Photo by Celine Mendiola. Originally, the first parols were made out of bamboo and paper. Nowadays, modern parols are crafted from capiz shells – windowpane oyster shells that give a translucent glow ...

Photos from AHP Parol Project on AHP Facebook page To bring back the Bethlehem star-inspired traditional parols, the Advocates for Heritage Preservation started the AHP Parol Project in 2019 ...

Parol makers create a design and in the workshop, workers cut shapes out of capiz shells -- which come from a native mollusk known internationally as the Windowpane Oyster.