Kadayawan Festival
The harvest thanksgiving of the eleven tribes of Davao, under the theme We are one, KadayaONE. A boat parade opened it on 7 August, and Pamulak and Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan filled 16 August.
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T'nalak Festival
The festival of the whole province, named after t'nalak, a cloth the T'boli weave from abaca fibre. T'boli women called dreamweavers make it, and they say the patterns come to them in dreams sent by Fu Dalu, the goddess of abaca. The festival marks what the B'laan, the …
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Kaamulan Festival
The ethnic festival of the seven tribal groups of Bukidnon: the Bukidnon, Higaonon, Talaandig, Manobo, Matigsalug, Tigwahanon and Umayamnon. The name comes from the Binukid word amul, to gather. It runs each year from the second half of February to March 10, the date Bukidnon was founded as …
Siargao International Surfing Cup
A World Surf League Qualifying Series 6000 event at Cloud 9, and the biggest surfing week of the year on the island.
Higalaay Festival
A week of city-wide celebration each August for the patron saint, Saint Augustine. It was formerly called the Kagay-an Festival. Its parts include the Kahimunan Trade Fair of farm produce and other native products from the city and province, the Higalas Parade of floats, and Kumbira, a culinary …
Hamungaya Festival
The town festival of Isulan, held on 30 August for the day the town was founded. It doubles as a harvest thanksgiving: most people here farm rice, corn and vegetables, and the African palm, whose woven kalakat board is known across Mindanao. The dancing comes in two parts. …
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Kahimunan tu Bayugan Festival
A local version of Cebu's Sinulog, danced in the streets for the Holy Child on the last Sunday of January. The dances show the indigenous tribes of Bayugan and the way they live.
Tangub City Christmas Festival of Lights
The city fills with lit Christmas decorations for a month each year. People call Tangub the Christmas Symbols Capital of the Philippines.
Kahayag Festival
The town's Christmas festival: streets and public places are lit up to open the season, and there is a fireworks display. Kahayag means light, which the town takes to stand for hope, joy and solidarity through Advent.
San Miguel of Iligan
An image of Saint Michael the archangel that wears a Native American headdress, a practice taken from the Aztec and the Inca, when he goes into battle against Satan. The animist Lumad, the Muslim Moro and the Christian Visayan, Chavacano and Latino people who live together in the …
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Sinulog sa Digos
Every January 15, Sinulog sa Digos brings the city's own version of Cebu's Sinulog celebration to its streets, as part of the year's round of fiestas.
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Tagum New Year Fireworks Show
Tagum puts on a 30-minute fireworks show every New Year's Eve, drawing visitors from nearby Davao City for the turn of the year. The display takes place in Briz District and is visible from Poblacion, Magdum, Visayan Village, and Canocotan. The city government bans all other fireworks within …
Araw ng Digos
The city day, kept every 8 September, the date Digos became a city in 2000. The other fiestas in the city year are Sinulog sa Digos on 15 January, San Isidro Labrador on 15 May, the Padigosan Festival on 19 July and Mary Mediatrix on 22 August.
Araw ng Dabaw
The 89th Araw ng Dabaw. Davao was founded on 16 March 1937, and the day is a local holiday. The month held district celebrations, and Parada Dabawenyo ran on 28 March.
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