Sunday, January 16, 2011

Aklan's Makato Festival

MAKATO FESTIVAL is a yearly, 3rd Sunday of January, Ati-Atihan and religious town fiesta of Makato, Aklan, one of the world’s famous Ati-Atihan festivities in the Province of Aklan where Boracay Island is. The ati-atihan festival of Makato dates back before the Spaniards came to sow the seeds of Christianity into this land. During the celebration, thousands of Catholic devotees from all over the country and those from abroad felt the urge to come and join in the wholesome, frolic and religious fervor of thanksgiving to the Holy Child, Sto. Niño.

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