Angono Rizal

Angono Rizal is know as the Art of the Capital in the Philippines. Angono is the hometown of two national artists, Lucio San Pedro for music and Carlos "Botong" Francisco for arts. One of the public schools in Brgy. Mahabang Parang is named Carlos "Botong" V. Francisco National High School in honor of the said artist. The town also boasts of other artists like Nemiranda, Perdigon to name a few. Around the town are artworks like various sculptures. The artistic town of Angono celebrates the feast of Pope St. Clement I every November 22 to 23 of each year. There are times that this coincides with the feast of Christ the King. The celebration starts with the novena mass on the 14th till 22nd day of November, the devotees in prayer and thanksgiving, dance in the church patio after the novena mass. The dancing was accompanied by the Angono band with the church bell ringing after playing the music. The higantes are made of paper-mache. Higantes measures four to five feet in diameter and ten to twelve feet in height. Traditionally, it began in the last century when Angono was a Spanish hacienda. This higantes was influenced by the Mexican art form of paper-mache brought by the Spanish priests to the Philippines.

Parehadora
The traditional parehadoras are group of young girls holding paddles and wearing bakya or wooden slippers and dressed in a colorful outfit which joins the procession in the feast day of St. Clement. They usually march at the beat of the band playing alongside with them.

                                                                                           "Tourist Destination in Angono Rizal"

Higantes Festival

The month of November is the busiest time of the year for the Angono folks. This is the time when people prepare themselves for the celebration of the Higantes Festival.

The festivity got its name from the paper-mache giants that is always brought out to include in the celebrations. The origin of these giants were said to be the paper-mache giants used by the Angono natives before against the Spanish oppressors as a form of protest against them.

The preparations start as early as September, During this time, you can hear a faint sound of drums and lyres practicing their parade piece, whether a traditional parade piece, the classic Voltes V theme song or something from the latest array of music, such as Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance.

During the month of October, more preparations are becoming visible. Besides the sound of the drums and lyres, the sound of the majorette’s whistle can now also be heard. The participants of the parade are starting to hold their routine practices, including the parehadoras. Parehadoras are participants who usually wear wooden clogs (bakya in Filipino), colorful attires, and they hold wooden paddles, which signifies the history of Angono—that the town was once a fishing village.

At the same time, the installment of banderitas are being held. These banderitas are pretty important because aside from the fact that these give the fiesta feeling a little more boost, the banderitas used in Angono are made out of recycled materials, which is great, because it minimizes use of paper, therefore, it saves a lot of trees from being cut. These recycled banderitas also proves that Angono is an environment-friendly town, which is synonymous to one of the current mayor’s advocations: Zero Basura.

And then, come the month of the festivities.

The town of Angono buzzes with so much life once the month of November comes in. People prepare their houses for the arrival of friends and relatives who will celebrate the fiesta with them. Mothers keep themselves busy with budgeting their money for the food to be prepared during the fiesta feast.


The festival starts on the 22nd of November, and it starts off with the Bisperas Mayores, which is a parade of the marching bands and drum and lyres sponsored by each barangay of Angono. It is done in the morning and in the afternoon, and some of the giants and local officials join in the parade in the afternoon.



Cruising Dona Aurora Ibaba

Almost all lower exterior walls/fences of houses in this area (towards the church) are finished with mural paintings/sculptures which you'll find very informative for they showcase relics of all painting works of Carlos "Botong" Francisco.

Yab Designs

It is very easy to find Yab Designs. it is located near the Meralco Office along Quezon Avenue in Angono. Call in advance before going to the warehouse as they are very strict about who can enter their factory premises but he staff are very helpful and kind.

To the CAVE

                                                     

You need to enter and walk into a tunnel to reach the gallery and the cave
-Reaching the end of the tunnel, need to walk another 50 meters to be at the site
-No vehicles allowed to enter into the tunnel, not even motorcycles. One time I was at the Gallery before 8AM waiting for the Tourism Officer - he arrives at the site on his motorcycle - meaning he passed into the tunnel on his ride. Follow the rules!!!!!
-The first time I visited the cave was in 1993. No gallery, no security guard, no one looks after the cave to secure the site and NO tunnel. It seems they blocked the old trail we used to build the golf course and created the tunnel to reach the cave, instead.

The Petroglyhps Gallery

Art and Festival

The Higantes (Giants) Festival in this town celebrates every November 23, where the giants made of paper mache are paraded in honor of their patron saint, San Clemente.and also the..
Angono Petroglyphs is a pre-historic drawings discovered in the boundary of Angono and Binangonan, Rizal, in 1965 and the 127 drawings on the rock wall estimated to date back to 3000 B.C. I never had a chance to see those drawings due to bad weather



Balaw-Balaw gallery and restaurant

Exhibiting a vast collection of paintings, sculptures and other art forms conceptualized and made by independent and budding artists from Angono, the gallery is located at Balaw-Balaw Specialty Restaurant, where customers, visitors and guests alike, oftentimes enjoy viewing the artworks on display. This charming art gallery and restaurant, was founded by the painter and sculptor Perdigon Vocalan. Today they offer a hearty welcome to both local and foreign guests and a short guided tour around the exhibits that are works of the late artist and his students or collection items from the old Philippine cultural tradition. Among the exhibits you will find a lot of miniatures or original "Higantes" (=Giants), that are parading in the Angono streets on November 22 (Higantes Festival) and November 23 (San Clemente feast). Then you can taste a wide range of native foods at reasonable prices (let's say prices compatible to a Max's restaurant). Pictures and video are not allowed.

Exotic and Delicious Delicacies
Balaw-Balaw Folk Art Museum is now known as Balaw-Balaw Restaurant. Here in this Restaurant they serve foods like specialties and exotics. For those people whose brave enough, they could order, Urok (larva of beetles that are found in coconut trees cooked as adobo or steamed in tamarind fruit and tomatoes just like escargot), nilasing na palaka which is frogs marinated in wine and cooked as adobo, kamaru or the popular Kapampangan cricket dish, bibingkang abnoy which is aborted duck eggs cooked in banana leaves, and the palos (freshwater eel cooked as adobo).

Balaw-Balaw Restaurant doesn't just serve for lunch and dinner. They are also preparing and serving those unusual alads such as rose petal salad, rose petal tempura, bougainvillea salad, or crispy alagaw leaves (like crispy spinach or kangkong). But for today, they served us the traditional foods.

Above and around the restaurant are paintings and sculptures of Vocalan, a lot of them! Indeed, the place was a feast for the eyes, mind and stomach.

Balaw-Balaw Folf Art Museum

Balaw-Balaw Folk Art Museum is now known as Balaw-Balaw Restaurant. Here in this Restaurant they serve foods like specialties and exotics. For those people whose brave enough, they could order, Urok (larva of beetles that are found in coconut trees cooked as adobo or steamed in tamarind fruit and tomatoes just like escargot), nilasing na palaka which is frogs marinated in wine and cooked as adobo, kamaru or the popular Kapampangan cricket dish, bibingkang abnoy which is aborted duck eggs cooked in banana leaves, and the palos (freshwater eel cooked as adobo).
Balaw-Balaw Restaurant doesn't just serve for lunch and dinner. They are also preparing and serving those unusual alads such as rose petal salad, rose petal tempura, bougainvillea salad, or crispy alagaw leaves (like crispy spinach or kangkong). But for today, they served us the traditional foods.
Above and around the restaurant are paintings and sculptures of Vocalan, a lot of them! Indeed, the place was a feast for the eyes, mind and stomach.

Nemiranda restaurant and The Blanco Family Museum

Nemiranda Restaurant and Museum is also famous because of their paintings or art works and their food served. Nemiranda restaurant is near the super famous restaurant in Angono, Rizal the Balaw-Balaw Restaurant.

Implications of internet of the growth in the Philippines

            We all know that we are now living in a highly capable technology, a lot of gadgets, android phones, computers, that helps us in our daily lives. Internet is one of those that helps people connect to each and everyone. In the Philippines, internet is very important it helps the business firm generally in the economy of the Philippines like transacting goods, clothes, in a easiest way. Internet does an important role in the economy not only in the Philippines but also in other country. Internet is really important not only in businesses but in every people have been apart from their love ones, it is easy to connect to our love ones to feel that they were not been apart from each other using those social media sites like skype, wechat. Facebook. Yahoo, etc. it can also help the student to make their homework easily by just researching in goggle and the internet does all these. Internet is very demanding in these world today to live in a highest form of technology

   Internet is very helpful in daily lives, because if we have internet we can do anything but some people doing it in a bad way like hacking the account of others watching bad movies like pornography. Internet is not bad in the growth of Philippines it depends on the people who using it. Some people using it to help themselves like researching the assignment or doing their assignments. Internet are also knowledgeable because if we don't know something we just need to search it in google. Nowadays is very high tech, I would like to share what i read in book it says that most of the people now is tires or lazy people that's why some smart people invented the things that can help us in a easy way for example of this is the machine and gadgets etc. So for us people we need to use internet in a good way. Some people make addict in an online games like dota, coc, etc so we need to limit the things that we do. Time is gold we don\t need to waste are time by using internet we need to limit. Its very important for us to study, read a lot of books that can help us to be knowledgeable. 

Mary Romeliza Jenine J. Rivera
BSTM 3rd year

My Dream vacation in the Philippines

I have a lot of dream vacation in the Philippines, I love to travel. I want to go to all tourist destinations here in the Philippines. But my very most dream vacation here in the Philippines is in Ilocos and Bohol, it’s my dream vacation with my family. I want to experience my family the tradition there and also the surroundings. In ilocos it has a lot of tourist destination but my choice is in vigan because I know that my parent will enjoy there because they want to go there someday that’s why it became my dream vacation. In my entire dream my family is there

In vigan we want to watch the dancing fountain in plaza salcedo, we know that we will enjoy it. And also in St. Augustin Church in every destination we will go, we always want to go to church to thank God for the wonderful trip and safety trip. When I was 2nd year we went in Vigan, its more fun when im with my family. and we like the special delicasy in ilocos its empanada,

.We want also to go to different churches in bohol but now the church in bohol is crushed because of the typhoon. In bohol I want also to travel with my family in the floating restaurant because it’s relaxing I know they will love it because their too old to enjoy activities that’s why I want them to relax. In my dream vacation I already went in ilocos and bohol because I’m a tourism student and we tour in ilocos and bohol but it’s just me, My dream vacation is to be with my family in our dream tourist destination.

Actually I have a lot of dream vacation but I want it to go with my family. Most of my dream vacation is in other country. For now I don’t have any dream vacation for myself because in my tour experience I think I already went in my dream vacation because when I was child my dream is to go to white sand which is boracay but for now I think I already went there because I already experience white sand in bohol. I enjoying my course because I love to travel the world. We have a lot of tourist destination here in the Philippines and I’m so bless that some of them is I already experiencing. In the Philippines we have a lot of tourist destination but I notice that some Filipinos didn’t appreciate it only foreigners appreciate it. That’s all my dream vacation its just two because my dream is to make my parent be happy that’s why my dream vacation is to be with them.  

JOAN Y. ECLEVIA BSTM 3rd year. COMP1 Sir. Beria                         




                            "MY DREAM VACATION IN THE PHILIPPINES"



        One day i wanted to go somewhere a peaceful place, a holistic place. a fresh air. And have a beautiful views. In a country of Philippines my choice to having an vacation is in the Bohol. We have a tour last month in Bohol and  that it is a worth it tour for me. Because of the natural resources that can make the places most attracted most especially to the tourist. We all known Bohol is a famous places. Because of the tourist spot like Chocolate hills, tarsier sanctuary. But they have known the most beautiful in Bohol their island. Like Balicasag, Dauis and my most favorite is the Virgin island. Virgin island it is like a Maldives island, white sand, a beautiful place, a quiet place. The donation of the tourist in a places like virgin island it can be help to be improvement the places, To make places most attracred that's why the Boholenus knowlegeble to make it places growth in a good way. This is my dream to come someday. To enjoy, relax and less stress. Bohol is one of my favorite to visit. One of my dream to having vacation. 
     



                              IMPLICATION OF INTERNET GROWTH IN ECOTOURISM

When we say a ecotourism. It is all about in our natural resources or natural environment. For me it is difficult to think that internet can conclude to the natural resources, but nowadays internet can influence all of our activities, all of the things. And i know in our generations internet can be help the Ecotourism. Because internet one of the knowledgeable things or technology. It can be growth to the ecotourism most especially the organization that can protect our natural resources. They can use it to make improve the tourist spot of ecotourism, like caving, hiking, trekking. And other activities of ecotourism. It can be use the internet by promoting the ecotourism places, the tourist spot. That can be implicate the ecotourism growth.