Ati-atihan Festival is an annual celebration that is particularly celebrated in the province of Aklan, specifically in Kalibo. The feast celebrates the Infant Jesus or Santo Nino. The thing that makes this festival peculiar is the usage of black face connoting the first settlers in the area, the negritos or Ati natives.
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Ati-atihan Festival is an annual celebration that is particularly celebrated in the province of Aklan, specifically in Kalibo. The feast celebrates the Infant Jesus or Santo Nino. The thing that makes this festival peculiar is the usage of black face connoting the first settlers in the area, the negritos or Ati natives.