When the Spanish first came to Leyte in the Philippines they saw many people who were heavily tatooed, they called them as "Pintados" [Painted ones]

The Pintados Festival of Tacloban is held in honor of the miraculous Sto Nino de Leyte whose feast day is celebrated on June 30. It showcases our ancestors' ancient practice of body painting and how they became Christians. It was first celebrated in 1987 and has now evolved to become one of the landmark events in Leyte province.