page_title: Angono
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Angono / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Angono Public Artwork
context_page_description: Angono, officially the Municipality of Angono, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 113,283 people.
  Located 30 kilometres east of Manila, and with the continuous expansion of the metropolis, it is now considered part of Metro Manila's conurbation.
  It is best known as the "Art Capital of the Philippines", being the hometown of national artist for music Lucio San Pedro and national artist for visual arts Carlos "Botong" Francisco, as well as the site of the Angono Petroglyphs, the oldest known work of art in the Philippines. It is currently campaigning for its inclusion in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as it is a center for visual arts. It is also campaigning for the inclusion of the Angono Petroglyphs in the World Heritage List.
  First created as a pueblo in 1766, Angono was a barrio of its neighboring town Taytay and Binangonan before it was legally proclaimed an independent municipality in 1938 by then President Manuel L. Quezon.
context_section_description: Angono is the hometown of two national artists, Lucio San Pedro for music and Carlos "Botong" Francisco for visual arts. One of the public schools in Barangay 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 Nemi Miranda known as Nemiranda, Perdigon Vocalan, Jose "Pitok" Blanco and the Blanco Family. Around the town are artworks like various sculptures.
  Angono also boasts of several actors/actresses Joey Hipolito, Freddie Reynoso, Zoraida Sanchez, Mike Tan, Nikki Gil, and BJ Forbes; news anchor Sandra Aguinaldo and film director Cathy Garcia-Molina.
  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 town is currently campaigning for its inclusion in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as it is a center for visual arts. It is also campaigning for the inclusion of the Angono Petroglyphs (1 of 5 properties of the Petroglyphs and Petrographs of the Philippines UNESCO tentative site) in the World Heritage List.
caption: One of the numerous public artworks in Angono.
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