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Ati-Atihan is the Philippines’ wildest Mardi Gras-like celebration, a week-long street party in Kalibo that rages from dawn to dusk, peaking on the third Sunday in January. The Kalibo Santo Niño—Ati-Atihan Festival, [1] increasingly began to resemble the Brazilian Carnival and the New Orleans Mardi Gras, incorporating music, The Ati-Atihan Festival: Dancing with the Santo Niño at the “Filipino Mardi Gras.” Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 28, No. 2 (FALL 2011), pp. 505-528. University of Hawai’i Press on behalf of Association for Asian Performance (AAP) of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE). All About The Ati-Atihan Festival Of The Philippines The annual festival is held every year in January and lasts a week. With various events like a street parades, pageant nights, music concerts, and much dancing on the streets, it resembles Mardi Gras Ati-Atihan is the country’s most spectacular festival for lovers of mardi gras. The event’s history can be traced back to the early Borneo settlers. Mardi gras typically refers to the series of feasts that kick off after the Epiphany, and whose culmination is marked one day prior to the celebration of Ash Wednesday. Ati-Atihan: The Philippine Mardi Gras, where Christianity, tribal traditions and the art of masks join in a unique celebration. Discover the rich history, rooted traditions and contemporary evolution of this Filipino festival that merges faith and cultural diversity. Dive into this fascinating world and get ready to marvel at you! The Ati-Atihan Festival, the Philippines’ answer to Mardi Gras, is in full swing, and I can’t wait to immerse myself in its vibrant celebration. The Ati-Atihan Festival is a centuries-old tradition that has become the cornerstone of Kalibo’s cultural identity. Parade along White Beach during the Ati-Atihan Festival, an annual feast in honour of the Santo Nino, Philippines (Robert Harding/Stuart Dee) A group of men with body decoration and sunglasses during the Mardi Gras, Ati Atihan, at Kalico on Panay Island (Robert Harding/Alain Evrard) The Philippines celebrates no less than three versions of the world famous Mardi Gras and the wildest of them all is the Ati-Atihan. Held in the town of Kalibo, the Ati-Atihan is a two-pronged celebration to firstly honour the Santo Nino (baby Jesus) and secondly to commemorate a peace pact between two warring tribes back in 1210. To many of The name "Ati-Atihan" means "to be like Atis" or "make believe Atis," referring to the name of the Aeta natives who first settled in Panay Island and other parts of the archipelago. The festival is known for its vibrant parade, colorful costumes, street dancing, and rhythmic drumming. Ati-Atihan is also called the Filipino Version of Mardi Gras. Dubbed a "Filipino Mardi Gras," the Ati-Atihan Festival draws tens of thousands of local, national and international tourists and spiritual pilgrims (Peterson, 2011). The festival takes its name Ati-Atihan Festival – The Philippines’ Mardi Gras Posted on January 13, 2019 by SCLMRose In 1212, as legend has it, 10 Bornean datu (chiefs), fleeing the collapse of the once-mighty Srivijayan empire, sailed northwards with their followers and landed on the island of Panay. The modern Ati-Atihan Festival is now a unique blend of indigenous and Catholic traditions. While it retains its original essence of commemorating the peaceful coexistence between the Ati people and Malay settlers, it also incorporates religious elements, including processions and ceremonies dedicated to Santo Niño. It was nicknamed "The Filipino Mardis Gras" because the dancing on the rhythms of the drums makes this festival very similar to the Mardi Gras celebration in Rio in Brazil. Experience Ati-Atihan: Ati-Atihan is one of the greatest, wildest, and most colorful festivals in the Philippines. Billed as the "Filipino Mardi-Gras" on numerous websites, the Ati-Atihan Festival in the provincial town of Kalibo juxtaposes the sacred and the profane as devotees of the Santo Nino (the Holy Child) mingle in the streets with drunken merrymakers and spectacularly attired dancers day and night for seven days. Culminating on the Download this stock image: Procession with banners, Mardi Gras carnival, Ati Atihan festival, Kalibo, island of Panay, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia - ARBXEP from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. In a country famous for its many festivals, the Ati-Atihan Festival on the island of Panay near the geographic center of the Philippines stands out not only for its devotion to the Santo Niño, or Holy Child, but because of its claim of being the country’s oldest festival. Believed to date from 1212, this festival grafts the veneration of the Santo Niño onto a kind of thanksgiving The Ati-Atihan Festival: Dancing with the Santo Niño at the “Filipino Mardi Gras” William Peterson; Asian Theatre Journal; University of Hawai'i Press; Volume 28, Number 2, Fall 2011; pp. 505-528; 10.1353/atj.2011.0042; Article The Kalibo Santo Niño—Ati-Atihan Festival, [1] increasingly began to resemble the Brazilian Carnival and the New Orleans Mardi Gras, incorporating music, Ati-Atihan is the country’s most spectacular festival for lovers of mardi gras. The event’s history can be traced back to the early Borneo settlers. Mardi gras typically refers to the series of feasts that kick off after the Epiphany, and whose culmination is marked one day prior to the celebration of Ash Wednesday.
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