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The Kadayawan Festival is an annual festival in the city of Davao in the Philippines. 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. The festival was previously known as Apo Duwaling Festival, named after three icons of Davao; Mount Apo ...
Davao City, officially the City of Davao (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Dabaw; Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa sang Davao; Tagalog: Lungsod ng Dabaw), is a highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines. The city has a total land area of 2,443.61 km 2 (943.48 sq mi), making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area .
Balut sa Puti Festival - an annual town-wide celebration along with "Araw ng Pateros" (Foundation Day) featuring the infamous Balut, it is celebrated with various activities such as culinary competition, kamayan (boodle fight), free concert, and more. [1] [2] [3]
Araw ng Davao de Oro: This special working holiday applies to Davao de Oro province only, celebrating the foundation of the province in 1998. [46] March 16 Davao City Day: Araw ng Dabaw: Commemorating the signing of the Davao Charter, creating the city of Davao. This special non-working holiday applies to Davao City only. [47] March 18 Panay ...
The Davao City Torotot Festival is a festival celebrated in Davao City every New Year's Eve which involves the blowing party horns, or what are more commonly known to Filipinos as torotots. It was first held during the city’s 2014 New Year’s eve celebration at the Freedom Park along Roxas Avenue from 1 pm on December 31, 2013 to 1 am on ...
Mati, officially the City of Mati (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Mati; Filipino: Lungsod ng Mati / Siyudad ng Mati; Central Bikol: Syudad nin Mati), is a component city [5] and capital of the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines located on the southeasternmost side of Mindanao and is part of Metropolitan Davao, the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Philippines, and its managing entity ...
Poverty incidence of Davao del Norte 10 20 30 40 2000 15.18 2003 36.80 2006 31.73 2009 31.96 2012 33.43 2015 31.02 2018 13.44 2021 7.30 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Davao del Norte is a primarily agricultural, but also engages in mining, forestry, and commercial fishing. The principal crops of the province include rice, maize, banana, coconut, abacá, ramie, coffee, and a variety of ...
The Negros Revolution (Filipino: Himagsikang Negrense; Cebuano: Rebolusyong Negrense; Spanish: Revolución negrense), commemorated and popularly known as the Fifth of November (Spanish: Cinco de noviembre) or Negros Day (Hiligaynon: Adlaw sang Negros; Cebuano: Adlaw sa Negros; Spanish: Día de Negros), was a political movement that in 1898 created a government on Negros Island in the ...