Finally the long wait is over. It’s been a year that I’d been waiting Higantes Festival. I was in Ilocos last year that is why I was not able to witness this gigantic fiesta. I invited my good friend Miko to join me to attend and have fun in Higantes.
Higantes Festival highlights the annual celebration of the people of Angono, Rizal. This festival features a larger than life paper-mache. It is also pays tribute in honor of San Clemente, the patron saint of the fishermen. Those higantes depicts image of famous personalities and some local farmers and fishermen. The streets of Angono are filled with locals and tourists waiting for the grand parade of the higantes, majorettes, bands and floats. The higantes were wearing a colorful costumes and dance gracefully in sync with the drum beats of the musicians that following them. After the parade there is a cultural presentation by different schools of Angono.
Angono Rizal is also the hometown of the two great national artists Carlos “Botong” Francisco and Professor Lucio San Pedro. Francisco is a famous painter while San Pedro is music genius. Along the Dona Aurora St. in Baranggay Poblacion Itaas displays an array of mural/sculptured walls depicting the famous paintings of Francisco. Most of the murals are pictures of rural life. The walls show the creativity and love for the arts of the townspeople.
The town of Angono is dubbed as the art capital of the Philippines.
How to get there:
From MRT Shaw Boulevard / EDSA Central ride a jeep bound for Angono or Binangonan. Fare is P30.00.
Know more about Angono, Rizal by visiting there website angono.gov.ph.
haha.di nyo kami inantay eh!from 8am-12noon kami andun!
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