole day tour

Itinerary

4:00 am – 4:30 am	Assembly time at the open parking area at the corner of Ayala and Makati Avenue, in front of the Manila Peninsula Hotel
5:00 am	Departure from Manila (travel time is about 3 hours)
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Breakfast – A la Carte
9:00 am – 9:30 am	Visit the Kamay ni Hesus Healing Shrine
9:30 pm – 12:30 pm	Tour of the Pahiyas, shopping, free time
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm	Buffet – Lunch
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Festival Parade
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Last minute shopping
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm	Assembly time at the Rizal Park for buffet dinner at Palaisdaan
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm	Departure for Palaisdaan Restaurant
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Buffet – Dinner
6:30 pm	Departure from Lucban to Manila. ETA 10:00 pm

Visit Pahiyasfestival.com for more info and make reservations.

San Isidro de Labrador

San Isidro de Labrador

San Isidro Labrador is the patron saint of farmers.  It is for him that the Pahiyas is being celebrated not only in Lucban but even in other towns where agriculture is the primary source of livelihood.  In Lucban however, it is magnificent, colorful because of the kiping hung in houses where the procession of his image will pass.   Decorations of agricultural products, plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables also adorn houses of farmers while others, depending on the family’s source of income, hung buntal hats if the owners are hat weavers, coconut materials if he is a coconut farmer and the like.