A family scours through burned debris in their home after Thursday’s fire that razed 200 houses in a crowded and narrow settlement from Fatima Village, Km 11, Zone 5 Sasa through Purok 1, Muslim Village. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Only the stilts and burned roofs remained in this scene in Fatima Village, Km 11 in Sasa last Thursday when a fire gutted 200 houses and destroyed properties worth P 1.5 million. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
While onlookers are blocked off San Pedro Street, these women in bags somehow made their way inside the route of the Pamulak sa Kadayawanan. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Sunday’s Pamulak sa Kadayawan Floral Float Parade looked more like a rally with many police flanking the streets to keep off parade watchers from coming near the streets. (davaotoday.com photo by Jandy Ken C. Lizondra)
A colorful float representing the Ata tribe wades through Bankerohan River during Friday’s Davao River Festival, one of the events of the week-long Kadayawan Festival 2013. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Don’t be surprised to see policemen lining up like this during the Kadayawan parades this weekend. Davao City police is deploying 600 personnel to secure the parade route for Kadayawan’s Indak-Indak (street dancing), who are seen here conducting a dry-run for their security positioning. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
This performer plays an indigenous two-string lute as he leads his group in a dance during the Sayaw Mindanao held Thursday at SM Annex as part of the 2013 Kadayawan Festival which highlights indigenous cultures in Mindanao. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
Students from South Cotabato perform a Tboli tribe dance at the Sayaw Mindanao at SM Annex Thursday as part of the 2013 Kadayawan Festival which highlights indigenous cultures in Mindanao. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
ASSUMPTION SISTERS SING FOR 25THMissionaries of the Assumption entertain friends, faculty and students with a song to celebrate their 25th founding anniversary. The congregation is known for its thrust in transformative education and evangelization for the poor by joining rallies and social causes. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
KADAYAWAN PARADE ROUTE
Mikey Aportadera of Duaw Dabaw, the Kadayawan Festival 2013 organizer, presented the route of the Festival’s Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan on Saturday and the Pamulak Floral Parade on Sunday. Aportadera assures the public of safety as long as there is cooperation between the public and police. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
