Higantes in the Higantes festival in Angono Philippines

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4547 x 3122 px | 38.5 x 26.4 cm | 15.2 x 10.4 inches | 300dpi

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22 November 2018

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Angono Philippines

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ANGONO , PHILIPPINES - NOV 22 : Higantes in the Higantes festival in Angono Philippines on November 22 2018. Higantes are giant paper mache about ten feet tall

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RM2KFTHK5–Angono, Philippines, 20/11/2022, Papier-mache giants line up on the streets during the Higantes Festival grand parade. The locals celebrate their town's festival for the first time after two years of suspension due to the pandemic. The Higantes or papier-mache giants were first believed to have been made by local farmers as a form of protest against their landlords during the Spanish colonization era. The giant papier-mache puppets measure from four to five feet in diameter and ten to twelve feet in height and can only control the giants from inside of them.

RM2KFTGB2–Angono, Rizal, November 20, 2022. Papier-mache statues walk through the streets of Angono, Rizal, during the Higantes Festival grand parade on November 20, 2022. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the locals celebrate their town's festival for the first time. The Higantes, or papier-mache giants, were thought to have been created by local farmers during the Spanish colonization era as a form of protest against their landlords. The giant papier-mache puppets range in size from four to five feet in diameter and ten to twelve feet in height, and they can only be controlled from within.

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RMR1BMB4–Angono, Rizal, Philippines. 11th Nov, 2018. Before the Higantes Festival, where they parade giant puppets, there is this artisan who creates them. Arturo ''Totie'' Arcana is best known for creating these giant puppets that continues to live the tradition of parading them during the month of November.Higantes Festival started a century ago during the Spanish colonization. It was from Mexico that these caricatures was influenced. The larger than life caricatures are a form of protest to corrupt Spanish lords that became tradition in Agnono. Giant heads of Philippine presidents are store

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RM2KFTJ03–Papier-mache giants line up on the streets during the Higantes Festival grand parade. The locals celebrate their town's festival for the first time after two years of suspension due to the pandemic. The Higantes or papier-mache giants were first believed to have been made by local farmers as a form of protest against their landlords during the Spanish colonization era. The giant papier-mache puppets measure from four to five feet in diameter and ten to twelve feet in height and can only control the giants from inside of them. (Photo by Ryan Eduard Benaid/SOPA Images/Sipa USA)

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Higantes in the Higantes festival in Angono Philippines

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