Arts & Culture

Museo Dabawenyo opens

by
Mar 15, 2008

UNVEILING. The inauguration of the Museo Dabawenyo highlights the grand opening of Araw ng Dabaw celebration. Created through a city ordinance, the nine million peso building houses city artifacts, documents and other priceless objects that speak of the city’s history, people and culture. The city government invites Davao’s oldest families to donate materials and other historical items for the museum. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)

My affair with tikoy

by
Feb 08, 2008

Tikoy! Cooked to golden-brown perfection. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)

Tikoy is the star of the Chinese New Year feast. In fact, it is called the Chinese New Year pudding. The sweet cake — made from glutinous rice, wheat starch, lard, water, and sugar — should never be absent from the table as it symbolizes family unity and closeness.

‘New’ Kadayawan goes back to its tribal roots

by
Aug 14, 2007

Tribal women perform during the opening ceremonies of the Kadayawan Festival last week. (davaotoday.com photo by Tyrone A. Velez) Click here for more Kadayawan pictures.

By TYRONE A. VELEZ and CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today

As the city announced a shift in the way the annual Kadayawan Festival is celebrated — that is, for one, showcasing Lumad culture and tradition not for tourism’s sake — tribal leaders remain concerned that the festivities hardly depict the struggle of Mindanao’s indigenous peoples to pursue their unique way of life and retain control of their ancestral lands, which have been encroached into by big mining companies and plantations.

Rome-based Mindanao protest artist sets Davao exhibit

by
Jul 14, 2007

The artist whose works include sculptures of Pope Paul VI, on display at the Vatican University, a monument of Pope John Paul II displayed in Guam, and a two meter statue of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr at the EDSA Shrine, will unveil works spanning 50 years at the Ground Floor, NCCC Mall Davao from July 1 to 31, 2007.

Davao’s Fairest

by
Mar 10, 2007

2007’s Fairest. The finalists in this year’s Mutya ng Dabaw search (from left): Aubrey Ross Abarcar, Kristina Irene Malano, Clarice…