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Ati-ati

by Ayala Museum Research Team.
Type: materialTypeLabelVisual materialSubject(s): 1972 | Theater | Cuyo, Palawan | 1972 | costumes | cuyo | luzon | palawan | ati-ati | St. agustineOnline resources: View in Retrato website | View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) printGeneral Note(s):
This is an all-male group with a clown and accompanied by a band of drums and tipanos(flutes). They paint their faces and wear headdresses of various designs and kinds. What makes this outfit a delight among the crowd is their dressing up as transvestites, with worn-out camisas and unfitting patadions. They perform at a family backyard for a fee. They form themselves in two rows and and each row sends one of its ati to the front to recite their war-like berso(verse) as they quarrel and dance to the tune of the drum and the tipano. When all have performed their part they will fight it out as a group with their kampilans, arrows,or just plain sticks. When the fighting gets hot the clown enters with his dancing antics to the delight of the crowd. As a climax, the clown will chase women and buzz them. The ati ati is usually shown during the town fiesta in August. When St. Adustine, the town's patron saint,is marched oout of th church for the annual procession, the men would dance in front of the saint in a suggestive and war-like stance as if to fight and challenge him as they represent barbarians and savages come down from the mountains. As the patron saint enters the church at the end of the procession, they form two rows and there lay prostrate in humble surrender and to ask forgiveness for their ill deedsCollection: Filipinas Heritage LibraryImage type: OriginalMedia format: print
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This is an all-male group with a clown and accompanied by a band of drums and tipanos(flutes). They paint their faces and wear headdresses of various designs and kinds. What makes this outfit a delight among the crowd is their dressing up as transvestites, with worn-out camisas and unfitting patadions. They perform at a family backyard for a fee. They form themselves in two rows and and each row sends one of its ati to the front to recite their war-like berso(verse) as they quarrel and dance to the tune of the drum and the tipano. When all have performed their part they will fight it out as a group with their kampilans, arrows,or just plain sticks. When the fighting gets hot the clown enters with his dancing antics to the delight of the crowd. As a climax, the clown will chase women and buzz them. The ati ati is usually shown during the town fiesta in August. When St. Adustine, the town's patron saint,is marched oout of th church for the annual procession, the men would dance in front of the saint in a suggestive and war-like stance as if to fight and challenge him as they represent barbarians and savages come down from the mountains. As the patron saint enters the church at the end of the procession, they form two rows and there lay prostrate in humble surrender and to ask forgiveness for their ill deeds.

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