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ATI-ATIHAN

FESTIVAL

PHILIPPINES FESTIVALS

​The festival consists of religious processions and street-parades, showcasing themed floats, dancing groups wearing colorful costumes, marching bands, and people sporting face and body paints. The street parade is known as "Sadsad", which is also what the locals call their way of dancing where the foot is momentarily dragged along the ground in tune to the beat played by the marching bands.

​Even though the festival was given a Christian meaning, the tradition of people painting their face and body, in honor of the Aeta, has continued. Christians and non-Christians join the celebration which attracts tourists from different parts of the country as well as foreigners. It has inspired other Philippine Festivals such as Dinagyang of Iloilo City and Sinulog festival of Cebu, thus, it is known as the Mother of All Philippine Festivals.

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Moriones

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​It is a colorful festival celebrated on the island of Marinduque in the Philippines. The participants use morion masks to depict the Roman soldiers and Syrian mercenaries within the story of the Passion of the Christ. The mask was named after the 16th and 17th century Morion helmet. The Moriones refers to the masked and costumed penitents who march around the town for seven days searching for Longinus. Morions roam the streets in town from Holy Monday to Easter Sunday scaring the kids, or engaging in antics or surprises to draw attention.

The festival is characterized by colorful Roman costumes, painted masks and helmets, and brightly colored tunics.

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This annual festival, which is similar to Brazil’s Rio Carnival, literally translates to “many faces,” and is celebrated every October in Bacolod. Because of the smiling faces of the mask, Bacolod City got the nickname of The City of Smiles. 

masks were hand-painted and adorned with feathers, flowers and native beads, while contemporary masks feature plastic beads and sequins.