Davao's Kadayawan Festival - One of Mindanao's colorful festivals

Hiyas sa Kadayawan 2012 queen wants livelihood for children
DAVAO. Newly crowned Hiyas ng Kadayawan 2012 Jean Ali (center) of the Maguindanaon tribe and her court after Friday's coronation night held at the Davao City Recreation Center. (King Rodriguez)

Ms. Gay Universe Kadayawan 2012
DAVAO. Some of the candidates of the controversial Ms. Gay Universe Kadayawan 2012 are seen waving while touring around the City before the pageant Friday. (King Rodriguez)

Hiyas sa Kadayawan candidates
TEN TRIBES, ONE VIBE. The 2012 Hiyas sa Kadayawan candidates from the 10 tribes of Davao City pose after they were presented in Thursday’s I-Speak forum held at the City Hall conference room. (Photo by King Rodriguez)

Kadayawan 2012 opening
DAVAO. City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio bangs the agong to mark the opening of the 27th Kadayawan sa Dabaw celebration at the People's Park on Friday evening. (King Rodriguez)

Kadayawan festival durian
DAVAO. A man chooses from a pile durian fruits sold on the roadside. Fruits abound during the Kadayawan festival but none of them beats durian as an attraction. (King Rodriguez)

Davao Kadayawan 2012 Agri Trade
DAVAO. A vendor arranges flowers at her stall in the the Agro-Trade Fair at the back of SM City Davao on Friday. Once a year, flower traders and growers from various areas gather in the trade fair and showcase exotic, colorful, and ornamental flowers, as part of Kadayawan sa Dabaw annual celebration. (King Rodriguez)

Indak Indak 2011
One of the contingent during the Indak Indak sa Kadalanan of Kadayawan 2011.

Bigger cash prizes await Kadayawan event winners

Published on August 5, 2012 by admin in news

DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said on Friday the City Government has allocated some P6 million for the cash prizes of various competitions slated during the celebration of the 27th Kadayawan sa Dabaw.

Duterte-Carpio, during the festival’s formal opening at the People’s Park on Friday, also said bigger cash prizes will also be given to winners of the City Government’s sports festival.

“Dako-dako pud ang gigahin para sa sportsfest (A bigger budget will also be allocated for the sportfest),” she said.[Read more]

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Kadayawan to bring bigger impact to city’s tourism

Published on August 5, 2012 by admin in news

DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said on Friday that this year’s staging of Kadayawan sa Dabaw is expected to bring bigger impact in the promotion of city’s tourism.

At the opening of the 27th Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival at the People’s Park, Duterte-Carpio said the month-long celebration has drawn so much attention from the visitors, which may result to the influx of more tourists who will join the celebration.

“People really go to places where there’s festival like this one, which is unique to Davao,” she said.[Read more]

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Mayor: Rebels welcome to join Kadayawan

Published on August 5, 2012 by admin in news

DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio invited anew members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) to join the celebration of the 27th Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival.

In an interview at the festival’s opening program Friday, Duterte-Carpio said the call for peace is always there “so the communist rebels are welcome to come down from the mountains and join us during the festivities.”

“If they want peace during the month-long celebration of Kadayawan, then they are welcome to join us here,” Duterte said.[Read more]

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Kadayawan 2012 opening

Published on August 5, 2012 by admin in photos

DAVAO. City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio bangs the agong to mark the opening of the 27th Kadayawan sa Dabaw celebration at the People’s Park on Friday evening. (King Rodriguez)

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6-ton ‘Bounty Basket’ is Philippines’ biggest

Published on August 4, 2012 by admin in news

By Antonio L. Colina IV

THE Bounty Basket, a huge basket that highlighted the opening of 27th Kadayawan festival, weighed more than six tons of mixed native agricultural products, a city official said on Friday.

Leonardo Avila III, City Agriculturist Office (CAO) officer-in-charge, during the opening of the 27th Kadayawan sa Dabaw, said the Bounty Basket is said to be the biggest in the country so far, which needed three trucks and six multicabs of fruits and vegetables.

Comprising the fruits inside the gigantic basket were five varieties of coconut, six varieties of bananas, three varieties of “rambutan,” two varieties of avocado, three varieties of pineapples, two varieties of “santol”, mangosteen, mangoes and jackfruits.[Read more]

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Kadayawan festival durian

Published on August 4, 2012 by admin in photos

DAVAO. A man chooses from a pile durian fruits sold on the roadside. Fruits abound during the Kadayawan festival but none of them beats durian as an attraction. (King Rodriguez)

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Davao Kadayawan 2012 Agri Trade

Published on August 4, 2012 by admin in photos

DAVAO. A vendor arranges flowers at her stall in the the Agro-Trade Fair at the back of SM City Davao on Friday. Once a year, flower traders and growers from various areas gather in the trade fair and showcase exotic, colorful, and ornamental flowers, as part of Kadayawan sa Dabaw annual celebration. (King Rodriguez)

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Mayor hikes prizes for ‘Indak-Indak’

Published on August 4, 2012 by admin in news

DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio bangs the agong to mark the opening of the 27th Kadayawan sa Dabaw celebration at the People’s Park on Friday evening. (King Rodriguez)

DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Friday announced that the local government has increased the prizes for this year’s Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan.

In the opening of 27th Kadayawan Festival at the People’s Park Friday, Duterte-Carpio said bigger cash prizes await winning groups.

For the open category, the mayor said the grand champion will receive a whopping P500,000, up by P200,000 from last year’s P300,000. For the second placer, the winning team will receive P400,000, an increase of P200,000 from P200,000 a year earlier.[Read more]

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Kadayawan 2012

Published on August 3, 2012 by admin in schedule

Agri-Trade Fair

Event Date : 2012-08-01 to 2012-08-27

Event Time : 08:00:00 am to 08:00:00 pm

Venue : SM City Parking Area

Description :

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Contact Person : Floriculture Industry Council of Southern Mindanao (FICSMIN)

Hudyakaan sa Kadayawan

Event Date : 2012-08-01 to 2012-08-20

Event Time : 05:00:00 pm to 02:00:00 am

Venue : Rizal Park

Description : Street food event with nightly performances by local bands.

Website :

Contact Person : Davao Association of Tour Operators (DATO)

MAYOR INDAY SARA DUTERTE 27th KADAYAWAN SPORTSFEST

Event Date : 2012-08-02 to 2012-08-31

Event Time : 08:00:00 am to 08:00:00 am

Venue : Around Davao City

Description :

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Contact Person : City Sports Development Division 221-22-66

HULAGWAY SA KADAYAWAN PHOTO CONTEST

Event Date : 2012-08-03 to 2012-09-07

Event Time : 09:00:00 am to 06:00:00 pm

Venue : Museo Dabawenyo

Description :

The Hulagway sa Kadayawan Photo Contest is a competition open to all interested photographers, both professionals and hobbyists. The photographs must showcase the beauty and grandeur of the subject, be it an event, a person, performers or even colorful inanimate objects seen only or associated with the Kadayawan 2012 Festival.

Website : www.davaocity.gov.ph / www.facebook.com/davaocitygov

Contact Person : Joseph Lawrence Garcia 227-2500 davaocitygov@gmail.com

Kadayawan Fiesta at the Apo View

Event Date : 2012-08-06 to 2012-08-19

Event Time : 08:00:00 am to 08:00:00 pm

Venue : Apo View Hotel

Description :

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Contact Person : Apo View Hotel

LUMADNONG GAMA & DAYAW MARKET

Event Date : 2012-08-06 to 2012-08-21

Event Time : 01:00:00 pm to 11:00:00 pm

Venue : People’s Park, Rainbow Drive

Description : Display and selling of IP artifacts.

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Contact Person : Duaw Davao & Indigenous Peoples Leaders 286-4103

LUMADNONG BANTAWAN

Event Date : 2012-08-11 to 2012-08-16

Event Time : 03:00:00 pm to 06:00:00 pm

Venue : People’s Park, Rizal Park, SM City Davao, NCCC Mall, Abreeza Mall, Gaisano Mall

Description :

Tribal performances filled with music and dancing will be brought for public viewing, courtesy of our ten tribes.

August 11 People’s Park

August 12 Rizal Park

August 13 SM City

August 14 Gaisano Mall

August 15 Abreeza Mall

August 16 NCCC Mall

Website :

Contact Person : Duaw Davao 286-4103

KADAYAWAN SA PASALUBONG CENTER

Event Date : 2012-08-13 to 2012-08-19

Event Time : 09:00:00 am to 06:00:00 pm

Venue : Pasalubong Center

Description :

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Contact Person : City Economic Enterprise 225-3420

DAVAO CITY TRIVIA EXHIBIT “KNOW YOUR CULTURE”

Event Date : 2012-08-13 to 2012-08-22

Event Time : 10:00:00 am to 09:00:00 pm

Venue : NCCC Mall, SM City, Abreeza Mall, People’s Park

Description :

Exhibit highlighting city’s facts, figures and photographs of different tribes to celebrate Kadayawan in Davao.

August 13 – 19 NCCC Mall 10am-9pm

August 14 – 20 SM City 10am-9pm

August 15 – 21 Abreeza Mall 10am-9pm

August 16 – 22 People’s Park 1pm-11pm

Website :

Contact Person : City Planning and Development Office

SAYAW MINDANAW

Event Date : 2012-08-14 to 2012-08-16

Event Time : 10:00:00 am to 08:00:00 pm

Venue : SM City Annex

Description :

A competition of transformed Mindanao Indigenous epics, folklores and traditions into narrative and theatrical presentations.

PRELIM August 14-15 10am-5pm

FINALS August 16 5pm-8pm

Website :

Contact Person : Duaw Davao with Dr. Cora Agustin & NCCA 286-4103

Kadayawan Crafts Tourism Fair

Event Date : 2012-08-14 to 2012-08-20

Event Time : 10:00:00 am to 09:00:00 pm

Venue : Ground Floor Hallway, Abreeza Mall

Description :

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Contact Person : Davao Ecocrafts with DTI and DOT XI

HIYAS SA KADAYAWAN Talent Night

Event Date : 2012-08-15 to 2012-08-15

Event Time : 06:00:00 pm to 10:00:00 pm

Venue : Gaisano Mall of Davao

Description : A contest to find the Festival Gem of Davao, participated in by members of the ten indigenous tribes of the city.

Website :

Contact Person : Duaw Davao 286-4103

History Quiz Contest

Event Date : 2012-08-16 to 2012-08-16

Event Time : 08:00:00 am to 08:00:00 am

Venue : City Library, 3rd Flr. SP Building

Description :

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Contact Person : Davao Historical Society Foundation, Inc.

The Great Kadayawan Trade Fair and Bazaar 2012

Event Date : 2012-08-16 to 2012-08-19

Event Time : 03:00:00 pm to 12:00:00 pm

Venue : Davao Trade and Convention Center

Description : August 16 5pm

August 17-18 3pm-12mn

August 19 10am-9pm

Website :

Contact Person : Mocha Productions

The Great Kadayawan Trade Fair and Bazaar 2012

Event Date : 2012-08-16 to 2012-08-19

Event Time : 03:00:00 pm to 12:00:00 pm

Venue : Davao Trade and Convention Center

Description : August 16 5pm

August 17-18 3pm-12mn

August 19 10am-9pm

Website :

Contact Person : Mocha Productions

Madayaw Trade Expo.. A Showcase of What Davao Life Has to Offer

Event Date : 2012-08-16 to 2012-08-19

Event Time : 04:00:00 pm to 10:00:00 pm

Venue : Victoria Plaza Carpark

Description : August 16 4pm-10pm

August 17 3pm-12mn

August 18 10pm-12mn

August 19 10am-9pm

Website :

Contact Person : EXECON (Ms. Liezel Abatol)

SMART DAY – Kadayawan Festival

Event Date : 2012-08-17 to 2012-08-17

Event Time : 08:00:00 am to 08:00:00 pm

Venue : People’s Park

Description :

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Contact Person : SMART Telecom

HIYAS SA KADAYAWAN Finals

Event Date : 2012-08-17 to 2012-08-17

Event Time : 06:00:00 pm to 10:00:00 pm

Venue : Davao City Recreation Center

Description : A Contest to find the Festival Gem of Davao, participated in by members of the ten indigenous tribes of the city.

Website :

Contact Person : Duaw Davao 286-4103

VIBE TRIBE

Event Date : 2012-08-17 to 2012-08-17

Event Time : 08:00:00 pm to 02:00:00 am

Venue : Wheels and More Strip

Description :

Website :

Contact Person : Events Plus

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Davao beautification

Published on August 3, 2012 by admin in Uncategorized

DAVAO. Workers of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) do last minute decoration at the road’s center island in Matina for today’s opening of the 27th Kadayawan sa Dabaw celebration. Workers also install colorful banners along the city’s major thoroughfares. (Seth delos Reyes/King Rodriguez)