St. Joseph Parish Church

Interior of the church

Facade of the church

     One of the most famous churches in the Philippines is in Las Piñas, the St. Joseph Parish Church or for the local citizens they sometimes call it the Bamboo Organ Church. It was founded by Fr. Diego Cera and a bridge that leads to the church was also named before him, the Diego Cera Bridge. It has a great architectural design showing the essence of the Filipinos' adaptability to the Spanish culture. The church did not became famous just because of this but also because of the one unique instrument that the church has, the Bamboo Organ. This was the reason why the locals call it the Bamboo Organ church. Every time a mass starts, the instrument that the musician uses when the choir sings is the organ made of bamboo. The bamboo organ has a different structure compared to normal organs. It uses a wide variety of pipes to create sounds. And that makes it unique along with the church.
     As of now, the organ is still working but the tradition of creating the organ's sound was changed. Before, the organ needs a few men to pump the air bag found near the organ's pipes to produce the sound but now, they use electricity to pump the mechanism. Even though technology took over the organ's mechanism, it still creates the beautiful sounds and music that it created before.