Bright Christmas at Silay City

Silay City is considered to be one of the most historic seats in Negros Occidental. It is affluent in culture and culturally-oriented people.

Silay is best known for its numerous ancestral houses, landmarks, Legend of Kansilay and the industry that brought delight and honor to the Silaynons.

Every time I go to school, I pass by the beautiful city and as always, I am astonished how rich and alive Filipino culture is. Every day, the feeling is the same..Not until December.

Every Christmas, Silay City is packed with lights that seem to play with you sight. Different Christmas booths are built by every barangays using indigenous materials, depicting their ways of life through displays such as the Nativity scene, Christmas trees and stars. These are made by purely Silaynons who are aesthetically inclined and who wants to share how different Christmas celebration is in Negros and in Silay City.

Photo by JFBalagosa

At the center of the plaza stands a colossal Christmas tree, ingeniously made and crammed with gleaming lights and pulsating colors of red and green. The tree is exquisitely made using rattan and other indigenous materials that are very abundant in the city. It is one of the core attractions in Silay City’s Christmas village.

Christmas is really something different in Silay City. People are lovable and hospitable, Filipino culture is alive and will live even if innovation takes place.

Visiting Silay City during Holidays is experiencing Christmas with a faultless scent of pure Filipino culture. No doubt, the city is considered to be the little Paris of Negros.