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The Banigan festival is very popular for its banig weaving demonstration to visitors and tourists. Varieties of hats, bags, slippers and gowns made of banig are also exhibited during the festival. The celebration is also a tribute to the town's mat weavers who have preserved the priceless tradition of their forefathers.
Before the Spaniards came to Negros, this town was a wilderness and local indigenous people dwelling there depended on hunting and fishing. The site from where the town began was covered with bamboo thickets called kawáyan in the Hiligaynon language, hence the name "Cauayan" (pronounced kawayán, "place where bamboo grows abundantly").
The origin of most early festivals, locally known as "fiestas", are rooted in Christianity, dating back to the Spanish colonial period when the many communities (such as barrios and towns) of the predominantly Catholic Philippines almost always had a patron saint assigned to each of them.
Consequently, descriptions from this period are an overlay imposed by foreign invaders on indigenous cultures. [24] As such, they promote the interests of church, crown, and the business of the local governing apparatus, [25] while failing to comprehend or accurately portray native concepts. In 1902, the US Commissioner for Non-Christian Tribes ...
Kawayan, like the Municipality of Biliran, is a melting pot for Waray and Cebuano-speakers. The municipality is linguistically divided into two languages, the people of the western part of the town that faces Almeria at a distance speaks Cebuano while the eastern part that faces Maripipi and Culaba speaks Waray .
The Kasadyahan Festival is a cultural festival that is part of the larger Dinagyang Festival held annually on the fourth Saturday of January in Iloilo City, Philippines. It precedes the main highlight of Dinagyang, the Ati Tribes Competition, which takes place the following day on Sunday.
English: Kadayawan Festival 2016 Photos (21) Kadayawan Festival 2016 Photos - Kadayawan Festival in celebrated in Davao City every 3rd week of August. Derived from a local friendly greeting "Madayaw" meaning good or beautiful, the Kadayawan Festival is not only meant to celebrate good harvest but also to recognize and reiterate respect and love to the LUMADS in Davao.
Later on, people adopted Mukama as a name for their children (loosely translated to "leader" or "ruling man"). These were the sons belonging to families of the ruling clan, the Bamuhutu. Any person bearing the name Mukama , must be a Bamuhutu, specifically a Mungura/Mwitira , or belong to the royal clan of the Bamuhutu. [ 9 ]