Pintados de Pasi | |
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Official name | Pintados de Pasi Festival |
Observed by | Passi, Iloilo, Philippines |
Type | Cultural |
Date | Third Week in March |
Frequency | annual |
First time | March 1998 |
The Pintados de Pasì Festival is a cultural festival held annually during the third week of March in the City of Passi, Iloilo, Philippines. This celebration honors the tribal tradition of body painting known as pintados and commemorates the historic elevation of Passi from a municipality to a city on March 14, 1998.[1][2]