Our CULTURE REFLECTS OUR NATIONS COMPLEX YET INTERESTING HISTORY, PRIOR TO THE SPANISH COLONIZATION, we HAD our OWN CULTURE PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF VISUAL ARTS AND FESTIVALS.
The festival, held in February, was created as a tribute to the city's flowers and as a way to rise up from the devastation of the 1990 Luzon earthquake.
Festival present various colorful and floral decorated floats. It also includes street dances their floral and cordillera region inspired tribal costume
BACOLOD – CITY OF SMILE
3RD WK OF OCT.
STARTED IN 1980 DURING THE REGIONS PERIOD OF ECONOMIC CRISIS.
A FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTING THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE REGION
THIS CELEBRATION KNOWN AS Apo duwaling – from a government initiated project called unlad proyekto davao in 1980s
It was planned to unite the dabawenyo after the martial law years.
Kadayawan is also a celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gift of nature, wealth of culture bounties of harvest ang serenity of living
Madayaw means goodness values beauty
3rd wk of august
HELD ANNUALLY FROM 2ND HALF OF FEB TO MARCH 10, THE ANNIVERSARY DATE OF THE FOUNDATION OF BUKIDNON AS A PROVINCE IN 1917
KAAMULAN ISA GATHERING FOR A PURPOSE LIKE DATUSHIP RITUAL, WEDDING AND THANKSGIVING .
Kaamulan is the dubbed as the only authentic ethnic festival celebrated in the whole Philippines wherein we celebrate the richness of Bukidnon in terms of culture, ethnicity and language. Kaamulan promotes cultural preservation and recognition for each tribe.