Monday, January 16, 2012

PHILIPPINE FESTIVALS #11: HIGANTES FESTIVAL


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HIGANTES FESTIVAL
3rd week of November/ Angono, Rizal

The Higantes Festival, Angono's joyous fiesta in honor of San Clemente whose image, resplendent in papal vestment, is borne by male devotees during a procession accompanied by "parehadoras" (devotees dressed in colorful local costumes, wooden shoes and carrying boat paddles and "higantes" giant paper mache effigies.  The street event culminates in a fluvial procession in Laguna de Bay amidst revelry that continues until the image is brought back to its sanctuary.  (Photography by Dave Deluria).
Source:   DOT website

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