THE SHOE CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES

The main industry that Marikina is famous for—shoemaking—began in 1887 through the pioneering efforts of Don Laureano “Kapitan Moy” Guevarra. Kapitan Moy started experimenting with shoemaking when the soles of his own imported shoes broke. For want of a shoe repair shop nearby he tried to fix his shoes.

LERION - THE OFFICIAL FOLK DANCE OF MARIKINA

Lerion is the official folk dance of Marikina. In the early 1950's the late national artist in dance, Francisca Reyes Aquino and a resident artist Simeona Chanyungco pains takingly scouted to look for a dance in this area. They found this dance in Parang, Marikina. History tells us that Parang for many, many years was a typical agricultural village.

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