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	Ati-Atihan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ati-Atihan festival is named after the Ati, the indigenious natives of the island before the arrival of the Malay in the 10th century and the Spanish in the 16th century.
		The key activity of the festival and one of the main reasons tourists flock to the island is the native dance competitons geared to rhythmic and hypnotic drumbeats that run nonstop for several days.
		The festival is held on the third week of January every year in Kalibo in the Aklan province on the island of Panay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ati-Atihan (291 words)

	Ati-Atihan Festival
		The presence of the ati-atihan component may be explained by Hangeo’s having been an ati and this was how the ati villagers celebrated the return of the image to Boboc-on.
		And so began the first Ati-ati which translates into the Tagalog word Ati-atihan, now the more popular term for it.
		Nearing exhaustion and starvation, they stumbled upon an island which was inhabited by a tribe of Aeta or Ati and purchased the island (today known as Panay) from the Aeta in exchange for a "Ginintuang Salakot" (a golden head gear).
	www.sanpedro-online.coms.ph /feature/ati-atihan.htm (1945 words)

	Ferdie's Corner - Kalibo, Aklan
		I only have vague information as to how the tradition started but it is said that a long time ago, the Atis who lived in the mountains and in remote areas of Panay, came down and were given food by the townspeople.
		Town folks soon joined the Atis in their infectious dance and this became a yearly merry-making activity.
		"Ati" is the Aklanon term for the dark indigenous people of Panay.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Agora/4129/fkalibo.html (548 words)

	Sun.Star Iloilo - Kalibo celebrates Ati-atihan
		Celebrants ape the dance of the Atis, hence the name Ati-Atihan, which means "make-believe Atis." This ritual is said to be the result of the sale of land in Panay by the Ati chieftain Marikudo to Datu Puti and the Borneans so that they can have a place to settle.
		In addition, the Ati chief's wife wanted an ankle-length necklace for which the natives gave a bushel of live crabs, a long-tusked boar, and full-antlered white deer.
		Sometime in the 13th century, ten datus from Borneo fleeing the tyranny of Datu Makatunaw purchased some land in Panay from the Ati Marikudo, son of the old chief Populan.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ilo/2003/01/18/life/kalibo.celebrates.ati.atihan.html (1697 words)

	culture.htm
		One time the Ati people was in need of food because of a bad harvest in their homelands.
		Areal friendship was born and the Maraynon started to paint their faces black in honor of the Atis and took part in the fiesta.
		The origin of the Atis dances dates from the period the Spaniards arrived on Panay.
	www.freewebs.com /filipinopride111/culture.htm (1531 words)

	Culture Watch, January 15, 2000
		Ati-Atihan, literally, means, "to make like the Ati." The drum beat goes all day and night.
		See, when the Malay chieftans purchased the island from the ati over 600 years ago, they decided to have a big feast to celebrate.
		Now, technically, it is Christian feast day, but really it's held to honor the original inhabitants of the island, the Ati.
	savvytraveler.publicradio.org /show/culture/2000/20000115.shtml (164 words)

	Pipex - Travel - Events - Miscellaneous - Ati-Atihan - Broadband Internet
		Ati-Atihan actually means "apeing the atis" and it is for this reason the celebrants blacken their faces and dance with an abandon which can only be labelled extreme.
		The links between the refugees and the Atis were strengthened over the centuries as Atis would come down the lowlands of Panay Island when meagre harvests left them short of food.
		They purchased a plot of land for a gold hat and a basin from the tribal inhabitants of Panay Island, who were known as the Atis.
	travel.pipex.com /Pipex/Travel/Events/Detail/0,13325,5346_462340,00.html (492 words)

	Dream Themes 2 - Uling
		In the Ati-Atihan (literally) means "to make like Atis"- referring to the early inhabitants of Aklan), revelers cover their skin with sot from coal and don headdresses to cap the Ati costume, an intricate patchwork of coconut shells, feathers and fronds.
		The revelers then converge on the main roads and around the town plaza where they shout "Hala Bira!" (Go on and fight), stomp their spears, and dance a simple two-step number.
	www.dotpcvc.gov.ph /MICE/DreamThemes2/uling.html (178 words)

	:: Malaya - The National Newspaper ::
		He said that the Ati were hunters and gatherers and could not have transacted a mercantile exchange like selling their land to the Bornean datus, but that the latter must have happened on the wedding of the Ati chief, Marikudo, and gave the gold hat and necklace as wedding presents.
		Hard-pressed but civilized, the datus made friends with the aboriginal negritos or Ati, and paid a gold hat and necklace to their chieftain Marikudo for their land.
		He must have come from an Ati parade in Makati.
	www.malaya.com.ph /jun08/ednakpil.htm (637 words)

	Filipino Mardis Gras - Ati-Atihan
		In case you miss it there's a much smaller version of the festival that is called " the original Ati Ati Han" held one week later in Ibajay, a town located half way between Kalibo and Boracay Island on the provincial road.
		The museum on the town square is worth a visit to learn more about the origin of Ati Ati Han.
		If I go, you are welcome to join me and can find me at Ki's Cottages or at Villa Camilla, 300 meters south of boat station #3, on the main beach.
	pages.zdnet.com /AsiaBill/id12.html (801 words)

	PILMAP Travel and Leisure Magazine
		To honor the absentee atis from whom they owe their new life and land, the brown settlers covered their bodies in soot in mimic of the little black people.
		Thus was fashioned, the “ati-ati”—which means mock, or imitation, ati.
		In the beginning there were only the little black people, the ati, living in Panay.
	www.pilmap.com.ph /pilmap_beijing_issue/ati_atihan.htm (1037 words)

	Philippines
		The Ati are still distinguishable today by their dark skin and curly hair.
		A small group of Malay Datus, fleeing Borneo, were sold some land by the Ati, the original inhabitants of Panay Island.
		The new arrivals celebrated the event at a great feast by painting themselves black to look like them.
	www.whatsontheplanet.com /wow/ptnr/tiscali/page.jsp?fx=event&event_id=31821 (431 words)

	Ati-Atihan Festival in Panay
		This began as a feast of reconciliation between the immigrant Malays from Borneo and the resident Ati until the Spanish injected some Catholic elements into it It is a three day colorful tribal feast events.
		It is a gigantic dance and masked ball, in which all inhibitions are thrown to thewinds.
		The rousing cries echo through the little town of Kalibo, until the drums fall silent and everyone collapses exhausted.
	www.regit.com /philipin/festival/atiati.htm (70 words)

	AsiaFinest Discussion Forum -> You Still See Ati-Atihan?
		not sure but ati atihan, i guess is kinda the same but smaller, it's like when they dress as ati/ita/aita/agta as then dance like a long parade with spears and such.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=20564 (325 words)

	Society_and_Culture
		Ati Tribal Aklan - Presents the missionary work being done by the religious organization in behalf of Filipino aborigines.
		Ati Fights Back to Keep its Place in Boracay - Article provides insight into the plight of the local aborigines.
		Advancing Native Missions Ati Tribes Aklan [PDF] - Provides an update on the missionary work for and in behalf of Filipino aborigines in the province.
	botw.org /top/Regional/Asia/Philippines/Aklan/Society_and_Culture (418 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Discover Philippines :: Culture :: Festival & Fiestas
		The Ati-Atihan Festival commemorates the 13th century land deal between 10 migrating Bornean chieftains and the aboriginal Ati King Marikudo.
		All inhibitions are dropped: boring everyday clothes are exchanged for "Ati" warrior costumes and black body paint.
		Shields and "weapons" are held amidst the pounding rhythm of drums, the costumed Ilonggos put their best feet forward in celebration of..Dinagyang!
	www.tourism.gov.ph /discover/festivals.asp (1410 words)

	'Dinagyang' folk tell ... - Jan. 15, 2004
		Its highlight is the competition of the Ati-Ati tribes, in which soot-blackened members dance to the thundering beat of drums, their way of interpreting the lore and way of life of the indigenous Ati tribes of Panay island.
		The festival started as a religious rite in the San Jose Parish in Iloilo to honor the arrival in 1968 of a replica of the Santo Niño (Child Jesus) from Cebu province.
		Iloilo's premier festival is expected to draw about 1.2 million people.
	www.inq7.net /reg/2004/jan/15/text/reg_3-1-p.htm (533 words)

	FilAmARTS (prototype v2)
		Ati-Atihan (which means to be like the Ati) is a celebration of the friendship between two communities, where the darker skinned Atis painted themselves with mud and the lighter skinned Marayons painted them-selves with soot.
		The Ati-Atihan is a Festival held every January in the town of Kalibo, Aklan on Panay Island.
		Local stories say there was a drought in the mountains and the Atis had to come down to the lowlands and asked the Marayons (descendents of the Borneans) for food.
	www.filamarts.org /fpac05/youthpav.html (708 words)

	Dinagyang
		One group that goes by the name of Tribu Kongo stood out in how it executed rhythmic movements of ethnic group Aeta, or Ati as they are commonly referred to in the Visayas group of Philippine islands.
		Whether the real Ati tribesmen would acknowledge that or not, the gays also venerated the image of El Señor, or Sto.
		Pop culture, however, has markedly invaded street performances of Dinagyang as could be seen from groups executing "Asereje" dance steps or gyrating like they were in Rio de Janeiro rather than in Iloilo celebrating the Ati's acceptance of Christianity.
	www.tabligan.org /AIM/dinagyang.htm (1791 words)

	Events & Festivals
		Ati-Atihan, a festival that takes place in Kalibo, Panay happens to be the most famous festival in the Philippines held on the 3rd weekend of January.
		In Panay, the inhabitants called Ati allowed the Borneans to settle on a piece of land.
		During this event, the newly arrived settlers blackened their faces and enlivened up the festival with cymbals, gongs as well as dances in merry imitation of the local Atis.
	www.marimari.com /content/philippines/events/january.html (360 words)

	The Ati-Atihan Festival - Gregg Butensky
		Participants blacken their faces with soot to commemorate the 13th century land deal between the local Ati aborigines and twelve datus who had fled a tyrant in their native Borneo.
		The most reknowned of all Filipino fiestas, the celebration contains elements of the Christianized culture brought by the Spanish interwoven with the Ati culture that preceded it.
		The Borneans threw a feast for their new neighbors, blackening their faces to appear more like their guests.
	www.madnomad.com /gregg/rp_02.html (169 words)

	PHNO: Headline News
		Aklan's Ati-atihan festival traces its root to the purchase of Panay island from the aboriginal Atis by Bornean Datus in the 13th century.
		As has been the custom for centuries, the Ati-atihan is also celebrated with the same fun, fervor and devotion in the Aklan towns of Altavas, Makato and Ibajay.
		Each night for the whole week, a fantastic "ati-atihan" party erupts at Magsaysay Park.
	www.newsflash.org /2002/01/hl/hl015041.htm (656 words)

	Ati-Atihan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The key activity of the festival and one of the main reasons tourists flock to the island is the native dance competitons geared to rythmic and hypnotic drumbeats that run nonstop for several days.
		Competitors practice for weeks before the festival and dress in very colorful costumes, wearing masks and headresses, and paint their bodies with black ash to appear like the native Ati.
		The festival is held on the third week of January every year in Kalibo in the Aklan province on the island of Panay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ati-Atihan (656 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
		IN THE PHILIPPINES, the Ati-Atihan festival of Aklan is nicknamed the "Filipino Mardi Gras" because of the large turnout of dancers congregating in the streets.
		Ati-Atihan means "to make like an Ati" and the festival is a celebration of Thanksgiving, friendship and peace.
		To thank the Atis for their hospitality, the Malay leader ordered the people to paint their bodies.
	starbulletin.com /2002/11/22/features/story1.html (854 words)

	Ati-Atihan Festival, Kalibo, Panay, Philippines
		This is the Ati-Atihan, the celebrated Filipino Mardi Gras that marks both thanksgiving and the anniversary of the purchase of the island Panay by Malaysian immigrants from the indigenous Ati tribespeople.
		Every year, hundreds of thousands of revellers flock to help throw one of the planet's most exhilarating street parties, and find themselves being smeared with mud for their trouble.
		Strangers rush up, black goo in hand, and provide an impromptu makeover, leaving some with Adam Ant stripes and others with new identities.
	www.2camels.com /destination39.php3 (994 words)

	IgoUgo: Philippines Tourism, Things To Do In Philippines, Philippines Travel
		Ati Atihan, the Filipino Mardis Gras is the best, colorful, fun festivals; the party begins on Friday, the 3rd weekend in January every year.
		Dance, beat on a drum and move amongst the groups of all ages dressed in colorful tribal costumes.
	www.igougo.com /planning/journal.asp?JournalID=4591 (184 words)

	Colors Philippines - Philippine Travel Guide by colorsphilippines.com
		The Ati-Atihan festival itself was named after the Ati, the aboriginal Negritos of Panay Island, reputed for their raucous singing and dancing.
		To blend in with their darker-skinned brethren, lowlanders who wanted to join the aborigines in their revelry smeared their faces with charcoal.
		Needless to say, the Filipinos won the battles, but the traditional tribal yell lives on for a different purpose.
	www.colorsphilippines.com /festival.asp (727 words)

	"The Two Faces of January"
		Folkatale has it that the first Ati-Atihan was held to celebrate the Barter of Panay (a cluster of islands including Aklan).
		Panay was given away by the Atis or Negritos, the island's aborigine settlers, to the seafaring Bronean datus in exchange for a golden salakot or native hat.
		Drums and dancing, which characterized the feast, attracted both parties which organized similar gatherings on occassions.
	www.livinginthephilippines.com /philippine_articles/faces_january.html (916 words)

	Global Nation INQ7.net
		The Kalibo Ati-Atihan Management Board (KAMB), the festival's organizing committee, has taken great efforts to make the Kalibo Ati-Atihan 2004 a memorable experience for tourists, locals, devotees and passersby alike.
		Niño will include the two-day non-stop main fiesta celebration on the 17th and 18th, as well as a crafts and plants showcase.
		This year's celebration boasts over a hundred Ati-Ati tribes, individuals and small groups, (not counting visiting Ati groups from nearby provinces and municipalities).
	www.inq7.net /globalnation/sec_mae/2004/jan/12-atiatihan.htm (132 words)

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