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Led by Datu Puti and Datu Sumakwel and sailing with boats called balangays, they landed near a river called Suaragan, on the southwest coast of Panay, (the place then known as Aninipay), and bartered the land from an Ati headman named Polpolan and his son Marikudo for the price of a necklace and one golden salakot. The hills were left to the ...
The Kalibo Santo Niño—Ati-Atihan Festival, [1] also simply called Ati-Atihan Festival, is a Philippine festival held annually in January in honor of the Santo Niño (Holy Child or Infant Jesus) in several towns of the province of Aklan, Panay Island.
The Binirayan Festival commemorates the legend of the arrival of the ten Bornean datus on the island of Aninipay now known as Panay. (See the legend of Maragtas.)As Governor Evelio B. Javier, the Father of Binirayan Festival, reminded the Antiqueños during the earlier celebrations, "let us gather the strands and memories of our past, as we look back with pride, that we may look ahead with ...
Panay comprises 4.4 percent of the entire population of the country. [5] The City of Iloilo is its largest settlement with a total population of 457,626 inhabitants, as of 2020 census. Panay is a triangular island, located in the western part of the Visayas. It is about 160 km (99 mi) across.
Ati (Inati), or Binisaya nga Inati, is an Austronesian language of the island of Panay in the Philippines. The variety spoken in northern Panay is also called Sogodnin . [ 2 ] The Ati people also speak Kinaray-a and Hiligaynon .
Ati-Atihan Festival: 15-21 Kalibo, Aklan: Honours the Santo Niño, [16] and the legendary meeting of the island’a aboriginal peoples with settlers from Borneo: Batan Ati-Ati Malakara Festival: 3rd weekend Batan, Aklan: Sikhayan Festival: 18 [17] Santa Rosa City, Laguna: Honors the resilience and perseverance of the people of Santa Rosa [17 ...
Honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani as among the heroes and martyrs who fought the authoritarian dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. [37] Nelia Sancho (1951–2022) - Filipina Beauty Queen and Fashion Model born in Botbot, Pandan, Antique was Binibining Pilipinas 1969 1st-Runner Up to Gloria Diaz, and Queen of the Pacific 1971 winner. [38]
The sound of a flute was heard when the spirit was present (Boxer 2016:82/83). In their dreams, the shaman saw these spirits as a black man (itím na laláki) or a wild water buffalo (anwáng). Similarly, a mountain spirit called tigbálang was perceived as a black ghost, hence Anáki'ý ikáw ay tigbálang "You look like a mountain spirit ...