March 10, 2014

Pahiyas

This is the typical house in the countryside.
But every month of May in Lucban, Quezon
this house gets decorated to give thanks
to their patron saint, San Isidro Labrador,
for a good harvest.

. . . pahiyas means decor
so I decorate the house with a whole banana bunch
and flowers and vegetables around the windows!

My pahiyas house: