2010 Competition
The festival for year 2010 will be held on 18 December, 2010 in Robinsons Starmills.
The 2010 festival will showcase revised rules for the festival. Among them are:
- The subsidy of the city government to participating barangays was increased from PHP 1.2 million to PHP 1.5 million.
- The size of giant lanterns was increased from 18 feet to 20 feet in diameter.
- New materials such as fiberglass and handmade paper are also used.
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