Libotero – Philippine Travel Photo Blog

2010 saw the birth of Libotero.com which initially featured family trips around Luzon from the previous years. I’ve always had the passion for travel but was limited by my fear of travelling alone. June 2010 marked a breakthrough as I embarked on my first solo trip ever, and to Mindanao at that. From that point up to the end of last year, I was able to visit 5 new provinces in Visayas and Mindanao.

There are various reasons for travelling. As for myself, I’ve always been inspired by these travel shows on television and wanted to personally experience the places away from home, to discover a colorful mix of cultures in different settings, and more.
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Some of Mindanao’s best dance troupes competed for the highly-coveted grand prize of Kadayawan Festival’s Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan which was held last Saturday, August 21.

Twenty-two (22) contingents, a lot of them being out-of-town contingents, contended for the first prize of P300,000.

Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan, a street dancing competition, was one of the main highlights of the 25th Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival. It showcased the different colors, cultures and traditional dances of the different tribes of Davao and Mindanao as they paraded along the city’s major thoroughfares on a sunny Saturday.

This year’s competition only had one category. Participating Mindanao-based contingents showcased the festivals of their localities, while participating Davao City-based contingents interpreted the Kadayawan Festival and Mindanao folklores, myths or legends.

For that, I won’t hold you any longer. Here are some photos that I took during the Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan of the Kadayawan Festival 2010:

And the winners are:

5th runner up – P30,000 – Tribu Mapawa, Maragusan, Compostela Valley

4th runner-up – P50,000 – Surallah Central Elementary School, South Cotabato

3rd runner-up – P75,000 – Magallanes Elementary School, Davao City

2nd runner up – P100,000 and Best in Costume and Props – P50,000 – Jesus Soriano National High School, Catalunan Grande, Davao City

1st runner up – P200,000 and Best in Streetdancing – P50,000 – Esperanza National High School, Sultan Kudarat

GRAND CHAMPION – P300,000 – Purok Sison Elementary School, Surallah, South Cotabato

View the complete list of Kadayawan 2010 winners here.

You may view the whole photo set here.

Pamulak or “Season of Bloom” is a floral float parade that was held on the last day of the Kadayawan Festival 2010 last August 22. Floats overflowing with flowers in their fullest and most colorful blooms passed through Davao City’s major streets, a very fitting closing to the Kadayawan Festival which is all about Davao City’s celebration for the ever-bountiful harvest.

The Pamulak is one of, if not the grandest floral float parade in the country today! For that, I won’t hold you any longer. Here are some photos that I took during the Pamulak Floral Float Parade 2010:

And the winners are:

Big Category
FIRST PRIZE: (P500,000) LBC

SECOND PRIZE: (P300,000) DMMA

THIRD PRIZE: (P200,000) IPI

Small Category
FIRST PRIZE: (P300,000) Synnex-Concentrix

SECOND PRIZE: (P200,000) Amiya

THIRD PRIZE: (P100,000) Anflocor

View the complete list of Kadayawan 2010 winners here

You may view the whole photo set here.

Hiyas sa Kadayawan Ata Tribe, Mernadeth Sicutan

Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan – Kadayawan Festival 2010

Best in Costume and Props – P50,000
- Jesus Soriano National High School, Catalunan Grande, Davao City

Best in Streetdancing – P50,000
- Esperanza National High School, Sultan Kudarat

Consolation Prizes – P10,000

Entry #8 – Capitan Tomas Monteverde Elementary School
Entry #19 – San Isidro Elementary School
Entry #20 – Don Julian Rodriguez Elementary School
Entry #21 – Cesario Villa Abrille Elementary School
Entry #12 – Santa Ana National High School
Entry #16 – Santa Ana Central Elementary School
Entry #23 – Digos City National High School
Entry #11 – Mandug Elementary School
Entry #13 – Mati, Davao Oriental

Grand Winners
5th runner up – P30,000 – Tribu Mapawa, Maragusan, Compostela Valley
4th runner-up – P50,000 – Surallah Central Elementary School, South Cotabato
3rd runner-up – P75,000 – Magallanes Elementary School, Davao City
2nd runner up – P100,000 Jesus Soriano National High School, Catalunan Grande, Davao City
1st runner up – P200,000 – Esperanza National High School, Sultan Kudarat
GRAND CHAMPION – P300,000 – Purok Sison Elementary School, Surallah, South Cotabato

PAMULAK Kadayawan Floral Float Parade
Small Category
Honorable Mention:
- Cebuana Lhuillier
- Bagobo Klata Float

3rd – Anflocor
2nd – Amiya of Kisan Lu Lands
WINNER – Synnex-Concentrix

Alternative Category

Honorable Mention:
- Guardians Philippines International Inc. (Anti-Crime Organization)
- Obo Manuvu Tribe

3rd – Philippine Daily Inquirer
2nd – Sr. Sto. Nino de Palaboy
WINNER – Barangay Sasa, 2nd District, Davao City

Big Category

3rd – IPI
2nd – DMMA
1st – LBC

Photos of the recently-concluded Kadayawan Festival 2010 will be posted soon!

With the theme, “K10: Kasaulugan ug Kultura” (Celebrations and Cultures), the Kadayawan Festival of Davao is fast approaching! And now on it’s 25th or silver year, a lot of activities have been lined up for one of the biggest festivals in Mindanao. Here is the latest schedule, thanks to Byahilo:

August 8, 2010 – Sunday – 5AM
– Kadayawan Festival Run (Roxas Ave.)
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Final post in the Libotero Davao Series

DAY 4.

Our aircraft left the Davao International Airport right on schedule! Bye, bye Davao! With a heavy heart, I left Davao. My stay may not have been that long, but I loved and appreciated Davao so much. It is one of the most livable places I’ve been to. I will forever cherish the memories I had in Davao. Oh well, it’s time to go back to reality but wait, just 2 months after my first trip to Davao, I will be back! I shall return! Hello Kadayawan Festival! See you again, Davao!

Anyway, luckily, I was assigned to a window seat so here are some aerial shots! Enjoy!

Riverfront Corporate City, Davao

Green Davao City

Abreeza, an Ayala Mall, (at the lower left of the photo) is scheduled to open on 2011. It will be the third mall on JP Laurel Street after Victoria Plaza and Gaisano Mall of Davao.

A very interesting and catchy cloud formation. It looks like a giant cotton ball.

A few minutes later, we were already over the Visayas islands!

At first look, I thought the islands formed a Philippine Map but it’s too far from being one. LOL.

Where in the Visayas?

And finally, our final descent to Mactan, Cebu!

Olango Island, Cebu

Punta Engano, the northeastern tip of the tadpole shaped Mactan Island

The already huge and still ever-growing colony of informal settlers in Ibo, Lapu-Lapu City

The Mandaue-Mactan bridges

The recently opened Cansaga Bay Bridge

Another look at the bridge cities

Mactan Island

Metro Cebu

The Marcelo Fernan Bridge

The First Mandaue-Mactan Bridge

Cebu City skyline

Downtown Cebu City

Another look at the skyline

Gaisano Grand Mall of Mactan

My first ever out-of-town trip all-by-myself was a total success and once again, I’d like to thank Ate Ria Jose, Winston, Feb, Shakeira, SkyscraperCity Davao and PinoyExchange forumers and most of all, I’d like to thank God for always providing the guiding light.

I’ll be back in Davao really, really soon and this time, I really have to try the much-talked about Lachi’s!

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