Tuesday, August 18, 2015

30th Kadayawan Festival opens amid a heavy downpour

DAVAO CITY, Aug 18 (PIA) Mayor Rodrigo Duterte led the opening ceremony of the 30th Kadayawan sa Dabaw 2015, a cultural festival for the Indigenous Peoples and the nine Muslim Tribes in the city which was cut short due to a heavy downpour.
He called on the visitors and residents to give importance to the culture of the IPs and the Muslim which will take center-stage in the annual celebration.

Duterte said the people of Davao await the various cultural presentations that will be featured this year.
“The rain might have interrupted the program but all other activities set for the celebration will go on,” he said.
Duterte also welcomed the Ips and the various tribes of the Muslim community.

He recalled that the Kadayawan Festival was preceded by the Apo Dualing in the mid-80s by which had a meager budget.
Duterte said back in the time when he was the officer-in-charge-vice mayor, he stood for a simple cultural celebration, at the time when the city was poor and recovering from the urban warfare between the government forces and the sparrow unit of the New People’s Army.

He suggested to lower its budget from P500, 000 to P800, 000 instead of the Two Million Pesos as requested by the executive department.

Duterte mulled on pursuing the opening program of the Kadayawan 2015 on Thursday, August 20, at 6:00 pm at the San Pedro Street.

He said that despite the rain all other scheduled activities of the Kadayawan Festival must go on.  (PIA 11-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)

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