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What are the similarities and differences of Ati-atihan Festival and Kadayawan Festival

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Answered by RunaYomozuki10
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The Kadayawan Festival is an annual festival in the city of Davao in the Philippines. Its name derives from the friendly greeting "Madayaw", from the Dabawenyo word meaning good, valuable, superior or beautiful. While the Ati-Atihan Festival is a Philippine festival held annually in January in honor of the Santo Niño in several towns of the province of Aklan, Panay Island. The biggest celebration is held during the third Sunday of January in the town of Kalibo, the province’s capital.

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Answered by madhusri378
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The Santo Nio (Holy Child or Infant Jesus) festival is a Philippine event held yearly in January in numerous towns in the province of Aklan, Panay Island, in honour of the Santo Nio (Holy Child or Infant Jesus).The celebration features religious processions and public parades with themed floats, colourfully costumed dancing groups, marching bands, and people donning face and body paints. The street parade is known as Sadsad, which is also how the locals refer to their style of dancing, which involves dragging one's foot across the ground in time with the marching bands' beat.

The Kadayawan Celebration is a Filipino annual festival held in the city of Davao.The event is a celebration of life, a thanksgiving for nature's gifts, culture's riches, harvest plenty, and the peace of living. The Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan, or street dance, is one of the highlights of the Kadayawan Festival. This is an exhibition of the region's many indigenous cultures. Various Mindanao communities dance in colourful costumes that emphasise their traditional heritage as part of the festivities.

Similarities

  • Both are celebrated in Phillipines
  • Both the festivals involve street dancing.

Differences

  • They are celebrated at different times
  • They are celebrated for different reasons

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