One of many underrated but anticipated festivals within the nation is the Kadaugan Sa Mactan in Mactan, Cebu.
Photograph credit score: Aimme Ifur Bomediano
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This yr marks the 503rd Kadaugan Sa Mactan (Victory of Mactan) on April 27, 2024. The celebration has been round for over twenty years and is commemorated with a re-enactment of the famed Battle of Mactan.
Lapu-Lapu as the primary Filipino hero
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Lapu-Lapu is greater than only a tasty fish. He’s also referred to as Cilapulapu, Salip Pulaka, Cali Pulaco, and LapuLapu Dimantag. No matter his identify was, he made historical past as the primary Filipino who defeated Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan within the Battle of Mactan.
If it had not been for Italian nobleman Antonio Pigafetta, chronicler of the Spanish expedition led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, who solely talked about Lapulapu by identify however didn’t embrace particulars concerning the chieftain of Mactan Island.
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Based on Pigafetta, Magellan had solely 50 troopers in the course of the battle in opposition to Lapulapu’s 1,500 warriors. Lapulapu’s warriors rained arrows, iron-tipped bamboo lances, and stones on Magellan’s crew, aiming on the weak factors–their legs. Despite the fact that their heads and our bodies had been protected with metallic helmets and breastplates, the struggle favored the islanders as cannons had been ineffective within the battle as they had been out of vary.
Magellan was hit by a poisoned arrow within the leg, making it troublesome for him to attract his sword from its scabbard. Based on Pigafetta, a big javelin was thrust into his left leg, which made him weak and wounded. “On this, abruptly rushed upon him with lances of iron and bamboo and with these javelins, in order that they slew our mirror, our mild, our consolation, and our true information,” he stated. The troopers retreated to the ship after Magellan died.
Historians and writers nonetheless debated whether or not Lapulapu killed Magellan. Some testimonies of chroniclers and eyewitness accounts even described Lapulapu to be in his 70s who most likely watched the battle unfold from a protected distance.
On April 27, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte declared April 27 (the date when the Battle of Mactan
occurred) as Lapu-Lapu Day to honor the primary hero within the nation who defeated foreigners.
Kadaugan Sa Mactan Meals Pageant
Accommodations and resorts in Lapu-Lapu Metropolis would collect and promote for ten days on the Liberty Shrine (previously Mactan Shrine) to promote their merchandise at an reasonably priced value. This has been a practice for over 20 years, minus the three years of hiatus as a result of world pandemic. The five hundred years of Battle of Mactan and Delivery of Christianity ought to have been a giant celebration however it was pushed again to its 502nd as an alternative (2023) with about 1,000 eskrimadors from ages various from 5 to 92 years outdated.
Because the Kadaugan Sa Mactan celebrates its 503rd anniversary with a meals pageant, it coincides with the weekend of the Ironman 70.3 Race. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will begin their show as early as April 5 till the twenty seventh, whereas motels and resorts will begin their show from April 18 to 27 on the Liberty Shrine.
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Final yr, Waterfront Airport Resort & On line casino bagged the Greatest Sales space Design on the Kadaugan Meals Pageant with their jeepney idea, promoting mamen (ramen utilizing mami noodles). They are going to be joined by Crimson Mactan, Dusit Thani Mactan, Shangri-La Mactan, Savoy Mactan, Costabella Tropical Seashore Resort, Goldberry Suites & Resort, Jpark Island Resort, Belmont Mactan, Tambuli, Sheraton Cebu, Bluewater Maribago Seashore Resort, and Solea Mactan.
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The pageant gathers 1000’s of individuals every day together with foreigners and locals from completely different elements of the area to expertise the meals tradition this metropolis has to supply. The Kadaugan Meals Pageant isn’t just a celebration of culinary delights however it offers a possibility for the locals who can not go to the motels and resorts to strive their merchandise at reasonably priced costs.
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