Davao City Gears for the "Kadayawan Festival"

This city is all set for this year's "Kadayawan Festival" celebration again with the public and private sectors working together to come up with a grandiose event despite limited resources. 

The city government here, along with its private partners, has optimized the resources even as it anticipates as maximum value in return for the Kadayawan Festival 2010 or K10.

Rizal Giovanni Aportadera, head of festival secretariat, promotions and documentations, said City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, has appointed City Administrator Zuleika Lopez as chair of the steering committee with Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre as vice chair for government sector and Engineer Robert Quinto, vice chair for the private sector.

Aportadera said the festival is a yearly activity that Dabawenyos and those of the neighboring cities and provinces and even foreign and domestic tourists look forward as it highlights the rich cultural resources of Davao and the bounty of flora and fauna as well as its foods, water, and livelihood.

Among the awaited events during Kadayawan is the "Pamulak", or Floral Float Parade, which is a mobile display of the blooming of flowers and ripening of fruits in creatively decorated floats on parade, showcasing the abudance of vegetation in the region.

The other is the "Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan" or street dancing.

Committee chair James A. Zimmermann said each year, the number of participants increase and new things are featured every time the floral float parade takes the streets of the city.

The list of regular participants continues to increase even as he said that there will be both competing and non-competing categories.

The floral float parade will be held on August 22 starting at 8 am with route starting at Magsaysay Avenue to Claro M. Recto Street then to Legaspi and San Pedro streets. The parade will proceed after the Pasasalamat Thanksgiving Mass at 7 am at the San Pedro Cathedral.

The sreet dancing wiull be held on AUgust 21 starting at 7 am along C.M.Recto, San Pedro, Bonifacio, Ponciano, Roxas Avenue and showdown will be at 3 pm at Sand Pedro Street.

Among many other events: Davao City will be conducted from August 11 (today) to September 11, 2010 at the Museo Dabawenyo where prtraits and landscape paintings of Engineer Manuel Mendros will feature Davao City mayors. 

Thhe "Panagtagbo" or Multi-Cultural Performances will be held from August 16-29 and 21, 2010 at the People's Park and NCCC Mall. 

Many more activities and events are waiting for you.

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