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HABI KADAYAWAN 2017 CHAMP. Local singer and songwriter, Maan Chua (second from left) is hailed as the champion for this year’s fashion design competition, Habi Kadayawan held at the SM Lanang Premier Thursday, Aug. 17. Chua bested 13 other designers with her wearable accessory called “Agung”, a necklace inspired by the Ahungan instrument of the Bagobo tribe. Also in photo (L-R) are model May Deaño, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, Davao Fashion Design Council Foundation Inc. (DFDCFI) president, Aztec Barba and Kadayawan 2017 festival director Gatchi Gatchalian. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

'PAG-ABLI SA KADAYAWAN'. A colorful papier-mache Philippine Eagle flies above the stage to complete the Kadayawan 2017 logo as Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio bangs the gong during the opening of the 32nd Kadayawan Festival at the Magsaysay Park on Monday, Aug. 14. With Duterte-Carpio are the Hiyas ng Kadayawan candidates and the 11 deputy mayors of the city's 11 tribes, Festival Director Gatchy Gatchalian, Generose Tecson of the City Tourism Operations Office, and Davao City Chamber of Commerce Incorporated chairman Capt. Ronald Go. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)