The Davao City festival in the Philippines that celebrates the region’s harvest and abundant natural products is Kadayawan.
Kadayawan is an annual celebration in Davao City, Mindanao. Its name is linked to a word meaning something good, valuable, or beneficial, and the festival expresses thanksgiving for life, health, peace, and prosperity as well as for agricultural abundance.
The celebration is known for decorated floats, street dancing, floral displays, indigenous cultural presentations, and displays of fruit and other produce. Durian, mangosteen, pomelo, and other products associated with Davao often feature prominently.
Kadayawan is sometimes grouped with Philippine festivals such as Sinulog and Ati-Atihan because all include major parades and performances. Its distinctive emphasis, however, is Davao’s harvest, biodiversity, and the cultures of the city’s Indigenous peoples.