Pahiyas: Philippine’s Feast of Colors and Rice
Every May, the quiet town of Lucban in the province of Quezon, Philippines, bursts into a kaleidoscope of color. Rows of houses are dressed not in ordinary decorations, but in artful displays of rice, vegetables, fruits, and the famous kiping, wafer-thin, brightly colored rice sheets shaped like leaves. This is the Pahiyas Festival, one of the country’s most spectacular harvest