DRUM AND DANCE The street-dancing contest of the Kalibo Ati-Atihan Festival draws dancers from 20 Ati tribes on Saturday. Shown here is a dancer holding an image of the Santo Niño as he leads his ...

KALIBO, Aklan (PIA) — Thirty-four contingents will compete for higher cash prizes for this year’s Kalibo Sadsad Ati-atihan Contest. The Kalibo Sadsad Ati-atihan Contest, one of the must-watch events ...

KALIBO, Aklan—Every January, Filipinos all over the world celebrate the Ati-atihan Festival, which is primarily devoted to the Santo Niño, or Child Jesus. But unknown to the millennial or younger ...

Andrew Solidum recalls attending the Aklan Association’s Ati-Atihan festivals at Harmon cliffline and watching his cousins beat the drums in the 1980s. Curious, he took up the drums and started ...

KALIBO, Aklan (PIA) — The local government of Kalibo is all set for this year’s Kalibo Señor Santo Niño Ati-atihan Festival on January 20-21. The week leading to the third Sunday of January, Aklan’s ...

MANILA, Philippines - Aklan’s Ati-Atihan becomes more upbeat and vibrant this year as GMA Network brings some of its artists to this side of Panay Island for a night of celebration today. The Kapuso ...

The Dinagyang Tribe Competition opens at the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand during the Dinagyang Festival 2026 on January 10, 2026. (Photos by Ian Paul Cordero) ILOILO CITY—The Regional Disaster Risk ...

Aklan Gov. Florencio T. Miraflores is ecstatic with another tourist attraction in his province, in addition to world-renowned Boracay and Ati-Atihan. He is hoping that the world-class woven piña ...

Catholic Church leaders tried to bring religious sense to two of the country’s biggest festivals—Sinulog in Cebu and Ati-Atihan in Aklan—which had taken on a character detached from the solemnity that ...