During Ati-Atihan, Kalibonons welcome fellow Aklanons and tourists in one colorful party. Like the Sinulog, this festival has been compared with the New Orleans Mardi Gras. Here are our photos.

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 ...

Ati-Atihan is the Philippines’ wildest Mardi Gras-like celebration, a week-long street party in Kalibo that rages from dawn to dusk, peaking on the third Sunday in January. Honouring Santo Niño ...

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — Kalibo, the capital town of Aklan, welcomed back the show of colorful costumes on paint-covered street dancers and cheering residents and foreign spectators as ...

Each year the “Iloilo Ati-Atihan,” as it was known then ... only whipping phones out to take photos. That decision was later flayed on social media, as other areas well outside the city ...

KALIBO, Philippines — The whole of Kalibo, Aklan is on a festive mood once again as the province celebrates its annual Ati-Atihan Festival ... hands and pose for pictures with the Aklanons.

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 ...

Niño Ati-Atihan festival. Amid tighter security measures, a record 30 tribes (up from 27 last year) competed in four dance categories on Saturday—eight in “Big,” six in “Small,” nine in ...

Days before the celebration of Ati-Atihan Festival 2025, the Municipality of Kalibo released the full list of activities for residents and tourists. From January 10 to 19, the province of Aklan will ...

The Ati-atihan religious festival in honour of Santo Nino, one of the most revered Roman Catholic icons in the Philippines, was stopped on Sunday, turning merrymaking into mourning for the victims.

A week-long Mardi Gras-like festival honouring Santo Niño consumes the island of Boracay for pre- and post- revelry. Ati-Atihan is the Philippines’ wildest Mardi Gras-like celebration, a week ...

Days before the celebration of Ati-Atihan Festival 2025, the Municipality of Kalibo released the full list of activities for ...