"Hinugyaw sa Kadayawan" Makato Ati festival
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABALMAKATO, Aklan – The town of Makato is getting ready for the colorful Ati-Atihan festival on January 10 to 15.
The festival features tribes in Tribal, Modern and Balik-Ati categories. At least 11 tribes have registered for the 2011 Makato Sr. Sto. Nino Ati-Atihan Municipal and Parochial Fiesta.
Aside from the tribal contest, the local government of Makato under the leadership of Mayor Ramon 'Jun' Legaspi, Jr. also lined up several activities in celebration of the Ati-Atihan festival. Agri-trade fair, padungog sa kampeon, boxing in the park, concelebrated mass and balikbayan night are organized to add color and pageantry to the festival.
The festival features tribes in Tribal, Modern and Balik-Ati categories. At least 11 tribes have registered for the 2011 Makato Sr. Sto. Nino Ati-Atihan Municipal and Parochial Fiesta.
Aside from the tribal contest, the local government of Makato under the leadership of Mayor Ramon 'Jun' Legaspi, Jr. also lined up several activities in celebration of the Ati-Atihan festival. Agri-trade fair, padungog sa kampeon, boxing in the park, concelebrated mass and balikbayan night are organized to add color and pageantry to the festival.
The participating groups in the Ati-atihan contest must have a minimum of fifty (50) members. The costumes and performance of the tribes should be in context of the theme “Hinugyaw sa Kadayawan”. Only drums must be used throughout the parade and each group must have a karo or andas with the image of Santo Nino.
The tribes will be judged based on their costumes, 40 % (artistry and design, craftsmanship and durability), performance, 25 % (jovial/praising, attendance, endurance, discipline and coherence of steps), rhythm, 15% (harmony, originality of drumbeat and intensity of sound) and props, 20% (andas and banners).
In the book “Viva! Kay Señor Santo Niño, Viva!” by Marcela Mijares Reyes-Tinagan, five of the seventeen towns of Aklan regularly celebrate the Ati-Atihan Festival in honour of the Christ Child every January of each year.
These are Altavas, Batan, Ibajay, Kalibo and Makato, places that boast of a long and colourful tradition in staging this colourful homage to the Santo Nino.
Dates of the January fiestas of Batan, Ibajay and Kalibo vary each year while Altavas and Makato have fixed dates in January. And, so do the approaches and innovations introduced in the form of costumes, songs and dances by revelers and “tribes” each year.
The tribes will be judged based on their costumes, 40 % (artistry and design, craftsmanship and durability), performance, 25 % (jovial/praising, attendance, endurance, discipline and coherence of steps), rhythm, 15% (harmony, originality of drumbeat and intensity of sound) and props, 20% (andas and banners).
In the book “Viva! Kay Señor Santo Niño, Viva!” by Marcela Mijares Reyes-Tinagan, five of the seventeen towns of Aklan regularly celebrate the Ati-Atihan Festival in honour of the Christ Child every January of each year.
These are Altavas, Batan, Ibajay, Kalibo and Makato, places that boast of a long and colourful tradition in staging this colourful homage to the Santo Nino.
Dates of the January fiestas of Batan, Ibajay and Kalibo vary each year while Altavas and Makato have fixed dates in January. And, so do the approaches and innovations introduced in the form of costumes, songs and dances by revelers and “tribes” each year.
Viva kay Senior Santo Nino
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