Kadayawan sa DAVAO

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 - Every year at the month of August Davao City celebrates the Kadayawan Festival it is a celebration of good harvest.  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. 

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- The Dabawenyo celebrates the Kadayawan Festival by having  indak indak sa kadalanan, floats of fresh flowers and fruits, different tribes parade with their costumes, there are also celebrities who come join the parade and it is a week long celebration at the 3rd week of the month of August. And the event that completes the Kadayawan Festival is the Bya'Neng ng Kadayawan or the Miss Kadayawan Beauty Contest.




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