‘Lubena’ lights up Pampanga mountain town’s Christmas

MAGALANG, Pampanga, Philippines — Almost three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, 25 of 27 villages in this Pampanga town at the foothills of Mt. Arayat mounted again their “lubena,” signaling the resumption of the old Catholic tradition beginning on Thursday. The lubena is a nightly procession of hand-carried lanterns held during the nine-day Masses leading […]

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