Cocowayan Festival

Isabela City, Basilan

Cocowayan Festival is located in Isabela City, Basilan. It is celebrated every 3rd week of April, a week-long celebration in line with the City's founding anniversary marked with fes- tive street dancing, colorful parade, sports activities, fairs, cultural and variety shows and beauty pageant.

Cocowayan Festival News

  • Streetdance Caps Cocowayan Festival In Isabela City

    The week-long celebration of the Cocowayan Festival in Isabela City culminated with street dancing competition of four clustered barangays on April 25.

    Each contingent depicted the life, culture, and history of Isabela City through dance movement, colorful costumes, elaborate props and accessories, showcasing the unique characteristic of the city.

    The contingent from the clustered island barangays bagged the championship prize of P200,000.00 cash.

    The City Government of Isabela through the leadership of Mayor Al-qaid J. Akbar in partnerships with different stakeholders has conducted s ...

  • Street Dancing Highlights Isabela Citys Cocowayan Festival

    Colorful street dancers from the five clustered groups of the forty-five barangays adorned the main thoroughfares as Isabela City marks its 11th Founding Anniversary Wednesday (April 25).

    Various activities filled the week-long celebration of the Cocowayan Festival, which culminated on April 25 with street dancing, to include medical and dental outreach program, hip-hop and ballroom dance competitions, mural-wall painting competition, a mass wedding, some sports events for city employees, and the soft opening of the city's children's mini-library and playhouse center.

    In her message, Cit ...

  • Isabela Celebrates Successful Cocowayan Festival 2008

    After a two year dry spell postponing the celebration of the annual Isabela City Cocowayan Festival in Basilan, this year's festivity finally became a reality and was celebrated without any hitch thanks to the joint efforts of the City Government, the Marines and Police in the city.

    Peace and order has always been one of the top priorities of the Isabela City government which is why this year's Cocowayan Festival 08 was celebrated smoothly and peacefully with the theme ??" "Isabela City: Moving Onwards Through Understanding in Peace and Progress."

    Through the determined efforts of the Is ...