Pahiyas sa Lucban, Quezon

The Pahiyas Festival started as a gift-giving ritual by the natives of Lucban to the Franciscan missionaries who were responsible for bringing Catholicism to Quezon in 1583. When Fr. Juan de Placencia took over as the town’s first church administrator, he continued the practice of offering the years harvest to the Spanish friars as thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest. The ritual was carried on by the next parish priest, Fr. Diego de Oropesa, until it became a tradition for the Lucbanins.

May 15, 2005 isa na namang araw para ipagdiwang ang Pahiyas sa Lucban. May 13, 2005 pa lang nasa Lucban na kami, kasama ko ang 3 ko pang ka bileyds na sina Poell, Jayson, at Nico. Papunta palang kami nagkakatuwaan na kami, saVan pa lang wala kaming ginawa kundi tumawa at pagtawanan ang lahat ng dumadaan kahit hindi naman katawatawa. Ganyan kami kapag magkakasama, puro tawanan, kantyawan, asaran, pare parehas kasi kaming walang magawa. First kong ma experience ang Pahiyas at talaga namang hindi mo matatawaran ang kasiyahang mararamdaman mo. Lahat ng bahay na daraanan ng parada ay may kani-kaniyang design ng mga Palay, Kiping, mga Gulay, Prutas at kung ano ano pa.

Kiping - a leaf-shaped wafer made of rice.