Higantes Festival

Higantes Festival, also known as the Feast of San Clemente, is celebrated every November 23 in the town of Angono, Rizal. The Higantes Festival is part of a two-week long celebration of the Angono Town Fiesta. Activities include a Misa Cantada (a special sung mass), novena, song and dance contests, fried "itik" festival and cooking competition, a 5k Fun Run, on-the-spot painting contest, art exhibit, job fair, bingo and videoke challenge, and of course, the highlights of the festivities -- the Race of the Higantes and the Procession of the Pagoda. They use water bottles, squirt guns, and even drinking glasses, spraying water on everyone passing by.

The Higantes Festival takes its name from the oversized papier maché figures that make it a spectacle of hilarity and entertainment like no other. Expect water fights, hot air balloons, and a variety of fairs to round out your days—and keep in mind that this revelry has been occurring in this form since the late nineteenth century.

Daily activities such as the Higanteng tiangge (flea market) were held at the Municipal Park Plaza. There were singing and dance contests, fried Itik (Angono’s prized delicacy) festival and cooking competition, a 5k fun run, on-the-spot painting contest, an art exhibit, a job fair, a bingo and videoke challenge, government employees’ parade, and of course, the highlights of the festivities, the Race of the Higantes and the Procession of the Pagoda.