Pintados de Pasi
pintado de pasì festival cultural festival held annually third week march city passi iloilo philippine celebration honor tribal tradition body painting known pintado commemorates historic elevation passi municipality city march name pintado de pasi derives word pintado used spanish colonizer refer inhabitant visayas permanent intricate tattoo art face body pasi old spelling city spanish added another resulting modern name passi pintado de pasi festival inaugurated march mark passi city elevation cityhood year grown one popular festival visayan region festival feature theatrical street dance characterized robust dynamic movement participant adorned traditional body tattoo portray ancestral narrative local heritage tattooing hold significant place visayan culture contrasting recent adoption nation philippine particularly visayas tattooing practiced millennium early account visayan tattooing date back spanish explorer tattoo became form personal adornment design symbolizing strength personal achievement familial village permanence well attribute like desirability fertility ancient art form remains integral cultural identity heritage visayan people celebration weeklong dedicated honoring showcasing traditional tattoo artistry pintado de pasi declared cultural dance category champion aliwan fiesta