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Filipino-Americans Celebrate With Traditional Lanterns

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During the Christmas season, many Filipino-American homes display colorful star shaped lanterns called parols. Parols have a long history in the Philippines, but the holiday symbol isn't so well known in California. Now a community center in San Francisco is encouraging people to reconnect to this tradition, by making their own parols, and sharing them with the community.

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