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Capiz

Province of Panay Island in the Philippines; area 2,635 sq km/1,017 sq mi; population (1995) 624,000. The capital is Roxas. Sugar and rice are cultivated and, to a lesser extent, tobacco, cacao, and Indian corn. There is some copper mining, and copra and canned fish are exported; the fisheries of Capiz are also important.
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Most homes display a parol outside their windows (usually a star-shaped lantern signifying the Star of Bethlehem that can be made simply from bamboo sticks and colourful cellophane or the more elaborate capiz shells).
The story of Christmas around the world by Sison, Marites N. / Anglican Journal
33) Some time in December 1980, while working as quarry officer at Panit-an, Capiz, Philippines, he experienced what he considered as a "concrete and real" encounter with Jesus Christ.
One mission, different voices: overseas missions of the convention of ... by Romarate-Knipel, Carla Gay A. / Baptist History and Heritage
Our parols are authentic, using native capiz and crafted by master parol makers from Pampanga in The Philippines.
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