Higantes Festival 2013 Calendar of Activities

Higantes Festival 2013

Calendar of Activities

October 31

• Halloween Party/Cosplay | Angono Gymnasium | 8 pm

Araw ng Angono 2013 Schedule of Activities | Angono, Rizal

Higantes Festival 2012 Schedule of Activities

Higantes Festival 2012 Schedule of Activities

Pagdating ng Imahen ni San Pedro Calungsod

Oct. 29, 2012

Chrismas Tiangge Municipal Compound

Nov. 1-Dec 30

Body Painting

Nov. 2 

Pagdiriwang para sa 100 kaarawan ni Carlos " Botong " Francisco Angono Cemetery 

Nov. 4

Pagmbayang Exhibit

Nov. 4-17, 

Bb. Angono 2012

Nov 10

San Miguel Beer Concert National Road

Nov.16

Talk N’ Text Anibersaya

Nov. 17

Higantes Festival

Parada ng Bayan (Cultural Mask Parade)

Nov. 18

Parehadora Festival III (Street Dancing) Angono Municipal Compound

Nov. 18

Band Drill exhibition and Baton Competition Municipal Compound

Nov. 18

Barako Bull 3 on 3 Municipal Compound

Nov. 23

Magnolia Dance Contest

Nov. 23

Angono Town Fiesta

Kapistahan ni San Clemente 

Nov. 23

GSM Concert Municipal Compound

Nov. 24

San Miguel Beer Concert National Road

Nov. 30

Chorale Competition

Dec 8

Lantern Parade

Dec 14

Concert Pamasko

Dec 22

Rizal Day Celebration

Dec 30 

Source: Angono Tourism Office FB

Higantes Festival 2011 Schedule of Activities | Angono, Rizal

Higantes Festival 2011

November 1 - December 31

Angono, Rizal

      Higantes Festival, also known as the Feast of San Clemente, is celebrated every 23rd of November in the town of Angono, Rizal. This is a major festival in honor of San Clemente, the patron saint of fishermen. His image is carried by male devotees during a procession accompanied by "pahadores" and "higantes". This street event ends in a procession to Laguna de Bay until the image is brought back to its sanctuary. 

Schedule of Activities

November 4 

• Pagdiriwang para sa Kaarawan ni Carlos "Botong" Francisco 

November 4 - 5

• Pagtatanghal ng Sarsuelang "Sa Bunganga ng Pating" | Angono Gymnasium

November 11

• San Miguel Beer Concert | National Road

November 12

• Concert ng Siakol | Angono Gymnasium

November 14 

• Seminar on "Basics of the Environment" | Angono Elementary School

November 16

• Angono Talentado | Patio ng Simbahan

November 18

• San Miguel Beer Concert | National Road

November 19

• On the Spot Body Painting Contest |  Angono Gymnasium
• Parehadora Festival (Street Dancing) | Angono Municipal Compound
• GSM Concert | Angono Municipal Compound

November 19 - 30

• Angono Art Exhibit | Angono Gymnasium

November 20

• Band Drill Exhibition and Baton Competition | Angono Municipal Compound
• Jamming Night | Angono Gymnasium

November 21 

• Rap N Roll | Angono Municipal Compound

November 21 - 22

• Film Showing | Angono Municipal Compound

November 22

• Higantes Festival | Angono Town Proper

November 23

• Angono Town Fiesta

November 25

• San Miguel Beer Concert | National Road

November 26

• Art Workshop/Faber Castle | Angono Gymnasium
• Talk n Text AniberSAYA | National Road

December 2

• Pre-Pageant Ms. Gay | Angono Municipal Compound

December 3 

• Ms. Angono Tourism Photo Contest Awards Night | Angono Municipal Compound

November 9

• Ms. Gay Angono Coronation | Angono Municipal Compound

Source: Angono Tourism Office

Rizal Monument in Angono

Angono Municipal Hall

Angono, Rizal: The Art Capital of the Philippines

Angono is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Rizal.

Angono came from the word "ang nuno" meaning an old man on the top of the soil. First created as a pueblo in 1766, Angono became a municipality in 1935.

Angono, Rizal: The Art Capital of the Philippines

Angono is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. It is located 30km east of Manila.

Angono came from the word "ang nuno" meaning an old man on the top of the soil. First created as a pueblo in 1766, Angono became a municipality in 1935.

St. Clements Parish Church in Angono, Rizal

St. Clements Parish Church in Angono, Rizal.

Shakey's Angono

History of Shakey's

Sherwood Johnson was an American G.I. when he caught malaria in the Pacific during World War II. The illness caused him to have the "shakes" and earned him the now famous nickname "shakey".

When the war was over, Shakey came home to California, and together with a group of friends, discovered their common love of dixieland jazz. Gathering regularly to play this lively music, the group also discovered Shakey Johnson's home cooking, especially his pizza. Needless to say, the group got larger and met regularly at Shakey's home--and nowhere else.

The fame of his fine cooking sparked an idea. Shakey and a college friend, Ed Plummer, pooled their savings together and bought an old grocery store at the corner of 57th and J street in Sacramento. On April 30, 1954, with a mere $1.85 in the till, the remodeled grocery store became the first Shakey's Pizza Parlor. Actually, no pizza was served because the oven weren't ready yet that Friday evening. Nevertheless, Shakey played the piano and Ed served the beer for their customers. With the money from the weekend, Shakey and Ed fired up their ovens on Monday and served the very first Shakey's Pizza. By 10 o'clock that evening, they were out of food, but people were still lining up to get in!

From this modest beginning, Shakey and Ed's business grew, and they started to open more stores in the U.S. Word get around about Shakey's thin, crisp crust with delicious toppings. Soon, people were calling it the "World's Greatest Pizza".



In 1975, the first Shakey's Pizza Parlor opened in the Philippines, with a promise to serve "fun...also pizza". That opening day, the restaurant sold nearly eight times as much pizza as expected, amidst balloons, charlie Chaplin movies, banjo and piano music.



Since then, Shakey's has opened over 100 outlets nationwide. Today, you don't even have to leave your home to enjoy "perfect pizzas and a whole lot more". Shakey's can deliver your pizza through one of the widest delivery networks in the country.



It's been a long time since April 30, 1954. But the great pizzas and the fun that Shakey and Ed served then are still around to help make Shakey's the No.1 pizza restaurant chain in the Philippines.

Source: Asiatravel