This festival originates back in the Spanish Era where the people of San Mateo Rizal offer kakanin (native rice delicacies) as a sign of prayer and thanksgiving to the Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu.
Back in the days, San Mateo Rizal was surrounded by rice fields which is their main industry and source of income. Thru this abundant resources, cooking kakanin had been a part of every rizaleneos life.
At present, different industry had sprung up in the city such as poultry and livestock, but still, San mateo Rizal holds firm to their specialty, the kakanin. READ MORE...
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