What is Pintados de Pasi Festival?
Iloilo is a home to several colorful festivals, and Passi City takes pride and honor to showcase one of Iloilo’s greatest celebrations of colors and fun – Pintados de Pasi Festival. Passi City has been known to be “Sweet City” due to its massive pineapple plantations.
What is the meaning of Pintados?
The Pintados or “painted” is a word applied to the people of the Visayan region throughout the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. The term was set to them since they painted their bodies with red clay or, as some authors say, on explanation of their being tattooed.
What is the basic movement of Pintados dance?
The dance is characterized by the flow, a seamless stream of movements that emphasizes the agility of the upper body with simultaneous alternating waving of arms which are the basic movement of the Pintados dance. The dance involves movements of warriors such as leaping, turning, jumping and kicking.
What is the origin of the Pintados?
According to a Spanish chronicler who came to visit the different islands in the Visayas sometime in 1565, they were welcomed by heavily tattooed men and women of the islands. They called the island “La Isla De Los Pintados” or “Islands of the Painted Ones where the men and women were named Pintados. Originally, the Pintados are a warlike race.
How to go to Passi City in northern Iloilo?
Made up of 51 barangays over a land area of 25,068 hectares, it annually celebrates its cultural festival every March and Religious Festival every February in honor of San Guillermo. Visitors to Passi City can take the bus at Northern Iloilo Public Transport Terminal in Barangay Tagbak, Jaro, Iloilo City.
What are the best festivals in the Visayas?
Pintados de Pasi festival is probably one of the finest, known and recognized festivals of the regions of Visayas that was well-developed over the years. Some festivals in the province of Iloilo have either come back from near extinction or have evolved.