Located in Urdaneta City is a monument of a giant carabao known as the “Metamorphosis.” Unveiled to the public in 2011, it is a cast bronze statue of a carabao, the city’s official seal, and has a backdrop of granite wall tempered with cascading man-made waterfall.
The “Metamorphosis” is a sculpture of Ram Mamalio, a professional monument and portrait sculptor and a native of Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. He specializes in realism – capturing the natural likeness of his art subjects (model). Some of his other significant works in the province are the bronze statue of former Governor Daniel Maramba, along the Maramba Boulevard in Lingayen and the bust sculpture of National Artist for Literature Francisco Sionil Jose in Rosales.
