Davao City — Digital film Imburnal by Dabawenyo director Sherad Sanchez copped the best picture award during the recent CinemaOne…
The result is Charlie Green. If you combine the simplicity of a Filipina-Cebuana and a British crooner, the result is…
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
The Kadayawan celebration in August this year will focus mainly on Davao’s “tribal diversity,” to give due recognition to the 10 tribal groups in the city. The commercial features the Davao tribes and projects reasons why tourists should visit Davao.
Joan Soco, former Mutya ng Dabaw, encourages Davaoeos to support the local music talents during “reggae night” on May 11. The date happens to be the death anniversary of Nesta Robert “Bob” Marley, the British-African reggae musician who brought “mainstream cultural acceptance of reggae music outside of Africa.” Various local bands perform at the free concert to celebrate cancer prevention month. A reggae festival is slated around the world this year to “confirm the universality of reggae,” according to Bob Marley’s website. More photos. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
Lapida (gravestone), a homegrown rock band, in a concert dubbed “Metal March” along Claro M. Recto (formely Claveria) street during…
This year’s 71st Araw ng Dabaw upholds the old traditions even as it welcomes a new official website (arawngdabaw.com) and…
Anticipating Davaoeos’ excitement over the rematch of World Boxing Council international super featherweight champions Manny Pacquiao and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez, the Araw ng Dabaw executive committee prepares wide screens at the Quezon park and Almendras gym on the Araw ng Dabaw celebration on March 16.
The old PTA grounds have been transformed into the People’s Park where Davaoenos can enjoy not just the holidays. Read the story here. (davaotoday.com photos by Barry Ohaylan)
This August, in Davao, Dabawenyos will hold a celebration of flowers, fruits, and for the year’s bountiful harvest – the…
Tribal women perform during the opening ceremonies of the Kadayawan Festival last week. (davaotoday.com photo by Tyrone A. Velez) Click here for more Kadayawan pictures.
By TYRONE A. VELEZ and CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today
As the city announced a shift in the way the annual Kadayawan Festival is celebrated — that is, for one, showcasing Lumad culture and tradition not for tourism’s sake — tribal leaders remain concerned that the festivities hardly depict the struggle of Mindanao’s indigenous peoples to pursue their unique way of life and retain control of their ancestral lands, which have been encroached into by big mining companies and plantations.
