Kalivungan Festival of Alamada, North Cotabato represented by Tribung Kalivungan, won as one of the runners up in Aliwan Fiesta 2012 Streetdance Competition.
The town of Alamada in North Cotabato celebrates a unique thanksgiving festival, which brings together different tribes from all over the province – all hardworking, energetic and devout. Living harmoniously amid cultural diversity, they make North Cotabato an economically prosperous melting pot. Farming is the main source of livelihood, with palm oil as primary produce. Dances and prayers are offered in planting ceremonies, with the men pounding bamboo implements called Tudak to pulverize the soil, as the women clean the fields. As the plants grow, they use tools such as the anggot and lagaraw to clean the fields and prepare for the harvest. The natives wear bright, glittering attire with psychedelic designs. Drums and trumpets resound as they synchronize their worship . Palm oil fruit are borne on baskets and transported bym eans of a sled pulled by a carabao. This is done every 15 days.
