Kadayawan Festival 2008 Winners
Posted by on August 26, 2008
I’m back in Manila!
The Kadayawan Festival is awesome. Truly, a feast for the eyes. Thirty contingents from various schools in Davao, together with the ten ethnic tribes of Davao and from festivals of other parts of Mindanao all competed during the Saturday’s Indak Indak sa Kaddalanan.
Tampakan, Kadayawan Festival 2008 Winner
Huge crowd both local and tourists turned up at the streets of Davao to witness Mindanaos biggest festival.
It was my first time in Davao City and obviously I am very excited to witness this grand event. Immediately after landing at the Davao International Airport, I then hailed a cab and told the driver to bring me to the assembly area if the Kadayawan Streetdance contest.
I can speak few Cebuano phrases but can understand it well. Thus I have no problems communicating with the driver. Though most of the people in Davao are well-versed in Filipino and English. But I was just conversing with the driver in Cebuano so that I could also practice my Cebuano-speaking skills.
Magallanes Elementary School, 1st runner up, Kadayawan Festival 2008
Saturday was a hot and humid day. I heard from some people that it was raining cats and dogs here in Manila at that time.
I arrived at the venue a bit early so I had more time to shoot the dancers when they were not yet performing. The streetdance competition promptly started at 8:30AM.
By that time I was already in front of the stage taking photos of each and every group and tribe performing. The streetdance constest ended at around 11AM and the grand finale performance was set to begin at 2PM and will end at 10PM.
After the whole day of chanting and dancing, the Kadayawan Festival 2008 winners were declared:
2nd runner up: Contingent from Suralla, South Cotabato
1st runner up: Contingent from Magallanes Elementary School Davao City
Kadayawan Festival 2008 Grand Champion: Contingent from Tampakan, South Cotabato
Kadayawan Festival 2008 Champion
To all the participants, congratulations! You are all winners in your own right. You made the Kadayawan Festival 2008 colorful and very memorable to each and everyone of us.
wow, sana maka-attend ako ng kadayawan soon
Great to hear you enjoyed your visit here in Davao! Thanks for dropping by my site!
Were you shooting from the front of the stage too during the afternoon presentation? San ka banda doon? Maybe I have seen you hahaha assuming noh? We were shooting too that time. Di na namin nakita nagperform ang Tampakan Elem. School nung gabi. We were so tired na.
I came all the way from London, UK, and I just got into photography with my Canon 400D… and it was one of the most fun photography opportunities I’ve ever had yet, I even recognize some of the people I took pictures of in your video! The people were beautiful and so positive, and I really commend them for their efforts and to dance in the intense heat like that for hours. Incredible spirits!
I miss kadayawan a lot..
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