San Pedro Street used to be the stage of the city’s grand celebration of Kadayawan, as locals and tourists, friends and families flock to witness the Indak-indak sa Kadayawan dance competition and Pamulak sa Kadalanan floral parade, and line up later for street foods and fruits.
Minus the tribal dances and motifs, the opening ceremony for Kadayawan Festival 2020 held in front of the Davao City Hall was brief and simple in observance of quarantine protocols due to the pandemic.
Davao City’s 35th anniversary of the Kadayawan Festival will go digital and retrospective this year as events are cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
The University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao has postponed all of the events related to its 25th founding anniversary this month.
The athletic competitions organized by a group of state universities and colleges in Mindanao had become the training ground for a number of athletes who have joined local and international sports competitions, a public school official said.