Haladaya Festival

Daanbantayan, Cebu

Haladaya Festival is located in Daanbantayan, Cebu. It is celebrated every Easter Sunday and ends with a streetdancing on the seventh day of April, after Easter. Haladaya means "Halad kang Datu Daya", the leader of the first Malayan settlers in Daan Bantayan.

Haladaya Festival News

  • A Tribute To The Chief At The Haladaya Festival Of Daanbantayan

    A Tribute To The Chief At The Haladaya Festival Of Daanbantayan

    Aside from celebrating the feast day of the patron saint of a town, festivals in the towns of Cebu also pay homage to a significant event or leader of the community in the past. One of these festivals that honor a revered leader is the Haladaya Festival of Daanbantayan.

    Datu Daya of Kandaya

    The Haladaya Festival of Daanbantayan not only celebrates the feast day of St. Rose de Lima, it also pays homage to Datu Daya. In fact, the name Haladaya means "Halad kang Datu Daya." Datu Daya is a legendary chieftain who was the leader of the first Malaysian settlers in Cebu. He was the ruler of Kan ...

  • Tribu Kasikas Wins Haladaya Festival

    Hundreds of spectators witnessed the Haladaya Festival street dancing and grand showdown that highlighted the fiesta celebration of Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu last Sunday.

    Eight clustered barangays of Daanbantayan joined the competion that started at 2 p.m. for the street dancing and 5 p.m. for the grand showdown.

    Tribu Kasikas, composed of barangays Maya and Logon won first prize in the ritual showdown with a prize of P80,000 and first prize in street dancing with P30,000 cash prize. They were also awarded Best in Musicality and Best in Costume.

    Tribu Tapicarna of barangays Tap ...

  • Haladaya Festival 2015

    The haladaya festival for the year 2015, performed by tribu Maya and tribu Logon.

  • Haladaya Festival 2015 Tribu TapiCarna

    The Amazing performance of two Barangays, the Tapilon and Carnaza barangay in haladaya festival.

  • Haladaya Festival 2014

    The Amazing performance of haladaya festival for the year 2014, in Daan Bantayan Cebu.

  • No Stopping Haladaya Festival

    No Stopping Haladaya Festival

    A smaller budget and fewer contingents have not prevented Daanbantayan residents from enjoying this year's Haladaya Festival which is held as part of the town's annual fiesta celebration in honor of Sta. Rosa de Lima.

    Around 10,000 people gathered at the municipal grand stand last Saturday to witness the showdown of dances from five clustered contingents for the 12th Haladaya festival.

    The parade of colorful costumes started at the municipal plaza grounds, and contingents danced their way to the streets in a show of recovery from supertyphoon Yolanda which hit last Nov. 8.

    The festiva ...