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    How Did The Musa Festival in Kapalong Started?

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    The Musa Festival in Kapalong, Philippines began in 2004 to celebrate the town's banana industry and founding anniversary. The festival highlights Kapalong's reliance on banana plantations, which became the primary crop in the 2000s when DOLE Philippines turned over land to local growers. The first Musa Festival featured the longest grilled banana at 1.1 km and largest banana cake measuring 3m x 85 inches. The annual July 31st event celebrates Kapalong's agricultural prosperity from bananas and culture.

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    The Musa Festival in Kapalong, Philippines began in 2004 to celebrate the town's banana industry and founding anniversary. The festival highlights Kapalong's reliance on banana plantations, which became the primary crop in the 2000s when DOLE Philippines turned over land to local growers. The first Musa Festival featured the longest grilled banana at 1.1 km and largest banana cake measuring 3m x 85 inches. The annual July 31st event celebrates Kapalong's agricultural prosperity from bananas and culture.

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    The Musa Festival in Kapalong, Philippines began in 2004 to celebrate the town's banana industry and founding anniversary. The festival highlights Kapalong's reliance on banana plantations, which became the primary crop in the 2000s when DOLE Philippines turned over land to local growers. The first Musa Festival featured the longest grilled banana at 1.1 km and largest banana cake measuring 3m x 85 inches. The annual July 31st event celebrates Kapalong's agricultural prosperity from bananas and culture.

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    How did the Musa Festival in Kapalong started?

    In 1960's the banana plantation was started by the DOLE, the number 1 exporter
    of bananas from Philippines, as they have the capacity to finance. Before, logging and
    farming we're the main source of income of the locals in Kapalong. In 2000’s, DOLE
    give back what they rent to the growers and now the bananas we're the primary high
    value crops of Kapalong. There a lot of farmers who have converted their rice fields to
    banana plantation for a better income. Most male workers have either job in a large
    banana plantation or worked in their small banana farms, housewives on the other
    hand, earns through selling grilled or fried banana, banana cue and other banana
    delicacies. It has been giving the much needed employment of the locals, and has
    made a great contribution in making Kapalong the first class municipality. Also a big part
    on the improvement and development of Kapalong, as it contributed 50% of Davao del
    Norte's supply for Cardaba banana. The Musa (banana) Festival was developed and
    serves as the celebration for thanksgiving of the Kapalongians for the bountiful
    agricultural blessings and vast supply of bananas. It was first observed on 31st of July
    2004 on which highlights the Founding Anniversary of the Municipality of Kapalong, it
    was then under Mayor Edgardo I. Timbol. It showcased the longest grilled banana
    cardaba, the 1.1 kilometer grilled "ginanggang" Cardaba banana recorded during the
    first Musa Festival. More than 20,000 sticks of Cardaba banana we're grilled in the 648
    grilling stands produced by the 14 barangays of Kapalong. Also the gigantic banana
    cake, which has a length of 3 meters and a diameter of 85 inches made up of 4,000
    banana cupcakes and coated with 1,000 eggs and 1 sack of white sugar, and the base,
    is 377 loaves of banana cake. It consumed 30 boxes of ripe Cavendish banana
    provided by Stanfilco DOLE Philippines. And also the dazzling and vivacious
    performance of the Musa festival dancers on streets was one the most awaited one.
    Aside that it is a tourism investment promotional activity, this festival contribute
    immensely to feelings of social cohesion. This celebration also focuses on cultural and
    ethnic topics and seeks to inform community members of the traditions. It is important to
    record this event for it is part and pride of the locals. Knowing the background would be
    able to give the future generations the appreciation and becoming proud of their origin
    place. It also served as the remembrance of the success of the place Kapalong.
    MUSA (banana) FESTIVAL
    Celebrated every 31st of July highlighting the Founding Anniversary of the
    Municipality of Kapalong.

    1st Musa Festival was celebrated on July 31, 2004 at the Town Center of Kapalong
    featuring the longest grilled (ginanggang) Cardaba banana and biggest Cavendish
    banana cake.

    A. “GINANGGANG”
    B. GIANT CAVENDISH BANANA CAKE

    Source: Department of Tourism in Maniki, Kapalong Davao Del Norte


    A Final Requirement in the
    Readings of Philippine History

    Article about the History of Musa Festival

    Submitted by: Keziah B. Pilotos

    Submitted to: Mr. Cyrill Jhun Pagatpat

    October 2018

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