Kadayawan Backdrops

They were used as backdrops and fence/cover for the participants. They are commonly colorful, with intricate designs, made of light materials mostly wood, cartoon, sometimes foam, plastic, or even cloth.

 

 

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Skywatch#121 Kadayawan Floral Float Sky

The rains kept coming in the afternoons and in the evenings consistently for weeks now. Heavy and sudden, they flooded the streets almost immediately. So, the blue skies during the Kadayawan Float festival (Pamulak sa Kadalanan) last August 19, 2012 was a real gift. And oh boy, did the people come out! in droves!

This float by Kisan Lu Lands is this year's Best Floral Float. They truly deserve it with dancers garbed in tribal costumes high up the ground.

 

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Kadayawan Headdresses

The tribes of Davao and surrounding areas have always worn colorful clothings, jewelries and accessories not only during celebrations but also while going through their daily lives. Since Kadayawan festival gives honor and tribute to these tribes, the festival is always colorful, thankful and just oozing with enthusiasm and happiness. That's why I love it more than the Araw ng Dabaw (Davao City) celebration. Aside from that, I just love the colorfully creative and indigenous costumes of the contingents for the Indak-indak sa Kadayawan (streetdancing).

Here are some of the headdresses of the Kadayawan contingents.

The headdresses' style and color combination were also worn based on the stature level of the wearer in their society. Almost always, the more colorful and decorative headdresses were worn by the royalty.

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My World#124 Kadayawan Festival

August is here again and I am quite excited for it. There may be too much rains nowadays but my favorite of all festivals is keeping my spirit up.

On the 3rd week of August, Kadayawan festival will come alive. Preparations are already underway and news have been circling around that there would be more visitors than ever before. While I would prefer not to have too many visitors during Kadayawan festival, there would be nothing much to do about it considering it has become too popular.

Kadayawan festival is a celebration of thanksgiving for the good harvest and blessings. The festival was patterned from the indigenous people of Davao's celebration of harvest season.

The festival is not only such a foodie's and shopper's delight but it has also become a photographer's delight for its vivid colors and pulsating sounds. Recent news revealed that about an estimated of 5,000 photographers shall converge to take photos of the week-long festival. I am raring to be at the front seat!

For more about the 1st MindaNow Photo Congress that will be held in time for the Kadayawan festival, go here for the details.

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My World#108 Araw Ng Dabaw Celebration

Once again, it is our city's foundation day. Instead of a one-day celebration tomorrow, March 16, we are having a three-day celebration which started this Monday. I was looking forward to watching the annual Araw ng Dabaw civic parade but because of work, I'll be out of town instead. So, I'll just be posting photos I took last year.



Davao City has two annual festivals that locals really look forward to. One is the more popular Kadayawan Festival which is usually being held on the third week of August and this older festival, the Araw ng Dabaw (Davao Day), to celebrate our city's foundation day. March 16, 2011 is city's 74th foundation day.





There are a lot of activities lined up for this event but one of the much-awaited highlights is the civic-parade which is usually held every morning of March 16 along the main downtown streets. Well-attended and quite long (it usually lasts at least two hours), the parade usually starts with the city mayor and his city councilors at the head of the parade. Then, the government agencies preceding the private sector agencies.





What I like in watching the civic parade is that not only it is quite colorful but it also shows the cultural diversity of the city. I've also observed that the city has so many young people around than old ones which could be one of the reasons why it is considered one of the most fast-developing cities in the country.

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My World#86 More Kadayawan Floral Floats

Here are more float-participants of the Kadayawan Floral Float parade last month...

That is one real huge tuna in the mouth of the floral fish!

This float's wall was made of cauliflowers.

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Skywatch#45 Red-White Sky

Photo was taken at the street fronting the Rizal Park during the Kadayawan Festival last August this year. The main streets of our city were filled with these buntings, quite festive and pretty to see.

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My World#85 Kadayawan Floral Floats

Here're some of the floral float-participants for the Kadayawan Festival's Floral Float parade last month. The floats were required to be made mostly of fruits, vegetables, seeds, flowers and produces harvested/found in the city and its surrounding areas.

The event is usually held every 3rd sunday of August every year, the day after the Indak-indak sa Kadalanan (Dancing In the Streets) is usually held. I've observed that for this year, the number of floral float participants is lesser compared to the previous years. I had fun with the floats for this year though and I just hope there will be more participants next year.

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Skywatch#44 Kadayawan Dancers Under The Hot Blue Sky

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My World#84 The Waiting Game

The different faces of the waiting dancer-participants of the Indak-indak sa Kadalanan (Dancing in the Streets) event of Kadayawan Festival.

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Skywatch#43 Kadayawan Skies

Thankfully, the skies were clear during the Inda-Indak sa Kadalanan (Dancing in the Streets) event. Sweats are better than rain. For sure, the dancer-participants would look pitifully soggy if there was rain. Here are some of the photos I took..

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My World#83 Kadayawan 2010: Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan

This year is the 25th year celebration of my city's Kadayawan Festival. One of the most popular festival in the country, it is a well-anticipated and well-attended event. For a local like me, it is a source of pride and joy to see the heritage and culture of my city and its indigenous tribes.

Indak-indak sa Kadalanan (Dancing In the Streets) is one event of the Kadayawan that attracted thousands of onlookers (locals and foreigners) all through the years. In this event, students or groups of dancer-participants showcase the costumes, dances, legends and myths of the indigenous tribes of Davao. The competition is quite stiff and big prizes are always at stake.

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My World#36 Mindanao Trade Expo

It is now officially Kadayawan week and there are several activities going on around Davao City. The festival officially started August 17, 2009 but several events already kicked off prior to that date.

I made it a point to check out the Agro-trade fair (located at the back of SM Davao Mall) last Saturday afternoon. The highlight of the fair is their Horticulture Exhibit which showcases the beautifully exotic flowers of which Davao is quite well-known for.

Earlier that day, I went to see the Mindanao Trade Expo at the Central Bank of the Philippines compound. The trade expo featured the products of Mindanao towns. I saw some quite interesting products there aside from the usual items I have seen the previous years ago.

(The entrance to the expo)

(signboards by the gate)

(the lobby of the building)

(the event area)

One of the interesting products that I have seen are the hereunder flowers that are made of bread crumbs. It has a wax-like appearance and they are really pretty.

(flowers made of bread crumbs)

I bought a bottle of vinegar made in coconut juice and also, went around the event area trying out food samples like jams, candies, salads and snacks. Compared to the previous years' expo participants, there were few participants that came this year from all over Mindanao. Nevertheless, it was still pretty interesting. I shall post more pictures in my subsequent post/s.

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