The festival is held on the third week of January every year in Kalibo in the Aklan province on the island of Panay (Visayas) Remembrance and homage to "aetas" the tribe first settled on the island altogether and Remember Jesus Child Both to show respect, and recalling the times Christianity came to this land, this is the first published description of the tribal people is aetas dark curly hair
a well-proportioned shape so that the ati atihan behave as such In this season will see the villager are painted body to be black. Both dressed in colorful costumes tribe Dance, festive fun on the road.
f you go out this job must be the people attending the parade, dance, the color or carbon black. Come face to mingle with the locals, of course, eye Because for the festival, ATI, ATI Han is the face of smooth purely is taboo.