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    The town of Macabebe in the Philippines is known for its santeros, or craftsmen who produce religious sculptures. Before World War II, santo making was done primarily for personal use by local fishermen and farmers. Pablo "Ambo" Bautista started a business in the late 1930s to commercialize santo making, gathering local artisans. His workshop inspired others to open, making santo production the main livelihood for many. By the 1950s Bautista had a monopoly on escayola-finished santos, and his influence spread santo making throughout Pampanga and beyond. He is now acknowledged as the father of the santo industry in Macabebe.

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    The town of Macabebe in the Philippines is known for its santeros, or craftsmen who produce religious sculptures. Before World War II, santo making was done primarily for personal use by local fishermen and farmers. Pablo "Ambo" Bautista started a business in the late 1930s to commercialize santo making, gathering local artisans. His workshop inspired others to open, making santo production the main livelihood for many. By the 1950s Bautista had a monopoly on escayola-finished santos, and his influence spread santo making throughout Pampanga and beyond. He is now acknowledged as the father of the santo industry in Macabebe.

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    The town of Macabebe in the Philippines is known for its santeros, or craftsmen who produce religious sculptures. Before World War II, santo making was done primarily for personal use by local fishermen and farmers. Pablo "Ambo" Bautista started a business in the late 1930s to commercialize santo making, gathering local artisans. His workshop inspired others to open, making santo production the main livelihood for many. By the 1950s Bautista had a monopoly on escayola-finished santos, and his influence spread santo making throughout Pampanga and beyond. He is now acknowledged as the father of the santo industry in Macabebe.

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    SANTERO FESTIVAL

    History

    The Town of Macabebe is known as the home of santeros. A santero is a


    craftsman who uses wood, ivory, cement or fiber glass to produce an
    ecclesiastical art piece known as santo, usually an image of Christ,
    the Blessed Virgin Mary or a saint.

    Before the War, fishing and farming were the only means of livelihood of the
    people of Macabebe. Santo making was then merely an expression of their
    ingenuity, and the products were primarily for personal, not commercial, use.

    Shortly before World War II broke out, Pablo “Ambo” Bautista thought of
    opening a business/shop for santo making. He gathered all the local artisans
    of Macabebe and opened his talyer in the town. Tatang Ambo was not an
    artist, nor a sculptor, not even a painter. He was a businessman first and
    foremost, who jumpstarted the santo industry in his town and it was in this
    way that a livelihood for the people was opened and new artists emerged.

    In the 1950s, he had a monopoly of the santo business in Pampanga, in


    particular the escayola finish. The talyer of Tatang Ambo inspired other shops
    to mushroom along the whole stretch of the town’s main road leading to the
    plaza. Others found their way in the other towns of Pampanga and other
    places outside of the province. Most shop owners were sculptors, painters, or
    former helpers of Tatang Ambo’s talyer. Some were the sons of the old
    carvers of Tatang Ambo like Adol Aguirre and Beben Garcia of Sto. Niño de
    Escultura (in Balibago, Angeles City).

    Tatang Ambo is now acknowledged as the father of the santo industry


    of Macabebe, a tradition that has now been continued by Gener. His most
    well-known commissions are the carved santos of the magnificent
    gilded retablo of the Center for Kapampangan Studies of Holy Angel
    University in Angeles City. The santos are miniature replicas of the patron
    saints of the 20 towns of Pampanga, enthroned in the main altars of the
    parish town church.

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