Red Pepper Spectacle Arts, Carlos Bulosan Theatre and Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture Presents
PAROL (traditional Filipino lantern) MAKING WORKSHOP
Wednesday Dec 19, 2007 6-9PM @ 167 Augusta Avenue, just north of Dundas
Create traditional Filipino parol to carry in the Festival of Lights procession** and to decorate your home!
Facilitated by Melissa Clemente & Melecio Clemente
Workshops are Pay What You Can — $10 suggested donation per lantern
Includes all materials and instruction. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
**The 19th Annual Festival of Lights happens Friday December 21, 2007 @ 6pm sharp
-Procession starts from Augusta and Oxford
-Unite to ignite the longest, darkest night
-Join a cavalcade of costumed characters, giant puppets, stilt-walkers, and fire-breathers in a luminescent lantern-lit carnival parade in Toronto’s legendary Kensington Market. Journey through narrow streets, encounter surprise theatrics on rooftops and in storefronts – revel in fiery solstice send-off at Bellevue Square Park. Bang a drum or a pot, ring a bell, sing a song, carry a lantern, wear a costume…this is a participatory event! Come celebrate the return of light!
* handmade and commercial free since 1988*
