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Pioneering lantern-maker Ernesto Quiwa at his factory

A fourth-generation artisan, he told The Manila Times that it was his uncle who first used a rotor made out of milk tin cans to make twinkling lanterns in 1957. Quiwa took over the family’s humble business and started selling San Fernando lanterns in 1964.

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