MINDANAO PAGADIAN FRONTLINE: Kapistahan in Dapitan City celebrates “KINABAYO FESTIVAL”

Thousands of Catholic devotees, local and foreign tourists

troops to the city plaza in front of the St. James Church for

the ritual of their Saint Patron. These annual activities

became the tourist attraction & destination.

(Photo by Jong Cadion)

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By JONG CADION

DAPITAN CITY – Today July 25 the Shrine City of Dapitan is celebrating the “Kinabayo Festivity of City Patron Saint James. A series of Holy Mass from 4:00am until 10:00am was conducted at St. James Church headed by Mass Presider Most Rev. Msgr. Gonzalo “Jun” Villamil, VF.

This week long events was started last July 24 with the series of activities and today’s final event will be the culmination with the Drum and bugle corps competition at the city plaza after lunch.

Drum and Bugle competition at the city plaza (Photo by Jong Cadion)

KINABAYO Festival is celebrated every 3rd week of July in the Shrine City of Dapitan. Kinabayo is an exotic and colorful pageant re-enacting the Spanish Moorish wars, particularly the Battle of Covadonga. In that battle the Spanish forces under General Pelagio took their last stand against the Saracens. They were able to reverse the tide of the war with the miraculous apparition of Saint James, the Apostle. The addition of local color and innovations has made this annual festivity which is popular attraction to visitors of Dapitan City.

Live replica of Saint James perform by the Dakak Horse

Back Riders during the culmination of the Kinabayo

Festival at the City Plaza (Photo by Jong Cadion)

Live replica of Saint James perform by the Dakak Horse

Back Riders during the culmination of the Kinabayo

Festival at the City Plaza (Photo by Jong Cadion)

Yesterday morning after the Holy Mass thousands of Catholic devotees, local and foreign tourists troops to the city plaza in front of St. James Church for the ritual of their Saint Patron until noon. These annual cultural and religious activities had become the tourist attraction and destination.

JET NICOLE

Last July 23, one of the highlights of the Kinabayo Festivity is the beauty search. It was already passed 12:00 midnight but the people who witnessed the event was still jam-pack until the Coronation Night ended. Some were on the city plaza together with their families and friends standing by waiting for the results of the search.

There were eleven candidates vying for the title. Candidate # 5 Jet Nicole C. Inding representing the City Mayor’s Office was crowned Miss Dapitan 2013 conducted at the Multi-purpose Cultural and Sports Center while candidate # 11 Mary Grace A. Mueco representing Sardane Construction was crowned 1^st Runner-Up as Miss Dapitan Tourism 2013 and Candidate #3 Marie Antonette A Barrera representing Liga ng Mga Barangay was crowned 2^nd Runner-Up as Miss Dapitan Heritage 2013.

Dapitan City Mayor Rosalina G. Jalosjos together with Vice Ruben E. Cad and Dakad General Manager Ms. Rossini J. Montecalvo crowned the Miss Dapitan 2013 Jet Necole Inding who also gathered Special Award as Miss Congeniality and three Corporate Awards from Virginia Foods Inc., Comm. Rural Bank of Dapitan City Inc., and Dapitan City Cable Television.