Colorful and Creative Rabbit Lanterns At Bangenge Festival 2015
Aside from the colorful Bangenge (giant paper-mache mascots), the festival also features cute Kuneho (Rabbit) Lanterns. Usually , the lanterns are made from Japanese papers but as time passes by, the participants have become more and more creative and resourceful and they started to use different materials to create their rabbit lanterns.
Unlike the Bangenge, the frame of the lanterns are mostly made from wires and small bamboo sticks. They will either put a real candle or a battery-powered led light inside. The lanterns have improvised wheels so the participants can just pull the rabbits during the parade. This rabbit lantern above is made from Ipil Ipil pods coated in gold paint. Very resourseful indeed.
Bigger rabbit lanterns on display
Much like the Bangenge, the rabbit lanterns were made by students from different schools and other represenatatives from different Barangays
Another rabbit lantern made from Japanese papers. Based on how these lanterns were created, they will somehow remind you of the Piñata.
A Yaya Dub-inspired Rabbit Lantern
Checkout This ALDUB inspired rabbit lanterns! So cute!
How about this rabbit lanterns inspired from the Probinsyano Tv series?
A lantern made from Squash and Watermelon seeds
Another cleverly made Lanterns built from dried reeds
Check out other highlights of this event
Bangenge Exhibit │Kuneho/ Rabbit Lanterns │Recycled Lantern Contest
yeah, indeed very creative and I actually can see many different types of materials being used to make the rabbit lanterns!! now I wonder where is Roger Rabbit?? haha.. 🙂