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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 ...
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 .
The word Dinágyang came from a Hiligaynon word extrapolated from dágyang, meaning “merrymaking.” [4] The festival hosts a celebration of the Santo Niño (Holy Child or Infant Jesus) and the pact between the Datus and the locals after the arrival of Malay settlers and the legendary barter of Panay Island from the natives called Ati.
Kalibo Ati-Atihan Festival in the Philippines. 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 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]
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Kawamura detachment was ordered by Homma to secure Panay, with 6 transport and 4 destroyer escorts arrived in Panay on April 16, 1942. [5] Landed in the three sites of the Panay island Jaro southeast of Panay just south of Iloilo City, Capiz town on the northwest, and in San Jose in Antique province at the west of the island.
Passi claims the moniker "The Sweet City at The Heart of Panay" being the beating heart-shaped center of Panay, with a rich history in rice, pineapple and sugarcane. It holds the distinction of being the only component city in the province of Iloilo, and ranks as the largest in terms of land area and income, and second only to Oton in ...