A fiesta for Filipinos coming from everywhere
Celebrants arrive by airplane or boat from all over the country. Tourists have discovered this fiesta too as a festival which should not be missed! During days or the whole week they accommodate in hotels or in private homes and public buildings. Even camp on the beach is normal during these days.
Other festivals copies of Ati-Atihan?
In the Visayas, the central part of the Philippines, many fiestas are in some way similar to the Ati-Atihan festival of Panay. It's true, many islands if not all, have evolved their own version of the Ati-Atihan. In ilo-ilo City they have the festival Dinagyang, in Cebu City they have the popular Sinulog and in Antique they have the Binirayan and Handugan festivals.