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Ati-Atihan Festival 2022

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Every Filipino awaits the Ati-Atihan festival as one of the most exciting events of the year. It is held every January in the town of Kalibo, Aklan, as a way to honor Santo Niño (Infant Jesus). Despite its religious background, the festival is very colorful and full of entertainment. According to history, Aetas or Ati were the primary settlers of the islands of the Philippines. The festival usually includes tribal dancing and traditional music, performed by people wearing indigenous costumes and weapons. Also, there is a huge parade along the streets. Still, a key activity of the festival is the music of rhythmic and mesmerizing drums, which plays nonstop for several days.

On the day of the festival, many people attend masses for the Santo Niño. The formal opening mass is followed by a procession with Santo Niño through the major streets of Kalibo featuring rhythmic drumbeats, and snake dances. On the second day, visitors can attend a rosary procession, which ends with a community mass. On the last day of the festival, various tribes compete for prizes. After the competitions end, thousands of people take to the streets carrying torches and images of the Santo Niño. The winners of the contest are announced, and a masquerade carnival starts to mark the official end of the holidays.

The biggest celebrations of Ati-Atihan are held at Kalibo Pastrana Park and Magsaysay Park through the entire holiday week. Don't miss the annual Parade of Giants, A whole day Sadsad Pagpasaeamat street dancing and Balik- Ati-Atihan Contest.

Visitors can witness celebrations in many Philippino cities, but Kalibo is definitely the best place to observe AtiAtihan traditions.

A big part of Filipino culture is a celebration. Each province has its own festivals and holidays, many of which stem from patron saints of the islands. Think colorful parades, traditional costumes, and vibrant street parties that will put a smile on anyone’s face. The food of the Philippines varies across the different provinces and is designed to nourish and satisfy. While some of the food is definitely not for the faint of heart, you’ll fall in love with rich dishes like adobo, sizzling sisig, and chicken inasal. Much Filipino cuisine is sold as street food and is region-specific, so you’ll have a different gastronomical adventure in every city you visit.

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Flores De Mayo Festival 2022

Flores de Mayo and Santacruzan – A Filipino Tradition celebrated in May

In the Philippines, there is an abundance of flowers during the month of May. The first of May is an important day throughout the Philippines as it heralds a merry month of fiestas, flowers, dainty maidens in a pretty gown, and the twin processions of the Flores de Mayo and the Santacruzan.

Filipinos celebrate a tradition known as Flores de Mayo by a daily offering of flowers to the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, throughout the month of May which climaxes on May 31 with a glittering procession of sagalas at a Santacruzan procession.

The Santacruzan is a Spanish legacy that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by Reyna Elena or Queen Helena of Constantinople, the mother of Emperor Constantine. According to legend, Constantine the Great was converted to the Christian faith through the vision of a flaming cross in heaven, which is said to have led him to victory in battle. Queen Helena, the first Christian empress who was canonized after her death, led a pilgrimage in search of the Cross and claimed to have found it in Jerusalem in AD 324 and brought it back to Rome.

The custom and celebration began after the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854 and after the circa 1867 publication of Mariano Sevilla’s translation of the devotional “Flores de María” or “Flowers of Mary”.

A Santacruzan is a religious-historical beauty pageant held in many cities, towns, and even in small communities throughout the Philippines during the month of May. The celebration that was traditionally a religious affair has evolved into a paramount social event today. Many movie and television personalities participate in the events and are featured in major santacruzan.

Throughout the archipelago, every town and barrio stages its own Santacruzan which is the last celebration before the monsoon rains arrive in June. The fiesta is managed by a sponsor called Hermana or Hermano mayor, who recruits pretty girls to be the sagalas (maidens).

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