Dancers from Malaybalay City contingent/BukidnonNews.Net photo by Art Vincent Pańares Dancers from Malaybalay City contingent/BukidnonNews.Net photo by Art Vincent Pańares Drummers from the Valencia City contingent/BukidnonNews.Net photo by Art Vincent Pańares
KAAMULAN 2025: Tribe Drives Away Horned Beast in Malaybalay Ritual Streetdance
MALAYBALAY CITY (BukidnonNews.Net/12 April 2025) The Malaybalay City contingent retold a significant story from Sitio Cabacungan, Barangay Linabo, Malaybalay City. The Bukidnon tribe retold a significant cultural narrative highlighting their resilience and devotion to ancestral traditions. According to oral accounts, during nights of the LUMALAM-AGA (bright moon), a terrifying creature known as SALARUNG, with a […]
Kaamulan 2025: Libona Honors Higaonon Legacy and Sacred Peace Rituals in Streetdancing Storyline
MALAYBALAY CITY (BukidnonNews.Net/12 April 2025) The Municipality of Libona brought to life a powerful retelling of its ancestral past during the Kaamulan 2025 through its street dancing and ground presentation. Rooted in the rich heritage of the Higaonon people, the storyline unfolds in Bagtok, where indigenous practices such as farming, hunting, gold panning, and weaving […]
KAAMULAN through the years: Stories of peace-making using street presentations
By Walter I. BalaneMALAYBALAY CITY (BukidnonNews.Net/12 April 2025) – The annual street dancing competition draws the biggest crowd in Bukidnon’s month-long annual festival, the Kaamulan. The highlight: ethnic dances, rituals, and nanangen performed in vibrant presentations from the province’s seven ethnic groups. Dancers and floats showcase Bukidnon’s rich cultural heritage. Presentations center on ethnic customs, […]
4 contingents compete in 2025 Kaamulan Streetdancing competion
MALAYBALAY CITY (BukidnonNews.Net/11 April 2025) Contingents from Bukidnon’s two cities, Malaybalay and Valencia and two of 20 towns, Cabanglasan and Libona, are competing in this year’s 2025 Kaamulan Streetdancing Competition. The annual Ikat-ikat Ta Dadalanen (streetdancing) to be held on April 12, 2025 is one of the highlights of the annual Kaamulan spearheaded by the […]