Mahaw-mahaw Festival
Mahaw-mahaw festival happened every last week of December. The festival which includes various and activities from schools, beauty pageant (Lin-ay sang Ma-ao) ,a Rizal Day Parade and Mahaw-Mahaw Dance Parade and Arena Dance Competition
2014 MAHAW-MAHAW FESTIVAL
Mahaw-mahaw Festival on its 3rd year is still one of the youngest festival of Bago City, Negros Occidental .
Mahaw-mahaw came from a dialect term “mahaw” which denotes break fast,a snack or an invitation to eat. With this word comes the festival Mahaw-Mahaw. Mahaw-mahaw Festival is celebration for life; a celebration for “Taga Ma-ao” or people of Ma-ao. That is why despite despite the small budget and lack of big sponsors they were able to stage a successful festival.
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Lin-ay sang Ma-ao, Best in Festival Costume with the Festival Chair, Marites Espeleta
Mahaw-mahaw festival happened every last week of December. The festival which includes various and activities from schools, beauty pageant (Lin-ay sang Ma-ao) ,a Rizal Day Parade and Mahaw-Mahaw Dance Parade and Arena Dance Competition from ten (10) contingents.
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2014 Lin-ay sang Ma-ao Winners
I was honored for the second time to be one of the judges in the Lin-ay sang Ma-ao and in the arena dance competition. Witnessing the improvement the festival done every year made me proud of being “Taga Ma-ao”.
PHOTOS FROM MAHAW-MAHAW FESTVAL
Lin-ay sang Ma-ao Judges
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Thanks for sharing Jojo. Was expecting to see photos of food as it says Mahaw for breakfast :) All the best for 2015! Cheers! Happy New Year!
Kim Kaylan
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Hi Kim thanx for dropping. I will try to visit your site :)
Its also my first encounter with this festival. Worth checking in to and worth investing time. Also dem colors!!
This is certainly another festival to look forward to. We have so many in our country that should keep every traveler busy discovering the Philippines.
Thank you for introducing this festival! The costumes are amazing, would have loved to witness this personally. Especially when you mentioned Mahaw is to eat, how can one not embrace this event!?
- Karen
Good to know! My first time to heard about this festival. Thanks for sharing! :)
It was my first time hearing this Mahaw-Mahaw festival, for sure you had fun with this event. happy new year!
The photos reflect not the insufficient budget, but rather the creativity and resourcefulness of Filipinos.
Interesting festival, never heard of it before seeing your blog post so thanks for that! I have relatives in Bago city so would definitely want to catch it this year! :)
First time to heard about "Mahaw-Mahaw" festival and knowing that its definition is an invitation to eat, makes me love it already. Lol. Kidding aside, The dancing competition looks very festive. I miss fiesta celebration in PH, since I am working in Kuwait now there are no events like that here. Thank you for sharing your post.
This is the first time I have heard of this festival. It looks like a load of fun! Maybe I'll get to experience it next time.