All set for 1st Davao Tribal Games EVERYTHING is now set for the first Davao Tribal Games slated on August 14 at the People’s Park in Davao City. An ocular inspection was held yesterday morning at the venue by the organizers led by City Councilor Berino Mambo-o Sr. and City Mayor’s Office-Sports Development Division Officer-in-Charge William “Butch” Ramirez. Also present were Deputy Mayor for Klata Tribe Herminia Ortiz, Deputy for Sports Goldie Delvo, Tribal Games coordinator Rudy Mande and the coordinators of the different tribes and events. The five tribes coming from Ata, Klata, Matigsalog, Ovu-Manubo and Tagbawa will first have a parade during the opening. After a ritual and opening prayer, six games will then be played in the morning. They are Pana (bow and arrow), Sisibow (spear throw), Kakasing (topspin), Bubuntug (bamboo spear), Solopot (blow gun) and Bibinayo (rice pounding). After a lunch break, the final six events will be the Siklot (wood sticks), Aakow (wooden stilts), Totaringki (fire making), Sosakoro (water fetching), Dagan (running) and Tug-of-War. Each tribe will be represented by 50 players both boys and girls aged 18 years old and above, in the one-day historic event held in celebration of the annual 29th Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival. The over-all team champion will pocket P50,000 while the first and second runners-up will get P40,000 and P30,000, respectively. The third and fourth runners-up will each bring home P15,000. Trophies will also be given away to the teams while medals will be awarded to the individual winners. Mayor Rody Duterte has been invited as the guest of honor in the awarding and closing ceremony. The Tribal Games was also organized to commemorate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples held every August 9 by the United Nations. Ramirez said the Tribal Games is also part of the administration’s comprehensive sports program under the Duterte Game Plan which will bring together all the tribes and play their games. The over-all champion will win P50,000 while the first and second runners-up will get P40,000 and P30,000, respectively. The third and fourth runners-up will each bring home P15,000. Trophies will also be given away to the teams while medals will be awarded to the individual winners. LDR/CMO-SDD
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 06:08:57 +0000
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