(photo by: Churchill Gumboc)Barbara Flores, Malay municipal tourism office said, she already has included in her plan the inclusion of the said festival among her priority projects.
Participants of the 'Yawa Yawa festival' dresses like ghosts and other scary creatures and roamed around the village of Barangay Argao to seek for Christmas gifts.
Its concept was derived from the Holy Innocents Day or Childrens Mass of the Catholic Church. It commemorates the innocent male infants and boys under two years of age who were killed by order of King Herod of Judea who sought Jesus Christ's death.
"We are celebrating the festival for year's that we do not know when it exactly started. We are doing it yearly as part of our tradition," said Argao village chief Ruby Ascano.
Ninos Inocentes is also the name for a traditional Christmas play in nearby Barangay Maloco, Ibajay Aklan loosely based on the Biblical story of the slaughter of the Innocents.
In this play, King Herod kidnaps and holds the newborn Christ child for ransom. But when old women brought him a sack of rice or corn, he releases the infant. The Maloco tradition is celebrated every December 28th.
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