Malita celebrates ‘Gaginaway Festival’

MALITA, DAVAO OCCIDENTAL-Malita celebrated its annual festivities yesterday as a way of saying ‘thank you’ for the abundant harvest and blessings of the indigenous peoples.

Gaginaway is an annual festival celebrated by Malitaneous during the full moon in November. In Tagacaolo, Gaginaway means "panagtapok" and in B'laan it means "love."

The natives of Malita have a common culture of gathering in one place where they can enjoy the view of the full moon and celebrate the good weather. That's why Gaginaway is celebrated in November when the moon is believed to be at its brightest, and the harvests of the tribes are bountiful, thus, the reason to celebrate.

Malita, Davao Occidental has three tribes namely, Tagacaolo who occupies the uplands, Manobo who settles in the lowlands and the B'laan in the mountains of Little Baguio. The Muslim communities, on the other hand, spread out in the coastal areas of Malita, and some families reside in the hinterlands of lowlands and uplands. The festival is jointly celebrated by all indigenous communities with the support of the Local Government units which depict the image of unity among these different cultural communities that are existing co-harmoniously in one place, advocating love and respect for each other. Orlando B. Dinoy

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