In a dusty workshop in the town of Angono, just outside Manila,

an artist glances up at a poster from the Disney animation “Tangled.”

He compares it with the image of the film's strong-jawed hero, which he is airbrushing onto the side of an old jeepney.

Additionally, from being one of the most enduring and endearing legacies from the time the U.S. Army spent in the Philippines

during World War II, jeepneys are now in danger of losing their artistry altogether, as owners prioritize finance over flourish.

Left behind by the U.S. Army after World War II, they were adopted by enterprising Filipinos who turned them into public utility vehicles