Back during pre-Hispanic years, tattoos signified courage among the natives of Tacloban. These days they symbolize a cultural revival, and a wild, wacky fiesta called the Pintados. Join the town residents as they deck themselves out in body paint, mimicking the warriors of old while dancing to the frenetic beat of drums.
Pintados Festival Tacloban City Leyte Philippines The Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival is a merry-making event lasting a whole month, highlights of which include the Leyte Kasadyaan Festival of Festivals, the 17th Pintados Festival Ritual Dance Presentation and the "Pagrayhak'' Grand Parade. These festivals are said to have began from the feast day of Señor Santo Niño, held every June 29th. The Leyteños celebrate a religious festival in a unique and colorful way. Since the Visayans are experienced in the art of body tattooing, men and women are fond of tattooing themselves.
Pintados Kasadyaan Festival Leyteños celebrate a month-long religious festival that culminates on the feast day of Señor Santo Niño, held on the 29th of June every year.
It is customary for the Visayans, both men and women, to adorn themselves by tattooing their bodies in luminous hues while commemorating the province’s opulent legacy.
Tacloban’s Pintados Festival highlights the primordial tradition of body painting, while the Kasadyaan Festival showcases the ethnicity and vibrant annals of the province of Leyte.
Pintados-Kasadyahan Festival, Tacloban City Philippines The pintados (painted ones), inhabitants of the Visayan islands as described by the first Spaniards to set eyes upon them, would use sharp metal instruments previously heated over fire. This is the scene from history that the Pintados-Kasadyahan Festival pays tribute to, which were testaments to their courage and heroism.
