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2. held annually in January in honorof the Santo
Niño (Infant Jesus),
concluding on the third Sunday, in the island and
townof Kalibo, Aklan in the Philippines.
The name Ati-Atihan means "to be like Atis" or "make
believe Ati's".
Thrillist.com
The Ati-Atihan Festival

3. ⚫The peopleattend masses for the Santo Niño, and benefit
dances sponsored bygovernment organizations.
⚫The formal opening mass emphasizes the festival’s religiousevent.
⚫The procession begins with a rhythmic drumbeats, and dances parading along the
street. The second day begins at dawn with a rosary procession, which ends with a
community mass, and procession.
⚫The phrase "Hala Bira! Pwera Pasma!" is originally associated with the Sto. Nino
Ati-Atihan Festival as the revelers and devotees keep on going with the festivities
all over the town from morning to the wee hours of the next morning, rain or
shine, forone week oreven more.
⚫They believe that the miraculous Child Jesus will protect them from harm and
illness. The highlight of the festival occurs on the last day, the third Sunday of
January, when groups representing different tribes compete for tourists'
attention and prizes.

5. Dinagyang Festival
⚫The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo
City, Philippines
⚫held on the fourth Sunday of January, or right after the Sinulog in
Cebu and the Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo, Aklan.
⚫It is held both to honor the Santo Niño and to celebrate thearrival on
Panay of Malay settlersand the subsequentselling of the island to them
by the Atis.

6. ⚫ Dinagyang began after Rev. Fr. Ambrosio Galindez, the first Filipino Rector of the Agustinian
Communityand Parish Priestof the San Jose Parish introduced the devotion to Santo Niño in
November 1967 after observing the Ati-Atihan Festival in the provinceof Aklan. On 1968, a replica
of the original imageof the Santo Niño de Cebu was brought to Iloilo by Fr. Sulpicio Enderez of
Cebu as a gift to the Parish of San Jose. The faithful, led by membersof Confradia del Santo Niño
de Cebu, Iloilo Chapter, worked togive the imagea fitting
reception starting at the Iloilo Airportand parading down the streetsof Iloilo.[1]
⚫ In the beginning, the observance of the feast was confined to the parish. The Confradia
patterned the celebration on the Ati-atihan of Ibajay, Aklan, where natives dance in the streets,
their bodies covered with soot and ashes, to simulate the Atis dancing to celebrate the sale of
Panay. It was these tribal groupswhowere the prototypeof the present festival.[2]
⚫ A participantof Dinagyang Festival
⚫ In 1977, the Marcosgovernmentordered thevarious regions of the Philippines to come up with
festivals or celebrations that could boost tourism and development. The City of Iloilo readily
identified the Iloilo Ati-atihan as its project. At the same time the local parish could no longer
handle the growing challenges of the festival.[3]
⚫ Dinagyang wasvoted as the bestTourism Event for 2006, 2007 and 2008 by the Association of
Tourism Officers in the Philippines. It is the first festival in the world to get the support of the
United Nations for the promotion of the Millennium Development Goals, and cited by the Asian
Development Bank as Best Practiceon government, private sector& NGO cooperatives.[4]

8. MassKara Festival
(Hiligaynon: Pista sang MassKara, Filipino: Fiesta ng
MassKara) is an annual festival held every third
weekend of October in Bacolod, Philippines.
⚫Genre
⚫Dates
⚫Location(s)
⚫Years active
carnival, parade, streetdancing
third week of October
Bacolod City, Philippines
1980 - present

9. ⚫The festival first began in 1980 during a period of crisis. The province
relied on sugar cane as its primary agricultural crop, and the price of
sugar was at an all-time low due to the introduction of sugar
substitutes like high fructose (corn syrup) in the United States. This
was the first Masskara Festival and a timeof tragedy; on April 22 of
that year, the inter-island
vessel MV Don Juan carrying many Negrenses, including those
belonging to prominent families in Bacolod City, collided with the
tanker Tacloban City and sank. An estimated 700 lives were lost in
the tragedy.
⚫In the midst of these tragic events, the city's artists, local government
and civic groups decided to hold a festival of smiles, because the city
at that time was also known as the City of Smiles. They reasoned that
a festival was also a good opportunity to pull the residents out of the
pervasive gloomy atmosphere. The initial festival was therefore, a
declaration by the people of the city that no matter how tough and
bad the times were, Bacolod City is going to pull through, survive,
and in the end, triumph.

11. Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival
⚫is a cultural-religiouscelebration in Tacloban based on the
body-painting traditions of the ancient tattooed "pintados"
warriors.
⚫In 1986, the Pintados Foundation, Inc. was formed by the
people of Tacloban toorganize this festival in honorof Sr.
Santo Niño.
⚫Years later, itwas merged with the Kasadyaan Festival
which is always held on June 29.

13. Sinulog Festival
⚫is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sundayof
January in Cebu City,
⚫centreof the Santo Niño Catholiccelebrations in the Philippines.
⚫Oneof the main highlights of the festival is thegrand streetparade
which lasts for 9 to 12 hours,
⚫Theword Sinulog comes from the Cebuano
adverb sulog which roughly means "like watercurrent movement;" it
describes the forward-backward movementof the Sinulog dance.

14. ⚫One of the main highlights of the festival is the grand street parade
which lasts for 9 to 12 hours (practically the entire day) with
participants coming from the different towns and cities of Cebu
and from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao across the Philippines. The
Sinulog dance contingents are dressed in bright coloured costumes
dancing gracefully to the rhythm of drums, trumpet and native
gongs. Smaller versions of the festival are held in various parts of
the province, also to celebrate and honor the Santo Niño. There is
also a "Sinulog sa Kabataan" performed by the youths of Cebu a
week before the parade. Recently, the festival has been promoted as
a tourist attraction, with a contest featuring contingents from
various parts of the country. The Sinulog Contest is usually held in
the Cebu City Sports Complex. The Sinulog Festival competition is
divided into three (3) categories namely the Street Dancing
Category, Free Interpretation and Sinulog base categories.