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Davao Kadayawan 2009: Dance offering for the Harvest |
JoLiz posted a photo:
This is one of my favorite groups but I don’t know who they are and where they are from. Nor am I sure what tribe they represent. Manobo perhaps? The new and modern dress styles dominated the street dancing competition that I could hardly recognize the specific indigenous group the contingents represent. However, in this particular dance, it was clear to me that the dance is a celebration or offering for a good (rice?) harvest. More pics from this particular group here.
“The Kadayawan Festival is an annual festival in the city of Davao in the Philippines. Its name derives from the friendly greeting “Madayaw”, from the Dabawenyo word “dayaw”, meaning good, valuable, superior or beautiful. The festival is a celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest and serenity of living.
Today, Kadayawan has transformed into a festival of festivals, with a number of spin-off festivals in the region. The festival honors Davao’s artistic, cultural and historical heritage, its past personified by the ancestral “lumads”, its people as they celebrate on the streets, and its floral industry as its representatives parade in full regalia in thanksgiving for the blessings granted on the city. A celebration that interfaces the three aspects: tribal; industrial and; arts and entertainment. The festivities are highlighted with floral floats, street-dancing competitions and exhibits that showcases the island’s tourism products and services.” - Wikipedia.
Photos taken during the Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan (Street Dancing) parade. Davao City, Philippines
More: continued here
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