Editing Paper lantern (section)

====Philippines====
{{Main|Parol}}
In the [[Philippines]], a traditional paper lantern is the [[parol]], which is regarded an iconic symbol of [[Christmas in the Philippines|Filipino Christmas]]. Traditionally constructed using [[bamboo]] and [[Japanese paper]], modern parols have been made using other materials such as [[plastic]], [[metal]], and [[capiz shell]]s. Its most-common form is a [[Pentagram|five-pointed star]], although it can come in various shapes and sizes.<ref name="JJohn">{{Cite book |last=J. |first=John |publication-date=2005 |title=A Christmas Compendium |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |page=67 |isbn=0-8264-8749-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yBP8a2jJ9A4C&q=Philippine+christmas+lanterns&pg=PA67 |access-date=December 20, 2007 |year=2005}}</ref><ref name="Magocsi">{{Cite book |last=Magocsi |first=Paul R. |publication-date=1999 |title=Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples |publisher=University of Toronto Press |page=510 |isbn=0-8020-2938-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbUuX0mnvQMC&q=Philippine+christmas+lanterns&pg=PA510 |access-date=December 20, 2007 |year=2006}}</ref><ref name="Gma1">{{cite news |title=Christmas decors, Filipino-style |url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/72224/Christmas-decors-Filipino-style |publisher=GMA news.TV |date=December 10, 2007 |access-date=December 20, 2007 |language=tl}}</ref>

Dating back to the [[History of the Philippines (1565–1898)|Spanish colonial period of the Philippines]], parols are a traditional part of the [[Panunulúyan]] pageant in the nine-day Christmas [[Novena]] procession leading up to the [[Simbang Gabi]] (midnight mass). It was initially rectangular or oblong in shape but eventually came to be made in various shapes. It became standardized to a five-pointed star (symbolizing the [[Star of Bethlehem]]) during the [[History of the Philippines (1898–1946)|American colonial period]].<ref name="Tan">{{cite news |last1=Tan |first1=Nigel |title=PH X'mas symbols, practices trace roots to Spanish era |url=https://r3.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/46589-ph-christmas-symbols-spanish-roots |access-date=1 December 2020 |work=Rappler |date=17 December 2016}}</ref>

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File:Simple capiz parol.jpg|A simple star-shaped [[parol]] made of [[capiz shell]]s
File:Parols For Sale.png|Parols for sale
File:GLFjf1503 02.JPG|Programed electronic parols during the 2012 [[Giant Lantern Festival]] in [[San Fernando, Pampanga]]
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