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The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural festival held annually on the fourth Sunday of January in Iloilo City, Philippines, in honor of Santo Niño, the Holy Child, and to commemorate the historic pact between the Malay settlers and the indigenous Ati people of Panay.
Feast of Santo Niño, Sinulog, Dinagyang, Maragtas 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 ...
The Kasadyahan Festival is a cultural festival that is part of the larger Dinagyang Festival held annually on the fourth Saturday of January in Iloilo City, Philippines.It precedes the main highlight of Dinagyang, the Ati Tribes Competition, which takes place the following day on Sunday.
The MassKara Festival (Hiligaynon: Pista sang MassKara, Filipino: Pista ng MassKara) is an annual festival with highlights held every 4th Sunday of October [1] [2] in Bacolod, Philippines. The festival sites include the Bacolod Public Plaza , the Lacson Tourism Strip and the Bacolod City Government Center.
In the Dinagyang festival of Iloilo City, also on Panay, performers are also painted to look supposedly like Ati and are organized into "tribes", called "tribus", to perform dances with drums, as the Atis are supposed to have done when the Austronesians arrived and bought Panay from the Ati.
The date may change soon as it has been separated from the Dinagyang Festival since 2020 [24] Dinagyang Festival: 4th Sunday Iloilo City: Honours the Santo Niño and the pact between the island's aboriginal peoples and migrant Bornean Datus: Ibajay Ati-Ati Municipal and Devotional Fiesta [25] 4th Sunday Ibajay, Aklan: Honours the Santo Niño
Masks made of bamboo and paper, used in Lucban depict the typical Filipino farming family. Masks in Marinduque are used in pantomime; those in Bacolod depict egalitarian values, regardless of economic standards. Masks are worn in theatrical epics, especially those related to the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. [159]
Moriones soldier. The Moriones Festival is a lenten and religious festival held annually on Holy Week on the island of Marinduque, Philippines.The "Moriones" are men and women in costumes and masks replicating the garb of biblical Imperial Roman soldiers as interpreted by locals.