Question

It is a big papier mache caricatures of humans that represent farmers and fishermen but according to stories the original of it were representation of hacienderos during the Spanish colonial period.

Answer 1

Answer:

Higantes

Explanation:

Higantes big papier mache caricatures of humans that represent farmers and fishermen but according to stories, the original higantes were representation of hacienderos during the Spanish colonial period. The higantes are rendered as a man or woman in various costumes. Their faces give a commanding look with their hands on the waist. The earliest “ higantes” are composed of a father, mother, and a child. It originated in the “Art Capital of the Philippines”, the Angono, Rizal Province.