The Colorful Life of Angono

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What first comes into your 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 appetizer to dessert 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. Philippines is also for having rich and 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 biggest event and festival that 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 own 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 – these are just a few of the many things Angono is most famous for.

The Colorful Life of Angono intends to let the world see the fine beauty of this small town in Rizal. To make people fall in love even more with the town and to make them see what Angono, Rizal can offer.