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  • Apung Iru

    A life-size ivory image of St. Peter
  • Apung Iru Fluvial festival in Apalit

    1. Pampagueños take part in a fluvial parade
    2. Aboard decorated bancas and motorboats
    3. Float down the Pampanga River
    4. Bring Apung Iru back to his shrine at Capalanagan
  • Candaba Swamp in Candaba

    • One of the major stopover points for the migratory birds using the Asian flyway
  • Clark Special Economic Zone in Clark Field Angeles City

    • Former US air Force Base
    • Biggest American military installation outside the United Sates
    • Home of the US 13th Air Force and the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing
    • Places of interest include the Base Cemetery and the numerous tourist and recreation facilities
  • Cutud Lenten Rites in Cutud, San Pedro, San Fernando

    1. Reenactment of Christ's passions
    2. Culminating with the actual nailing of at least three flagellants on wooden crosses atop a makeshift Calvary
  • Furniture and Woodcarving Industry in Lubao

    • Woodcarving is one of the oldest enterprises in the town
    • People have become highly skilled in the art of woodcarving
  • Giant Lantern Festival in San Fernando

    • Showcase of giant lanterns made of colored crepe papers and Japanese paper
    • Frames of intricate tin wires containing electrical mechanisms and thousands of light bulbs
    • Lanterns dance, blink, and twinkle in kaleidoscopic patterns
    • Main Event is held every 4th week of December
  • Kamikaze East Airfield in Mabalacat

    • It is from this airfield that the first Kamikaze pilots took off in October 1944 for their last mission as official human bombs
  • Mt. Arayat National Park in Arayat and Magalang

    • 3,564-foot-high Mount Arayat
    • Favorite destination among domestic tourists and picnickers
    • Cool breeze even on a hot summer's day
    • Hundred springs flow clear and cool water that runs down the mountainside to a public resort facility located at the foot of the mountain
  • St. Peter Shrine in Apalit

    Permanent residence of a life-size ivory image of St. Peter called "Apung Iru" by the townspeople