The Pahiyas Festival

The Pahiyas Festival is celebrated in only one (1) day. Pahiyas decorated houses can only be seen on this day and will be dismantled the following day.

No. Houses with Pahiyas decorations are seen only on May 15. Days prior to that, houses are still being prepared and decorated until evening of May 14 or sometimes even until dawn. The next day, May 16, all the decorations are dismantled or torn down.

There are many activities during the days leading to the festival day. There is the Tiyangge sa Lucban, cultural shows and contests held day and night. But major activities culminate during the festival day such as the parade of floats, carabaos, higantes and beauties and the procession of San Isidro. Please visit the Calendar of

No, there is no entrance fee. Pahiyas Festival is a religious and community event that is open to the public.

The best time to see the decorated houses is in the early morning of May 15, preferably around 5:00 to 8:00 in the morning when there are few people roaming the streets and the view of decorated houses are unobstructed.

“Kiping” is made of ground rice, mixed with food coloring to produce different colors, molded in a leaf, steamed and dried. Because it is made of rice, it can be cooked – fried or grilled and dipped in syrup, sugar or honey.

No. Pahiyas Festival is only celebrated in Lucban. However, other Quezon towns celebrate similar feast of San Isidro on the same day as the Pahiyas albeit with different titles and ways (i.e. Mayohan sa Tayabas, Agawan sa Sariaya and Baluarte sa Gumaca), all emanating from the original Pahiyas of Lucban and only ride on with