9/11/2010

PhotoHunt#105 Anniversary

It used to be just an anniversary celebration of the indigenous tribes' harvest season. However, the city saw its tourism potential and started to constitutionalize the celebration to attract not only the locals but also people from everywhere. In time, Kadayawan Festival became one of the most popular festivals in the country with its anniversary celebration being held every 3rd week of August.

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More events were added almost every year but the Floral Float Parade is one of the two events that remained well-loved by everybody.

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The other well-loved Kadayawan event is the Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan (Dancing In the Streets).

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10 comments:

jams o donnell said...

Wow what delightful scenes. That display of fruit is wonderful... Hold on if those are durians at the top then those pineapples must be enormous! Have a great wekend

Eds said...

Lovely photos you got here! happy hunting! :)

http://www.abc1on1.com/2010/09/photo-hunt-anniversary.html

jan said...

unique entry for the theme...love it!

my anniversary is here

http://moms-journey.com/2010/09/11/anniversary.aspx

thanks

Anonymous said...

beautiful photos, I would have loved to have been there! Happy hunting.

Janice said...

It looks like a wonderful celebration.

fortuitous faery said...

why am i not surprised that the durian is on top of the heap? :P

TorAa said...

Fantastic - the combination of old traditions and tourisme.

Excellent photos

bonggamom said...

How fun! I miss Filipino festivals!

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

I shall be so happy there, the durian is so big. and the duku/lansat. I don't know your Filipino name for it..

You chose a good theme, fruits, you won't go wrong.

Unknown said...

This is amazing!