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KADAYAWAN: Davao’s Pride Festival

KADAYAWAN Festival is celebrated in Davao City, every third (3rd)
week of the month of August since 1986. The festival is a celebration of
thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest and celebration of unity among the tribes
who inhabit the city. The festival itself has brought the city its fame
showcasing the different events that would entice the people’s participation
and indulge in its offering of food and delicacies, indigenous cultural practices
and the very enjoying Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan and Pamulak sa
Kadayawan Parade. These are the events that will surely give you a glimpse
of the People of Davao on how we celebrate friendship and embrace the
richness of Davao’s Cultural Heritage.
In old-time, Davao’s Tribe people residing at the foot of Mt. Apo used to
do “pahinungod” or offering to their great god, the Supreme Being or
“Manama” where they display fruits, vegetables, flowers, rice, and corn grains
on mates and were showing the sign of respect for the great year they have
had. Also, people were dancing and singing in front of their homes, which is still
practiced and continued today as well, even more than 30 years after the
festival’s first official acknowledgment.
In the year 1970, then Mayor Elias B. Lopez had encouraged all the
Davao tribes, the Lumads (Non-Islam and Non-Christians) and Muslims to
showcase their thanksgiving rituals. And in the year 1986, after the turbulent
times of the Martial Law, the Davao City government united the people to a
huge gathering of tribes forming a festival with its first name, Apo Duwaling
Festival. This was to showcase the province, despite of the country’s dispute
as a peaceful destination to visit. This festival’s name was created as a
combination of three natural wonders: Mt. Apo, Philippine’s highest peak,
Durian, the king of fruits and Waling-waling, the queen of flowers.
It was officially named and called Kadayawan Festival by then
mayor, Rodrigo Roa Duterte in the year 1988, signifying all the goodness to
the people of Davao and to the fruits of their good labor in the bounty of good
harvest and thanksgiving. The festival’s name is derived from the Mandaya
word “madayaw,” meaning treasured or valuable.
Quarter 4 – Module 3:
Contribution of Music to
Kadayawan Festival
Contribution of Music to Kadayawan Festival
Philippine festivals are town fiestas celebrating moments in the history
that defined identity, polity and locality. Every province, town and city
celebrate foundation days, patronal fiestas and historic celebrations. One of
the most colorful festivals in the country is the Kadayawan Festival.
Kadayawan Festival us an annual celebration in the City of Davao every
third week of August in celebration of thanksgiving for good harvest with
parade floats of fresh fruits and flowers, and street dancing with colorful
tribal, costumes, and accessories. Used to be called “Apo Duwaling” to
promote Davao ‘s famous icons: the highest peak of the country “Mt.
Apo”;King of fruits “Durian”, and queen of orchids “Waling-waling”. In 1988,
the festival was enamed “Kadayawan sa Dabaw”.
Today, Kadayawan is known as one of the must-go-to festival in the
country. It has transformed into a festival of festivals, with a number of spinoff
festivals in the region. It honors Davao’s artistic, cultural and historical
heritage, and its past is personified by the ancestral Lumad people.
The key highlights of Kadayawan festivals are Hoyas sa Kadayawan,
Lumadnong Gama, Lumadnong Bantawan, Sayaw Mindanaw, Indak-indak sa
Kadalanan, and Pamulak sa Kadalanan.
Like most Philippine festivals, street dancing is a staple and major
highlight on the Kadayawan Festival. And during the Kadayawan Festival,
you’ll see a one-of-a-kind street dancing competition that beautifully displays
the diverse tribes and Lumad heritage in Mindanao. Indak Indak sa
Kadalanan transforms the city’s streets into one gigantic party.
In this competition, Davao’s streets dance to the heart-pounding drum
beats and rhythms of pounding feet from hundreds of performers from
different parts of Mindanao. More than just a lively street party, Indak Indak
sa Kadalanan is also a cultural event depicting stories of Mindanao’s different
tribes through dancing.
Contingents from various parts of Mindanao display their awardwinning
choreography – with dancing following the rhythm of their music and
sounds, moving together with precise manner, and flashing their colorful
costumes and attire. Musical accompaniment to each performance is done
live, set in indigenous beats and melodies relative to each tribe. Musical
instruments like kulintang, agong, kubing, kudlong, wind chimes, and others
will be used.
Like any other street dancing competition, it needs music to set the
mood, drop the beat, and create the motivation needed to start moving. Music
has that ability to make us feel a certain way, which is why it plays such an
immense role in dance. Different styles of music create various types of beats,
which all correspond to a specific dance style.
Kadayawan festival where music really matters. The captivating beat
and sound of kulintang instruments will surely give good vibes and put into
more festive mood.
Quarter 4 – Module 4:
Philippine Musical Theater
Timeline of Philippine Musical Theater
1. Pre-colonial time – consisted of three elements – myths, mimesis, and
spectacle. These mimetic performances mostly dramatized primitive rituals
and epic poetry about deities and mythical legends, where the spirit of the
deities would seemingly possess a catalonan (priest) or babaylan (prietess).
2. Spanish Regime – they used dramas such as zarzuela as pedagogical tool
to influence the pagan tribes and teach them about Christianity and religion.
Zarzuela – it portrays the typical Filipino realities and stories and social
relations which viewers can relate in their lives.
Comedias (Secular & Religious) were normally performed in pueblos or village
centers to attract more people to the foundation of its regime. The comedia
can last from 3 to 15 hours through a series of performances. The first Filipino
comedia was performed in latin and Spanish by Fr. Vicente Puche in Cebu
1598.
3. American colonization - apparently influence Philippine theatre through
the bodabil (vaudeville). Bodabil is not straight-up play. The theatrical performance is, in
fact, a mix of songs, dances, comedy skits and even magical
performances. In the 1930’s, the country was introduced to Broadway
theatre.
4. The Japanese occupation – by the the 1940s, when the Japanese took over
the Philippines from the Americans, movie actors and actresses could no
longer appear in films, as the Japanese confiscated all film equipment.
However, the comedia, zarzuela, and bodabil remained in the country as forms
of entertainment and expression. Eventually, bodabil evolved to become stage
shows or variety with short melodrama at the end to accommodate the actors
and actresses who moved their craft bodabil and theatre. Venues such as the
Grand Manila Opera House and the Savoy Theatre became homes of bodabil.

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