1. ATI-ATIHAN

2. What is Ati-atihan?
It is a festival is named after the Ati, the natives of Panay before the arrival of the Malay in the 10th century and the Spanish in the 16th century.

3. What happened?
A group of 10 Malay Datus fleeing from  Borneo settled in the Philippines.
The Ati people of the tribes of Panay Island let them settle.
Ati-han was really a pagan festival from this tribe that practices Animism for worshiping their anito god.

4. 4. Spanish missionaries later added Christian meaning.

5. When and where is it celebrated?
Annually
3rd week on January
2nd Sunday after Epiphany
In Kalibo in Panay, Aklan

6. What music is used?
Hala Bira Iloilo
by Dante Beriong

7. How is it celebrated now?
celebrated as a religious festival
held annually in January in honor of the Sto. Nino (Infant Jesus)
concludes on the third Sunday, in Kalibo, Aklan
Christians, and non-Christians observe this day with religious processions

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