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Hiyas sa Kadayawan candidates 
Kadayawan 2012 opening 
Kadayawan festival durian 
Davao Kadayawan 2012 Agri Trade 
Indak Indak 2011 
By Grace L. Plata
A DAUGHTER of Arabic teachers, it’s not surprising for Samra Nuh to end up in the teaching profession.
By answering the judges’ questions in English, Bisaya, and K’lagan, there was no doubt that this K’lagan lass from Waan would best seven other candidates for this year’s Hiyas ng Kadayawan title.(more)
Davao City Administrator Wendel E. Avisado and Deputy Mayor Gloria Uy of the Tagabawa tribe look on as Deputy Mayor Roel Arthur Ali of the Ata Tribe places the food on a plate after it was cooked on a bamboo trunk to be served to visitors who attended their Ata tribe presentation in line with the 22nd Kadayawan celebration at the Rizal Park Friday. (Sun.Star Davao/Seth delos Reyes)
URAYA Land Development Inc. held its pre-Kadayawan open house for Villa de Mercedes project last August 11.
Over 200 guests were treated to an afternoon of festivities with dance performances by the Magallanes Dance Troupe. (more)
Carlo P. Mallo
DESPITE the absence of a verified terror threat, Task Force Davao has been placed on red alert for the culmination of the Kadayawan Festivities over the weekend.
The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) also deployed about 1,400 personnel to man the streets of Davao. (more)
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Spend the long weekend with fun, pleasure and leisure at the resort’s cozy, mountain cottages and villas with these exciting packages: (more)
A group of Kalagans performs a ritual at the Rizal Park on Monday as part of the daily tribal showcase of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw, while the womenfolk bring in cuisine for visitors to taste.
Everyday at the Rizal Park, a tribe shows off dances, food, and rituals. (Sun.Star Davao/Seth delos Reyes)
Carlo P. Mallo
THE Kadayawan festivities in the city kicked off last week, and just as in previous celebrations, one of its highlight is the much coveted — and controversial — Hiyas ng Kadayawan.
In the previous years, each time the Hiyas was staged, various groups would clamor for its abolition as it allegedly violates the women’s code of the city.
Thus, in last year’s Kadayawan celebration, just before the Hiyas was scrapped, males were included in the contest. A bigger howl followed, and then the scrapping. Read more…
By Grace L. Plata
From being a festival of thanksgiving for Davao’s harvest and culture to becoming a gigantic, “commercial” celebration and now back to its indigenous roots, one can say that the Kadayawan Festival has truly come full circle.Standing the test of time and tumultuous circumstances, the celebration that in the recent years has been called the “Festival of Festivals”, managed to survive and emerge renewed.(more)
Joy Romares-Sevilla
IT’S the biggest and the oldest fruit stand in Bankerohan; its contemporaries having fallen on the wayside as Davao’s economy tipped and tumbled in the past 25 years.
Maybe it’s in the name… Divine Mercy Fruitstand.
Located at the Marfori Building in the Bankerohan public market, it has witnessed how the industry grew over the years, experienced the challenges of the fruit industry, but has faced these challenges with perseverance and bravity. Read more…
Marianne L. Saberon-Abalayan
Flight of the Eagles. It’s not the thriller novel, of the same title, by American author Jack Higgins that was published in 1998.
This Flight of the Eagles is the cycling event that has become part of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival for three years now.
It started as a cycling for the environment program staged in August, six years ago. Because the event was gathering substantial following and participants, it was integrated into the Kadayawan activities for greater impact. Read more…
