Mindanao’s king of festivals, Kadayawan, is happening this August! The 2013 Kadayawan Festival in Davao City will once again showcase Davao’s rich and diverse culture and tradition, thanksgiving of oneness with the Earth and bountiful harvest.
The Kadayawan Festival 2013 will also provide the opportunity for the various indigenous tribes such as the Ata Manobo, Ubo Manobo, K’lata, Tagabawa, Matigsalog, Maranao, Maguindanao, Tausug, Sama and Kalagan to converge.
The term “Kadayawan” comes from the Mandaya word “Madayaw” which means anything good, valuable, bountiful, beautiful.
Kadayawan Festival 2013 Davao City Schedule of Activities
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Tentative schedule for Kadayawan Festival 2013:
August 15 to 18, 2013 – the Grand Kadayawan Trade Fair and Bazaar, Davao Convention Center
August 17, 2013 – Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan – A street dancing parade cum competition that showcases the different colors, cultures and traditional dances of the different tribes of Davao and Mindanao.
August 18, 2013 – Pamulak sa Dalan – The grand finale of the festival, Pamulak is a mobile display of the blooming of flowers and ripening of fruits in creatively decorated floats on parade, showcasing the abundance of vegetation in the Davao Region.
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Other Kadayawan Festival 2013 events to look out for: Hiyas sa Kadayawan (the search for that beautiful indigenous lass who is knowledgeable of her culture and wisdom through a pageantry of Mindanaoan myths and legends), agri fairs, food fairs and street parties.
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Kadayawan Festival 2010
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As part of the Apo View Hotel Davao’s 65th year of operations and a first of its kind in Davao City, the Philippines’ second longest operating hotel has launched the unique Wine Quartet, whereby diners can savor a set of 4 carefully and thoughtfully selected wines to match their favorite dishes at Entree, Apo View Hotel Davao City’s buffet restaurant. Definitely a great way to match good food with good wine!
Under the Entree Wine Quartet promo, you get 4 glasses of wines for only Php 250.00. You can taste 4 different wine varietals: two white wines (Torrontes-Sauvignon Blanc and Macabeo) and two reds (Tahuna Pinot Noir from New Zealand and Castillo de Almansa from Spain). The wine choices will be changed every month but the price will remain the same.
The Apo View Davao Entree Wine Quartet is a fun way to explore food pairings. And fun you will surely have since Entree has an extensive array of dishes – from appetizers to salads to mouthwatering seafood to all-time favorite international cuisine.
For first time wine drinkers, white wines go well with salads, soups, maki and fish dishes. Red wine like the Pinot Noir will go well with pork, duck and pasta while the “heavier” Castillo de Almansa will complement best with beef and desserts.
So the next time you’re in Davao City, book a room at the Apo View Hotel and try the Wine Quartet at Entree. Take your foodie journey to another level.
Entree buffet prices – Php 630.00 for lunch and Php 750.00 for dinner.
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Laguindingan Airport CDO – A lot of you have been asking me all about the new Laguindingan Airport Misamis Oriental that’s set to open on June 15, 2013 via my Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus accounts (thank you for the trust!) and via this Laguindingan Airport article I wrote earlier. So I decided to pool all the infos that I know. I hope that this simple Laguindingan Airport travel blog entry can help you guys
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First off, Laguindingan Airport is NOT within Cagayan de Oro City proper. So if you’ve been taking flights to and fro Lumbia Airport CDO, be ready to add at least one more hour to your travel time before reaching Laguindingan. Also, this new Misamis Oriental airport is NOT along the highway so from the Laguindingan highway, you still need to take another PUV to reach the airport terminal. That’ll take about 10 minutes.
You have various transport options (apart from taking your private vehicle, obviously )
1. Via bus – There are airconditioned and non-airconditioned buses available 24 hours from the West Bound Terminal located in Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City. These buses ply the CDO to Iligan City route. If you’ll take the airconditioned bus, fare from CDO to Iligan City is roughly Php 85.00. Just inform the bus conductor that you need to be dropped off at Laguindingan (highway). From the highway, you can find airconditioned multicab vehicles. For these shuttle vans, fare for each person is Php 20.00 (Laguindingan highway to airport proper). One of the operators of the Laguindingan highway to airport route is CDOTransco.
If you have a lot of luggage, please ask the van driver for any additional fees you may need to shoulder.
2. Via express van – One of the Laguindingan Airport to Cagayan de Oro proper express van lines is the Laguindingan Airport Express a.k.a. LAX Shuttle. Introductory fare is Php 199.00 per person (regular fare will soon be Php 249.00 per person). Pick-up and drop-off point is at Centrio Mall (in front of Seda Hotel CDO and at the Corrales Street entrance of the mall)
Another one of the express van lines that will ply the CDO to Laguindingan route is the Magnum Express. Fare range (from Bulua Terminal to the airport): Php 80.oo to Php 100.00. From the airport to CDO proper, fare is Php 199.00 per person (introductory price). The Magnum Express vans also offer free WiFi.
You can also look for CDOTransco airport vans. Within Cagayan de Oro proper, you can find their vans at Divisoria area (near DBP bank), SaveMore Kauswagan area and at SM City CDO.
3. Via taxi – This one’s a bit tricky. The local government says that the taxi drivers were required to only charge the passenger/s whatever’s on the taxi meter. I’m not too sure if a cab driver will agree to this, though. I once asked a taxi driver about this and he said that a Php 1,300 to Php 1,500 charge (yes, for just ONE way) is possible. So brace yourselves.
Hope this helps all of you somehow. Should you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment below or you can tweet me at @mindanaoan
Anyway, the local government says that should you encounter problems with the drivers, call the LTFRB hotline (088) 857-5637. Take note of the taxi’s body number, plate number as well as time and date of incident.
As of this posting, the flights to and fro Laguindingan Airport are only limited – sunrise to sunset only. This is because the airport still lacks a couple of navigational equipment – one of which is the Instrument Landing System. Without this, pilots will have to exercise “visual flight rules, a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow him to see where the aircraft is going.”
The Laguindingan Airport costs Php 7.9 Billion and has earned the distinction of being the most-delayed government infrastructure project of all time. Laguindingan Airport will also soon cater to international flights.
Airport fee will be Php 200.00 and as of this posting, several food establishments have expressed interest to open branches at the new airport.
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