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Kadayawan Festival in Davao

August 3, 2007 by Davao Traveler Admin

Davao City gets over-crowded with visitors on three important occasions:

  1. Christmas Seasons – when everyone wants to know how everyone’s doing in Davao.
  2. Araw Ng Dabaw – the founding anniversary of Davao City
  3. Kadayawan Festival – A Thanks Giving turned into a Festival.

Madayaw! It’s a simple word signifying warm greetings from Davao. Madayaw! is to Davao as Mabuhay! is to the Philippines or Alloha! is to Hawaii. You will come across that word especially when you are here in Davao during the month of August when the city celebrates the Kadayawan Festival. It’s written all over the place: posters, billboard ads, and if you are quick, you can spot it reflected in everyone’s face.

Kadayawan Festival is a celebration of a bountiful harvest and a tribute to Davao’s rich cultural heritage. That’s to oversimplify the description of the festival.

Visit Davao on August and see what it really means to celebrate the Kadayawan. And if you do, go back to this blog and post your comment to share your experiences.

In the meantime here are some nice shots of the previous Kadayawan Festivals grabbed from Flickr.


Kadayawan Davao Floral Parade

One of the usual attractions of the Kadayawan Festival is the Floral Parade where beautiful flowers and different kinds of orchids are being showcased.

Kadayawan Festival Davao Indak-indak

Indak-indak sa dalan is the local version of Street Dancing. Kadayawan is not without it.

kadawayan people

And of course, the people. Foreigners, visitors from all over the Philippines, and local folks will be down the streets to celebrate the Kadayawan. Will you be there?

Filed Under: About Davao, Pictures and Videos Tagged With: About Davao, Kadayawan, Kadayawan Festival

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Comments

  1. dimaks says

    August 3, 2007 at 4:52 am

    i never had the chance to observe kadayawan in action. i wish i would have the time.

  2. jun mb says

    September 20, 2007 at 5:28 am

    hi i like davao city. people here are great and very friendly.

  3. jun mb says

    September 20, 2007 at 5:32 am

    come and visit your relatives, friends and love one yeah! its great here in davao city. people are handsome and beautiful like me. hehehehe

  4. takmoy says

    September 20, 2007 at 5:35 am

    hi eric! aq ni imo kdorm hehehehe

  5. iya says

    October 12, 2008 at 9:44 am

    hi! i find all your blog..really nice and informational. cheers!

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