At Contoso, we help organizations foster collaborative thinking and workplace innovation through agile frameworks and closing the feedback loop to help businesses grow organically with a consumer-first mindset. The document then discusses festivals in the Philippines, focusing on the Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon which began as a gift-giving rite by locals to missionaries in 1583 and continues as a sign of thanks for a fruitful harvest, with decorations made of local produce, foods and rice wafers that color the houses.

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At Contoso, we empower organizations to foster collaborative thinking to
further drive workplace innovation. By closing the loop and leveraging agile
frameworks, we help business grow organically and foster a consumer-first
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are an integral aspect of the local
culture, known for their grand, vibrant
vibrant celebrations. Festivals in the
Philippines are a fairly common
occurrence, with over 42,000 major and
minor festivals celebrated across the
country.
Festivals in the
Philippines

4. FESTIVALS IN THE
PHILIPPINES

5. PAHIYAS FESTIVAL
The Pahiyas Festival began as a gift-giving
rite by the people of Lucban to the Franciscan
missionaries who brought Catholicism to
Quezon in 1583. The town’s first church
administrator, Juan de Placencia continued
the practice of donating the crop to the
Spanish friars. He did this as a sign of thanks
for a fruitful harvest.
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6. PAHIYAS FESTIVAL
The Pahiyas Festival
decorations usually consist
of Lucban's fresh produce such
as vegetables, fruits, the
popular Lucban longganisa,
and of course, the kipings (a
rice wafer) that make the
houses so colorful.
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7. COSTUMES
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