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The drumbeats are deafening. As one wave ends another one creeps up behind it, challenging its predecessor’s volume.

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The oldest Christian devotion in the Philippines is the Santo Nino. In 1521, Magellan presented the wife of Rajah Humabon with an image of the Holy Child.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 432840 [Title] => Dancing for the Santo Niño [Summary] =>

The Ati-atihan is the Philippines’ original answer to the Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the Carnivale in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Sinabi ni Villar na sa nakaraang piyesta ng Nazareno sa Quiapo, Maynila nitong linggo, dalawang katao ang namatay samantalang marami pa ang nasugatan dahil sa nangyaring stampede.
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Sinabi ni Villar na sa nakaraang piyesta ng Nazareno sa Quiapo, Maynila nitong linggo, dalawang katao ang namatay samantalang marami pa ang nasugatan dahil sa nangyaring stampede.
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That is a welcome gesture since Kalibo still has to live down last year’s bloody rampage that killed nine people, including the policeman who ran amuck felling people with his M-16 rifle.

The incident, of course, was isolated. But Kalibo still has to live it down. And the Ati-atihan could be affected, although there are indications that the swell of habitual Sto. Niño devotees seems not to have abated.
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                    [Title] => Preserving tradition
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The drumbeats are deafening. As one wave ends another one creeps up behind it, challenging its predecessor’s volume.

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The oldest Christian devotion in the Philippines is the Santo Nino. In 1521, Magellan presented the wife of Rajah Humabon with an image of the Holy Child.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 432840 [Title] => Dancing for the Santo Niño [Summary] =>

The Ati-atihan is the Philippines’ original answer to the Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the Carnivale in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Sinabi ni Villar na sa nakaraang piyesta ng Nazareno sa Quiapo, Maynila nitong linggo, dalawang katao ang namatay samantalang marami pa ang nasugatan dahil sa nangyaring stampede.
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Sinabi ni Villar na sa nakaraang piyesta ng Nazareno sa Quiapo, Maynila nitong linggo, dalawang katao ang namatay samantalang marami pa ang nasugatan dahil sa nangyaring stampede.
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That is a welcome gesture since Kalibo still has to live down last year’s bloody rampage that killed nine people, including the policeman who ran amuck felling people with his M-16 rifle.

The incident, of course, was isolated. But Kalibo still has to live it down. And the Ati-atihan could be affected, although there are indications that the swell of habitual Sto. Niño devotees seems not to have abated.
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[DatePublished] => 2004-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135406 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1231640 [AuthorName] => Christine S. Dayrit [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) ) )
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