Performing Arts: Aklan Province Islands Philippines
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Two ambassadors are sent by the Muslim chieftain to the Christian
settlement with the message that the people’s lives would be
spared in exchange for the image. The Christian chief refuses and
a stylized battle takes place, followed by a series of duels, each
one preceded by the combatants’ boasting of their fighting
prowess. All Muslim combatants are defeated and, finally, baptized.
For one week before the presentation of the sayaw, the people dressed
in tribal costume and blackened with soot, dance and celebrate.
The presence of the ati-atihan component may be explained by Hangeo’s
having been an ati and this was how the ati villagers celebrated
the return of the image to Boboc-on.
Friday is the municipal fiesta as well as the commemoration of
the liberation of Ibajay from the Spaniards, who surrendered to
the revolutionary forces led by Gen Ananias Diokno on 21 November
1898.
Vespers, held on Saturday evening, ends with the reenactment of
the transfer of the Santo Niño image from Hangeo’s hut
in Boboc-on to the parish church. The ati-atihan groups summon the
image and have it enthroned in the church altar. It is believed
that typhoons will occur if this rite is not held. All the festival
participants converge at the door of the rectory, bringing palm
leaves and inasae (roasted seafood or meat) in an act of reverence
and gratitude for a good harvest and other blessings.
In Ibajay, the sayaw is followed by the ati-atihan parade, a unique
feature of which is that each tribal group has a float filled with
harvest products representing their main industries. Costumes are
of seaweed, shells, fishnets, buri, coconut leaves, sinamay or hemp,
and other products found in their environment. The participants
carry bamboo and wooden spears, shields, and bolo, and standards
made of various types of fish and shrimps, as well as roasted chicken.
Jose Trinidad Roxas of Kalibo ahs been described as Aklan’s
"foremost dramatist and only professional…short story
writer" (De la Cruz 1958). He wrote about36 plays, and was
also a poet of note. Using the pen name "Saxor" in Ro
Announcer and Banhaw, Roxas wrote stories about the folly of young
people in love, invariably ending with the character realizing his
error. In "Badlit it Kapaearan" (Destined by Fate), for
example, a fortune teller tells a rich man’s son that he will
marry the torch singer he has been dating. To prevent this fate,
he kills the singer. He goes to the city to study, becomes a successful
lawyer, and marries a beautiful woman, the adopted daughter of a
rich couple. On their wedding night, he notices a scare on her back,
and she tells him how she was assaulted and stabbed several years.
Ago. He realizes that his bride is the former torch singer, and
begs her forgiveness.
Manuel Laserna wrote poetry and drama, his favorite themes being
the value of education and love of country. Rogelio Torres of Banga,
the editor of Ro Akeanon, wrote plays about marital strife and love
triangles.
The plays of Cleto Trinidad Ureta were staged in Makato, Banga,
Kalibo, including Manok nga Bukay (The White Hen) and Nagnganga
sa Hangin (One Who Gaped). R.C. Lucero with E.A. Manuel.
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