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© Here’s the schedule of activities for the celebration of Kadayawan sa Dabaw 2008, as provided by the City Tourism Office. I will update this schedule as I receive more information (not to mention, what time these events will be held). I’m also still trying to get some literature on the activities listed below.

This year’s theme is “Musanay Lumadnong Kagikan, Yutang Kabilin Panalipdan!“

17 August • Sunday

• EVENING
  • MODA MINDANAW: Designers’ Cut (Gaisano Mall)

18 August • Monday

• MORNING
  • Festival Press Launching
  • HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN: Indigenous Peoples Visual Arts Exhibit Opening (Museo Dabawenyo)
• AFTERNOON
  • DAYAW: Kadayawan Festival Grand Opening (Peoples Park)
• EVENING
  • LUMADNONG KASAULOGAN: Indigenous Peoples Festival Opening
  • LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Tagabawa (Rizal Park)

19 August • Tuesday

• MORNING
  • KAAN MINDANAO & LUMADNONG GAMA (Rizal Park, until evening)
  • LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Sama
  • HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN
• AFTERNOON
  • LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Matigsalog (Rizal Park)
  • Tribal Mass Wedding
• EVENING
  • HIYAS SA KADAYAWAN: Search for Festival Symbol (CAP Auditorium)

20 August • Wednesday

• MORNING
  • KAAN MINDANAO & LUMADNONG GAMA (Rizal Park, until evening)
  • LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Ata Manuvu
  • HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN
• AFTERNOON
  • LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Tausug
• EVENING
  • LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Maranao (Rizal Park)
  • TUNOG MINDANAW: World Music Competition (NCCC Mall)

21 August • Thursday

• MORNING
  • KAAN MINDANAO & LUMADNONG GAMA (Rizal Park, until evening)
  • LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong K’lata
  • HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN
• AFTERNOON
  • LUMADNONG BANTAWAN — Tribong Ubo-Manobo
• EVENING
  • LUMADNONG BATANWAN — Tribong Kalagan
  • SAYAW MINDANAW: The Mindanao Dance Competition (SM City Davao)

22 August • Friday

• MORNING
  • KAAN MINDANAO & LUMADNONG GAMA (Rizal Park, until evening)
  • TUGTOGAN: Indigenous Music Festival (Victoria Plaza Mall)
  • HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN
• AFTERNOON
  • TUGTOGAN (Rizal Park and Peoples Park)
  • DAWOW: TUBOD SA SINUGDAN (Davao River Festival)
• EVENING
  • TUGTOGAN (Rizal Park and Peoples Park)
  • MODA MINDANAW: Fashion Night (The Venue)

23 August • Saturday

• MORNING
  • KAAN MINDANAO & LUMADNONG GAMA (Rizal Park, until evening)
  • HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN
• AFTERNOON
  • INDAK-INDAK SA KADALANAN: Street Dancing and Festival Showcases
    [STREET PERFORMANCE]
• EVENING
  • INDAK-INDAK SA KADALANAN: Street Dancing and Festival Showcases
    [SHOWDOWN PERFORMANCE]

24 August Sunday

• MORNING
  • KAAN MINDANAO & LUMADNONG GAMA (Rizal Park, until afternoon)
  • PAMULAK KADAYAWAN: Floral Float Parade and Competition
  • HULAGWAY SA KALIWATAN
• AFTERNOON
  • KALASIKAS: Music and Dance Concerts (Rizal Park and Peoples Park)
• EVENING
  • PAHALIPAY NI MAYOR SA KADAYAWAN (Rizal Park)
  • PASALAMAT: Dinner and Fellowship of Kadayawan 2008 Team (The Venue)

It should be interesting to note that, for the first time, the traditional Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan (”street dancing”) will be held from the afternoon all the way to the night. More teams, more color and creativity, and fiercer competition are what you can expect to see on this day!

If there’s an unofficial event that will take place during Kadayawan and you’d like for it to be announced here, please let me know!

See you in Davao this August!

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This morning I was at a planning session for the promotions activities of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival. Marco Polo’s Art Boncato invited me just this morning to be a part of this committee. It was rather sudden and spur-of-the-moment, but I gladly obliged. I wouldn’t miss the chance of helping organize Davao’s own traditional festival.

I don’t want to jump the gun on the Kadayawan organizers, so I’m not going to divulge anything before the official announcements. But I would like to mention that this year is going to be different. For one thing, the younger generation is starting to take over the reins, and we’re bringing in fresh ideas.

The changing of the guards, so to speak, will surely be evident in the way the festival will be marketed to the rest of the country, and — to a limited extent — to other countries. And hopefully, this freshness will also be apparent during the festival itself in August. Expect the unexpected!

Of course, I know that the planners won’t for a second neglect the origins of the Kadayawan. No matter how we would like to modernize the event, we mustn’t forget that it is a celebration that’s deeply rooted in our past, in our indigenous culture.

The Kadayawan (”beauty” or “goodness”) festival is historically a celebration of everything that is good about Davao. It has also been identified with the traditional symbols of our city: the famous Waling-Waling orchid, the Philippine Eagle, Mt. Apo and our fruits. This year, it is being proposed that we carry all of this under one overarching idea, that of abundance.

I just hope that those who are still the ultimate decision-makers for this event will see the sense in what the young bloods are trying to inject into the planning of this festival.

Ok. I’ll stop there. We’re supposed to have another meeting to discuss the brochures and other collateral materials, but I’m going to be in Manila for the iBlog4 Conference this Saturday. At any rate, I’m going to keep you, my dear readers, updated on the Kadayawan sa Dabaw event details.

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