Join us at the Youth Pavilion for two days of jam-packed fun as we celebrate our community’s art with a number of workshops,
games, and activities. Come paint your own masterpiece, learn traditional folk dances of the Philippines, make your own yo-yo, and share Philippine
folk tales with the Filipino American Library! Also, don’t miss out on creating your own costume and taking part in our annual Ati-Atihan parade!
As we tell stories, create our own art pieces, and dance together, the Eskuwela Kultura Youth Pavilion hopes to use art to educate the youth about
the rich history of the Philippines and Pilipinos in the United States.
Ati-Atihan Parade
The FPAC Ati-Atihan parade is back! On Sunday afternoon of the festival, make noise and dance as members of the Youth Pavilion
march around the park, dressed to impress for this colorful parade!
The Ati-Atihan is a festival held every January in the town of Kalibo, Aklan on Panay Island. In the 13th century, ten datus, and
their tribes, fleeing tyranny came to Panay from Borneo and purchased land from the Ati Marikudo. The Atis were a dark pygmy people who lived in the
mountains on Panay. Local stories say there was a drought in the mountains and the Atis had to come down to the lowlands and asked the Marayons
(descendants of the Borneans) for food. Ati-Atihan (which means to be like the Ati) is a celebration of the friendship between two communities,
where the darker skinned Atis painted themselves with mud and the lighter skinned Marayons painted themselves with soot.
Filipino American Library- Filipino Folk Tales
On Saturday, the Filipino American Library (FAL) invites you to story time! Come and share stories both young and old! Listen
and watch Filipino folk tales and Filipino American stories come alive. Visit FAL at http://www.filipinoamericanlibrary.org/.
Eskuwela Kultura Youth Pavilion Programming Schedule
Saturday, September 6
Arts and Crafts
Tinikling Tutorial
FAL Filipino Folk Tales
Face Painting
Yo-Yo Painting and Demonstration
Sunday, September 7
(Presented by Search to Involve Pilipino Americans: www.esipa.org)
Stop by the Eskwela Kultura Youth Pavilion on Sunday for a fun-filled day of workshops,
games, activities and contests for the young and the young at heart.
Start off your day on the right foot-left foot-pivot- ball change at SIPA’s dance workshop where
you can learn basic traditional dance steps and a short choreographed routine, perfect for even the smallest tots to begin walking with the steps of their culture.
After you’re done working up a sweat on the dance floor, come cool off from the heat of the September
sun with SIPA’s watermelon eating contest and waterballoon toss. Participation is open to anyone ready to get a little messy. Paper towels provided!
Everyone loves a good laugh. Back by popular demand, magician Justin Rivera returns to the Youth Pavilion to astound and amaze audiences with his uncanny
magical abilities and even quirkier comedic style. Fresh off his Comedy Central debut, be sure not to miss his performance.
Also be sure to join us for workshops and games, including the all-day yo-yo workshop and competition, sipa making workshop and tournament, speed sungka contest,
Youth Pavilion piñata, and top it all off with a walk around the park in an FPAC tradition—the annual Ati-atihan parade!
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) was founded in 1972 and provides health and human services as well as community economic development and arts/cultural
programs for youth and families in multi-ethnic Historic Filipinotown and the greater Los Angeles Pilipino American community.
Piñata
Sunday, September 7th
11:00am Dance Workshop
12:00pm Watermelon Eating Conest
12:30pm Sipa making workshop
1:00pm Waterballoon Toss
1:30pm Yo-Yo Competition
2:00pm Magician Justin Rivera
2:30pm Sipa tournament
3:00pm Pinata, Ati-atihan parade prep (face painting and costumes)
3:30pm Sungka Competition, Ati-atihan parade around park
4:00pm Ati-atihan parade announcement at Main Stage
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