Kadayawan Festival

The Kadayawan Festival is an annual festival in the city of Davao in

the Philippines. Its name derives from the friendly greeting "Madayaw", from
the Dabawenyo word "dayaw", meaning good, valuable, superior or beautiful.
The festival is a celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the
wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest and serenity of living. It is held every
third week of August.

Sinukwan Festival

The Sinukwan Festival is believed to be an old tradition but there has been no
accurate date or year to which it was founded. However, it has been
celebrated throughout the years and made a big impact on the people’s
culture that they happily celebrate it every year.

The Sinukwan represents and honors King Sinukwan or what locals would
call, “Aring Sinukwan”. He is an Ancient Kapampangan God which the
town’s people honors by street dancing which is actually one of the main
highlights or the main activities during the 7th day event period.

It is not just a simple street dancing but the participants come from different
schools and barangays to showcase their own Kapampangan culture. The
costume features large crowns, headdresses, ornaments, bright and vibrant
colors of clothing and more. The music would also amaze you as
Kapampangans can really make use of different native musical instruments to
create different tribal music and rhythm.

As time moves forward, the festival serves many purposes of why it is being
held. Before it was just to honor the great King Sinukwan but recent holdings
have proved that it actually unifies different sectors of the community. It
allows people to interact and bond with other people in the city as well as
help business, private and government sectors to help and improve the
livelihood of the City itself.
Sinulog Festival
Basically, the festival is done by a dance ritual, in which it tells
the story of the Filipino people's pagan past and their acceptance of
Christianity. The word “Sinulog” means “graceful dance”, wherein it all
started in 1980 with a simple dance that represents the “sulog” (or
current) of a river in Cebu.
OR
The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival is an annual cultural and religious festival held
on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City, and is the centre of the Santo
Niño Catholic celebrations in the Philippines.
The festival is considered to be first of most popular festivals in the Philippines,
with every celebration of the festival routinely attracting around 1 to 2 million
people from all over the Philippines every year.[1] Aside from the religious aspect
of the festival, Sinulog is also famous for its street parties, usually happening at
night before and at the night of the main festival.[2]
Other places like Kabankalan City, Maasin City, Balingasag Misamis
Oriental, Cagayan de Oro City, Butuan City and Pagadian City also have their
own version of the festival in honor of Santo Niño.