SCHEDULE OF FESTIVAL EVENTS
Aug. 12
8-11 AM
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte Criterium Race
From Magallanes, C.M Recto, Rizal, Legaspi to Magallanes
4-6 PM
HIYAS SA KADAYAWAN (Fashion Presentation)
Gaisano South Citimall
Aug. 12-13
SKIM Davao 3rd Whoosh National Skimboarding Competition
MerGrande Ocean Resort
Aug. 13
6 AM-1 PM
Flight of the Eagles
Magsaysay Park to Malagos
Aug. 14
8 AM-1 PM
WAW Davao Recreational Kayak Racing
Davao Marina Mark
Aug. 15
8 AM-2PM
WAW Davao Whale Watching
Lasang, Davao City
10 AM-6 PM
SAYAW MINDANAW (Preliminaries)
SM City Entertainment Plaza
5:30-6:30 PM
PASALAMAT (Mass and Promenade)
Quezon Park
7 PM
TINGOG KADAYAWAN (Concert of 200 Voices)
Centennial Park
Aug. 16
8 AM-4 PM
WAW Davao Windsurfing 101
Chemas Beach Resort
10 AM-6 PM
SAYAW MINDANAW (Preliminaries)
SM City Entertainment Plaza
7 PM
HIYAS SA KADAYAWAN (Search for Festival Symbol)
SM City Entertainment Plaza
7 PM UROG ETNIKA (Mindanao Fashion Showcase)
SM City Entertainment Plaza
Aug. 16-18
9 AM-8 PM
Ikebana International Exhibit
NCCC Mall Ground Level
Aug. 16-18
7 PM
Kaimunan sang Da’an
Palma Gil St.
Aug. 17
8 AM-4 PM
WAW Davao Sports Fishing and Island Hopping
Island Garden City of Samal/Davao Gulf
8 AM-6 PM
Kasamongan Festival
IIPE Grounds (infront of Nanay Bebeng’s)
9 AM-4 PM
SUBA SA KINABUHI (Davao River Festival)
Davao River Promenade
2-4/ 6-8 PM
Bayanihan – “On Golden Wings of Love”
AGONGAN UG KULINTANGAN
4 PM-8 PM Rizal Park
7:30-11:30 PM Matina Town Square
Aug. 17-18
6:30PM-12MN
2nd Global PWU-PWC Alumni
The Venue
Aug. 18
Whole day
Globe Intensity G Caravan
Rizal Park
9 AM-12 NN
HURAWAN (Davao Horse Rite)
1-5 PM
LUMADNONG KAGIKAN (Indigenous Peoples Festival)
Gaisano Mall of Davao
4:30-10 PM
WAW Davao Sunset Cruise and Moonlight Cruise
Davao Gulf
Whole Day
ABS-CBN Global Concert
Rizal Park
7 PM
SAYAW MINDANAW FINALS
(Mindanao Indigenous Dance Festival)
SM City Entertainment Plaza
Aug. 18-19
6 PM-12 MN
Blue Roost: Ateneo de Manila National Reunion
The Marco Polo Davao
Aug. 19 8 AM-4 PM
WAW Davao Barkadahan: An Island Getaway
Davao Gulf
9 AM-9 PM
INDAK-INDAK SA KADALANAN (Street Dancing)
Major city thoroughfares
12 NN-3 PM
Ginoong Kadayawan
NCCC Mall
2-5 PM
Longest Durian Roll (Bid for Guinness Book of World Records)
Roxas Avenue
7:30 PM
David Pomeranz Concert
NCCC Mall Convention Hall
7:30 PM-2 AM
YANOG UG YUGYUGAN SA KADALANAN (Street Disco)
Major city thoroughfares
7 PM
M.O.R. For Life! Street Party Concert
Bonifacio cor. Legaspi Sts.
Aug. 19-20
9 AM-5:30 PM
Airsoft Games
RMC Gym
Aug. 20
8 AM-4 PM
WAW Davao Diving 101
9 AM-12 NN
HALAD (Floral Float Parade)
Major downtown thoroughfares
1:30-5:30 PM
BANDA LANOG (Parade Band Competition)
Major downtown thoroughfares
5:30 PM-12 MN
PASALAMAT NI MAYOR SA KATAWHAN CONCERT
Rizal Park
Continuing Events:
KAAN DAWET - August 11-20 Roxas St.
TABO - August 01-21 Magsaysay Park
FOR MORE IMFORMATION
City Tourism Operations Office
Rm 20, 2/F City Hall, Davao City
Tel. Nos. (82)222.1956 /TelFax (82) 222.1957
Kadayawan sa Davao Foundation, Inc.
No. 6 Penaloza Bldg., Villa Abrille St., Davao City
Tel. Nos. (82)224.6319
Monday, August 11, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Kadayawan Festival 2008 - Davao
It is a celebration of Good Harvest! This globally famous festival is a weeklong celebration
and thanksgiving for nature’s bountiful harvest. Kadayawan Festival is being celebrated
every 3rd Week of August. A celebration of the plentiful harvests of fruits and orchids
during the season. Kadayawan is derived from the prehistoric word “madayaw,” a warm and
friendly greeting also used to explain a thing that is valuable, superior, beautiful, good,
or profitable, “Kadayawan” in Mandaya means anything that brings fortune, a celebration of
life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest
and serenity of living. Ethnic tribes around Mt. Apo usually gathered during the
harvest-time when they had a bountiful harvest to give thanks to their gods particularly the
all-powerful Bathala (supreme God). According to legend, the occasion is noticeable by
happiness, singing, and dancing, as well as offerings to their divine protectors.
The festival began from a government-initiated program called “Unlad Proyekto Davao” in
1986, planned to unite the Davaoeños after the chaotic martial law years and to showcase the
city as a peaceful and colorful place to visit and do business in. At the time, it was
called “Apo Duwaling,”a name created from the icons Davao was famous for: Mt. Apo, the
country's highest peak; durian, the king of fruits; and waling-waling. The queen of orchids.
Davao is also home of the majestic Philippine eagle, the national bird. In 1988, the
festival was renamed “Kadayawan sa Dabaw” by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to celebrate the city's
unique wealth in flowers, fruits, and ethnic culture.
Today, Kadayawan has transformed into a festival of festivals, the mother of may other
festivals in the region as it honors Davao’s artistic, cultural and historical heritage, its
past personified by the ancestral “lumads”, its people as they celebrate on the streets, and
its floral industry as they parade in full regalia in thanksgiving for the blessings granted
on the city.
“Kadayawan sa Dabaw” is an enriching experience with a difference as its explores the past,
present and future of the Davaoeños, the Mindanaoans, the Filipinos. Its sights and sounds
remain supreme. Be part of the experience.
“Du-aw na sa Dabaw! Duyog sa Kadayawan! Maglingaw-lingaw ta!”
and thanksgiving for nature’s bountiful harvest. Kadayawan Festival is being celebrated
every 3rd Week of August. A celebration of the plentiful harvests of fruits and orchids
during the season. Kadayawan is derived from the prehistoric word “madayaw,” a warm and
friendly greeting also used to explain a thing that is valuable, superior, beautiful, good,
or profitable, “Kadayawan” in Mandaya means anything that brings fortune, a celebration of
life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest
and serenity of living. Ethnic tribes around Mt. Apo usually gathered during the
harvest-time when they had a bountiful harvest to give thanks to their gods particularly the
all-powerful Bathala (supreme God). According to legend, the occasion is noticeable by
happiness, singing, and dancing, as well as offerings to their divine protectors.
The festival began from a government-initiated program called “Unlad Proyekto Davao” in
1986, planned to unite the Davaoeños after the chaotic martial law years and to showcase the
city as a peaceful and colorful place to visit and do business in. At the time, it was
called “Apo Duwaling,”a name created from the icons Davao was famous for: Mt. Apo, the
country's highest peak; durian, the king of fruits; and waling-waling. The queen of orchids.
Davao is also home of the majestic Philippine eagle, the national bird. In 1988, the
festival was renamed “Kadayawan sa Dabaw” by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to celebrate the city's
unique wealth in flowers, fruits, and ethnic culture.
Today, Kadayawan has transformed into a festival of festivals, the mother of may other
festivals in the region as it honors Davao’s artistic, cultural and historical heritage, its
past personified by the ancestral “lumads”, its people as they celebrate on the streets, and
its floral industry as they parade in full regalia in thanksgiving for the blessings granted
on the city.
“Kadayawan sa Dabaw” is an enriching experience with a difference as its explores the past,
present and future of the Davaoeños, the Mindanaoans, the Filipinos. Its sights and sounds
remain supreme. Be part of the experience.
“Du-aw na sa Dabaw! Duyog sa Kadayawan! Maglingaw-lingaw ta!”
for more information visit
philippine country
kadayawan festival
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Feast of St. Anne - Taguig City
HAPPY FIESTA !!!! STA ANANG BANAK !!!
Pagodahan - Fluvial Parade of the image of St. AnneFestively decorated boats follow the image of Sta Ana in its grand pagoda up and down the Taguig River to the open mouth of Laguna Lake. The traditional Pasubo or Hagis (throwing and catching of offers like suman, santol, orange etc...) will start as soon as the image of St. Anne boarded on the Pagoda or boat. Then after the fluvial parade, dance procession follows (pandanggohan) through the main streets of Bgy. Sta. Ana, Bambang, Tuktukan and Wawa.
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