What first comes to mind when you think about what’s best about the Philippines? – food, colorful fiestas, traditions, people... Philippines is well known for offering varieties of food, from appetizers to desserts such as sinigang, adobo, halo-halo, and leche flan, a lot of vibrant and lively fiestas all around the country, and the home of generous welcoming people. Our country has a lot to offer to its guest, indeed. The Philippines also for having wealthy, colorful towns; one of them is Angono, Rizal.
Angono, Rizal, is one of the best tourist spots in the Philippines. Yearly, the town is always visited by local and foreign tourists to enjoy the most significant event and festival it offers its guests -- the Higantes Festival. Regardless of its small size as a town, Angono is rich with so many things; that are found in its music, food, visual art, fiestas, and the people who love their town wholeheartedly.
Known as the “Art Capital of the Philippines” for being the home of many artists, such as National Artists, namely, Botong Francisco (for painting) and Maestro Lucio San Pedro (for music); it is also the first town in the country to be dubbed as the UNESCO ASEAN Culture Capital for 2010 for its continuous culture and tradition for generations. The Higantes Festival, Angono-Binangonan Petroglyphs, fried itik, balaw-balaw, and numerous museums all around the town – are just a few of the many things Angono is most famous for.
Pioneer of Art: A Walk to the Glorious Past
Tree Story of Art
Balaw Balaw (Fermented Shrimp)
A Mother’s Woe
The Liberty Enlightening the World
Malakas: Giving Grace
National Artist’s Manor
Muralist on Wall
Cognizance: Botong’s Little Totong
Lullaby Street
The Patron Saint
Center of Belief
Pritong Itik (Fried Duck)
A Painter’s Cradle
Squared and still
Recreation
Mermaid’s Euphoria
Preserved Culture
Utopia: Artist’s Paradise
The Colorful Life of Angono, A Senior Thesis, 2013
Applied Arts, Miriam College, Katipunan, Quezon City
