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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.
Ati Warriors during the Ati Tribes Competition. The main highlight of the Dinagyang Festival is the Ati Tribes Competition, also known as the Dinagyang Tribes Competition. The event features "Ati warrior" dancers in elaborate costumes, typically including vibrant headdresses adorned with colorful fabrics, feathers, beads, and other embellishments.
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 ...
Ati-Atihan Festival: 15-21 Kalibo, Aklan: Honours the Santo Niño, [17] 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 [18] Santa Rosa City, Laguna: Honors the resilience and perseverance of the people of Santa Rosa [18 ...
The complete list of winners of the Dinagyang Tribes Competition, also known as the Ati Tribes Competition or the Ati-atihan Contest, during the Dinagyang Festival, held annually on the fourth Sunday of January at the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand in Iloilo City, Philippines. The annual winner of the competition receives a cash prize and a trophy. [1]
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 the 2020 census. Panay is a triangular island, located in the western part of the Visayas. It is about 160 km (99 mi) across.
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Poverty incidence of Western Visayas 10 20 30 40 2006 29.08 2009 30.80 2012 29.14 2015 24.60 2018 16.32 2021 13.80 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Western Visayas is the sixth largest economy in the Philippines, comprising three major sectors: agriculture, forestry, and fishery; services; and industry. Iloilo City serves as the region's economic hub. Other major trading and commercial ...