Kadayawan Festival 2011

Davao City is annual festive mood  for this year, we're on a month-long good and abundant  harvest celebration and highlights of this festival is giving honor as well as pride of 11 ethnic  tribes of this region. Davao City is the most important city in Mindanao and the largest city in Asia in terms of land area - occupying more than 244,000 hectares. Its population according to the 2000 Census is 1,147,116.

We're packed with so many activities, events and game  for your choice of indoor and outdoor fun.All of these brings live music, dance, trade fairs, fashion shows, and performances as a celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest and serenity of living. This year 2011 festival is handled by our  beloved Major Sarah Duterte and by His Father Honorable Rodrigo Duterte and all of the staff of Davao City.

Highlights of this year's celebration are the Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan, Floral Float Parade and  Hiyas sa Kadayawan.

Schedule OF Events

Event Date: August 12, 2011 until August 21, 2011
Event Time: 08:00am to 11:000pm
Venue: Palma Gil Street
Description: This 10-day street market will showcase the bounties of Davao which is the central reason of thanksgiving during this Kadayawan Festival. It will showcase our fruit growers and Davao’s best products. Entertainment and food concessionaires will also be available for shoppers.

KADAYAWAN OPENING
Event Date: August 15, 2011
Event Time: 05:00pm to 09:00pm
Venue: People’s Park
Description: The festival will open with an ecumenical thanksgiving service for the year of blessing and bounty. To start off the celebration, the color and culture of the father tribes of Davao will be showcased through music and dance.
HUDYAKAAN
Event Date: August 15, 2011 until August 22, 2011
Event Time: 05:00pm to 02:00am
Venue: Roxas Avenue
Description: Street food with nightly entertainment This is a week-long food street that provides nightly entertainment through local and nationally renowned bands.
SAYAW MINDANAW
Event Date: August 16, 2011 until August 18, 2011
Event Time: 09:00am to 10:00am
Venue: SM City Davao
Description: Mindanao Dance Competition This is a competition of Mindanao myths, legends and folklores transformed into dance narratives by Mindanao-based dance groups. Outstanding dance critiques and choreographers will interact with the Mindanao choreographers during dance evaluation and citation.
Lumadnong Bantawan: Indigenous Peoples Performance Showcase
Event Date: August 16, 2011 until August 21, 2011
Event Time: 04:00pm to 07:00pm
Venue: People’s Park
Description: Performance showcases of dance, songs and other ceremonies fit for public performances of the 10 focused Davao tribes namely-Ata Manobo, Bagobo Tagabawa, Ubo Manobo, K’lata, Matigsalog, Maranao, Maguindanao, Tausug, Sama and the Kalagans. Craft making will also be showcased as these and crops from each tribe will also be available for sale.
Lumadnong Gama: Indigenous Peoples Crops and Crafts Trade Fair
Event Date: August 16, 2011 until August 21, 2011
Event Time: 04:00pm to 08:00pm
Venue: People’s Park
Description: Performance showcases of dance, songs and other ceremonies fit for public performances of the 10 focused Davao tribes namely-Ata Manobo, Bagobo Tagabawa, Ubo Manobo, K’lata, Matigsalog, Maranao, Maguindanao, Tausug, Sama and the Kalagans. Craft making will also be showcased as these and crops from each tribe will also be available for sale.
HIYAS NG KADAYAWAN: Talent Night
Event Date: August 16, 2011 until
Event Time: 06:00pm to 10:00pm
Venue: Abreeza Mall of Davao
Description: Grand quest for the festival gem of Davao Hiyas sa Kadayawan is the search for the indigenous young lass who, up until the present is knowledgeable of her indigenous culture and wisdom through a pageantry of Mindanaoan myths and legends. Ten young women from the respective distinguished tribes of Davao will be presented in their indigenous garbs, cultural performance, interview and indigenous attire.


HIYAS SA KADAYAWAN: Grand Coronation Night
Event Date: August 17,2011
Event Time: 06:00pm to 10:00pm
Venue: Davao City Recreation Center
Description: Grand quest for the festival gem of Davao Hiyas sa Kadayawan is the search for the indigenous young lass who, up until the present is knowledgeable of her indigenous culture and wisdom through a pageantry of Mindanaoan myths and legends. Ten young women from the respective distinguished tribes of Davao will be presented in their indigenous garbs, cultural performance, interview and indigenous attire.

INDAK-INDAK SA KADALANAN
Event Date: August 20, 2011
Event Time: 09:00am to 05:00pm
Venue: Magsaysay Ave. to Rizal Park
Description: The Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan will showcase the diverse festivals of Mindanao through street dancing. Dance contingents from the different regiions of Mindanao will feature their own festivals as part of Kadayawan’s mission of promoting the other festivals of the island, thus festival of festivals.











TUNOG MINDANAW
Event Date: August 20, 2011
Event Time: 10:00am to 05:00pm
Venue: Abreeza Mall of Davao
Description: Music Festival Mindanaoan composers and songwriters will come together to showcase their popular yet indigenous motivated music compositions bringing forward this genre not as the alternative but the mainstream music in Mindanao.

PAMULAK KADAYAWAN
Event Date: August 21, 2011
Event Time: 09:00am to 05:00pm
Venue: Magsaysay Ave. to Rizal Park
Description: The grand finale of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival, the showcase of the blooming of flowers and ripening of fruits in a floral float parade and competition. Two categories excite both the interested float artists and audiences-Open and Alternative Categories teeming with artistry and glory as the floats impress Davao’s blessings of bounty considered to be one of Asia’s Most Livable Cities.

MODA MINDANAW
Event Date: August 21, 2011
Event Time: 09:00am to 05:00pm
Venue: SM City Davao
Description: Fashion and Floral Design Competition Mindanao fashion designers will compete in a fashion design extravaganza of indigenous-inspired wearable for men and women and avant garde for women utilizing Mindanaoan fabrics and organic fibers. Floral accessories and bouquets are also featured to display the creations of Davao Floral Artists.



PAHALIPAY NI MAYOR and VICE MAYOR
Event Date: August 21, 2011
Event Time: 06:00pm to 02:00am
Venue: Rizal Park
Description: These are free concerts/entertainment for the City of Davao.


Visit now in Davao City for a wonderful experience and  feel to free enjoy our celebrations.