The Bagobo Klata tribe emerged the overall champion in the lumad games in the recently-concluded Dula Kadayawan 2022 Tribal Games for Peace held at People’s Park.
The champion team received a cash prize of P120,000.
The Matigsalug and Bagobo Tagabawa finished second and third to claim P100,000 and P80,000, respectively, while the Ata Tribe placed fourth (P80,000) and the Obu-Manuvu placed fifth (P45,000).
The Bagobo Klata dominated the aakow/karang relay event, beating the Matigsalug and the Obu Manuvu tribes that ended in the next two spots. They also ruled the usuroy/tug-of-war event at the expense of the next two placers, the Matigsalug and Ata.
The Bagobo Klata also topped the kakasing (game played using a wooden top and a rope) competition, outclassing the Bagobo Tagabawa and Ata tribes for the title.
Meanwhile, the Matigsalug tribe clinched the bibinayo (manual threshing to remove the hull from rice or corn grains) title over the Bagobo Tagabawa and Ata tribes.
The Bagobo Tagabawa tribe, however, bounced back with two straight victories in the kakasing-karambola and the bubuntug (players use a spear to hit a ball made of coconut) events. The tribe also prevailed over the Bagobo Klata and Ata in kakasing-karambola before defeating the Bagobo Klata and the Matigsalug.
The Obu-Manuvu managed to bag the top prize in the women’s sosakoro contest (water fetching using a bamboo) while the Bagobo Klata came in second and the Matigsalug third.
The Ata tribe didn’t go home empty-handed after pocketing the sisibow boys and solopot titles.
In the Moro games, the Maranao swept three championship titles (kambabai, sipa sa mangis, and sipa sa lama) while the Kagan tribe grabbed the tug-of-war title.
It was the first Dula Kadayawan, organized by the City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO) in coordination with the Sports Development Division of the City Mayor’s Office (SDD-CMO) since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the city in March 2020.
All category winners received cash prizes. CIO
