Ati (Aetas) Community Service

THE HISTORY

In the Philippines the Aetas or Ati ancestors were the 'aboriginals' or the 'first' inhabitants of this Archipelago. They most probably arrived  from  Borneo 20-30,000 years  ago.According  to  some oral traditions, they  also pre-date   the Bisaya  
who now inhabit most of the Visayas.VisayasThe Visayas is one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Mindanao and Luzon. It consists of several islands, primarily surrounding the Visayan Sea. Its population are referred to as the Visayans....

 Legends, such as those involving the Ten Bornean Datus and the Binirayan Festival. tell tales about how, at the beginning of the 12th century, the ancestors of the Bisaya escaped from Borneo tell tales about how, at the beginning of the 12th century, the ancestors of the Bisaya escaped from Borneo from the persecution of Rajah Makatunaw. Led by Datu Puti and Datu Sumakwel and sailing with boats called balangay, they landed near a river called Suaragan, on the southwest coast of Panay, (the place then known as Aninipay), and bartered the land from an Ati headman named Polpolan and his son Marikudo for the price of a necklace and one golden salakot. The hills were left to the Atis while the plains and rivers to the Malays.

OMNIBUS BROTHERHOOD ACTIVITY:

School supplies donation program.

DATE:                               July 12, 2010

BENEFICIARIES:             Ati Community in Brgy. Camiros, Anilao, Iloilo.

                                                56 Grade School Ati Pupils

                                                689 pcs of School Supplies