Dorongan Festival is a thanksgiving celebration honoring the child Jesus known to the FIlipinos as Santo Niño.

A Sinulog-based celebration, Dorongan Festival is Bansalan’s way of reliving the tradition and culture of the
Visayans whose devotion to the miraculous Santo Niño is widespread. The population of Bansalan is said to
have roots in Cebu and other towns in the Visayas.

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.