Showing posts with label Murals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Murals. Show all posts

Saturday, April 28, 2012

A tribute to our National Artists

Doña Aurora Street Murals is one of a kind art gallery in the country.  It's a free art gallery on the street, open 24 hours a day.  A tribute to the national artists, Carlos "Botong" V. Francisco for arts, and Lucio D. San Pedro for music.

National Artist

The art murals are all copied from the works of Botong Francisco and the widely acclaimed lullaby "Sa Ugoy Ng Duyan" of Lucio San Pedro are all sculpted on the street.  To locals, it was just an ordinary wall, I think they're just used to it.  But to us, they were amazing.  If only it was not to sunny when we visit the place, we would have taken more photos of it.  But we still took a few.

A woman with a deer

Merienda

Songs of the brown man

Martyrdom of Rizal

Moriones Mask

At the end of the street murals you'll see Lucio San Pedro's famous "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan".



Sa Ugoy ng Duyan


Ang Nuno

And of course before we leave Doña Aurora, it was a need to have a picture with at least one of the art sculptures (in the heat of the sun).  Hehe!

Raina and Raz

Kahit pawisan, smile pa din! :)


How to get there


By Private vehicle
From EDSA, drive through Ortigas Ext. road passing by KayTikling.  Turn right passing by the town of Taytay until you reach the Y junction, pass by the road on the right.  That will let you pass the town of Angono.  Doña Aurora Street of Barangay Itaas is at your right, a few meters after the Municipal hall.

By Public Transportation
From EDSA-Crossing, take the Angono bound FX or jeepneys.  If you take other transportation that will pass by the town of Angono, make sure that they will pass the town proper.  Ask the driver to drop you off at Doña Aurora Street of Barangay Itaas.  That's a few meters after the Municipal hall.

Read our Rizal Tour from Day 1 to Day 2.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Rizal Tour (Day 2)

Day 2:

We started our tour late from our original plan.  It was almost 12 noon when we reach Doña Aurora Street Murals.  This murals were created to honor the two national artist of their town.  Carlos "Botong" Francisco and Lucio San Pedro.

National Artists from Angono, Rizal
The whole street was decorated with murals and the song of "Sa Ugo'y ng Duyan" was also there.

Murals
Since Angono church is on the same street, we decided to drop by and take pictures.  San Clemente or St. Clement Parish Church is located at Doña Aurora Street after the murals.  St. Clement is the patron saint of fishermen, Angono's patron saint.



After Angono, we went to Antipolo for the Mystical Cave.  Took a ride from Angono town proper to KayTikling for P11.50.  At KayTikling, we took another jeepney ride to Antipolo for P10.  It was past 12 so we decided to eat lunch at Parco before starting our cave adventure.

We took the Cogeo bound jeepney's for P9 and another ride bound to Paenaan (P8.50) to the street to Mystical Cave.  You should be able to see the street after the old hotel/motels on your right.  Be ready for a 30-45 minute walk on a rough road.

To Mystical Cave
Entrance to Mystical Cave
From the name itself, the locals call it mystical due to the holy images and rock formations seen inside the cave.  The crystal rock and waters from inside is said to heal the sick.  During holy week, this cave and the cross on top of the mountain is a popular destination for pilgrimage.  Good thing that we went there right after holy week.

Our tour guide told us that another route to go to Antipolo town proper is to pass by the Subdivision in La Salle.  We took his advise and indeed, it was easier.  We should have saved the long walk on the rough road.

It was getting dark when we reach Antipolo church.  We couldn't resist to have a sundae to cool down.  It was actually fun to just sit on one side of the gutter and do nothing but eat.  Our tour is almost ending, energies are going down (I thought!) until we saw clowns waiting with us in the terminal.  My travel buddies just can't get enough.

Raina and Raz with the clowns
Until our next adventure girls.. ^_^


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