Higantes Festival
The Higantes Festival is a local festival held annually In Angono, Rizal, Philippines. The celebration's origins may be traced back to Spanish colonial control in the late 1800s, when the wealthy ruling class who dominated Angono as their hacienda rigorously prohibited the common people from celebrating, with the exception of one festival every year.
The hardworking common people mocked the hacienderos with the higantes puppets during their once-a-year festival, transforming the papier-mâché giants into hacienderos. In one the most famous festivals in Philippine - Higantes Festival, the common people were supposed to have learned papier-mâché from Spanish friars through unexplained means. The gigantic puppets show a man or woman dressed in a variety of outfits, their faces giving instructions and their hands on their waists.
Main Highlights
- Higantes Festival Parade
- Water Splashing Activity
Date: November 23rd
