COVERED-UP
This woman vendor comes prepared for the afternoon heat on Sunday with a hat and shirt for cover. Vendors are now busy all over the streets with the Kadayawan events. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
This woman vendor comes prepared for the afternoon heat on Sunday with a hat and shirt for cover. Vendors are now busy all over the streets with the Kadayawan events. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Youth in indigenous garb rehearsing a dance at People's Park for Friday's opening ceremony of the 28th Kadayawan Festival, an event celebrating the ten Lumad and Muslim tribes that inhabit the city. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
The giant 'Bounty Basket' filled with fruits such as pineapple, durian and banana signify Davao's agriculture bounty during the opening ceremonies of the 2013 Kadayawan Festival Friday at People's Park. Mayor Duterte has greenlight the festival after tight security measures are put in place. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Mayor Rodrigo Dutere need not make the public wait until August 13 to announce that Kadayawan will push through with more security forces deployed in the city.