Tony Mahilum specialized in genre paintings populated by peasants, in a forested town setting, unique windows on a vanished folk culture. His style is famed for showing crowds of small figures, seen from a high viewpoint, and spread evenly across the central picture space.

The setting is typically a rural town space surrounded by houses, within which the figures have a fundamentally individualized manner of portrayal, with individuals or small groups engaged in their own distinct activity. But not all of Mahilum's work are all crowded surfaces as shown by this work.

Like most of his works it is likely that Mahilum intended his painting to have a festive sense rather than simply being an affectionate portrayal of peasant life...