Davao City Torotot Festival: Difference between revisions
WanHaeShin10 (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
Sheep8144402 (talk | contribs) m fix linter errors (2x missing end tags) |
||
| (19 intermediate revisions by 13 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox holiday |
{{Infobox holiday |
||
| holiday_name = Davao City Torotot Festival |
| holiday_name = Davao City Torotot Festival |
||
| type = |
| type = local |
||
| image = File: |
| image = File:Duterte_at_the_Torotot_Festival_2015.jpg |
||
| imagesize = 200px |
| imagesize = 200px |
||
| caption = 2015 festivities |
|||
| caption = The crowd of people with their different kinds of torotots on New Year's Eve at Roxas Ave. |
|||
| official_name = Torotot Festival |
| official_name = Torotot Festival |
||
| nickname = |
| nickname = |
||
| observedby = [[Davao City]] |
| observedby = [[Davao City]] |
||
| litcolor = |
| litcolor = |
||
| longtype = |
| longtype = |
||
| significance = |
| significance = The final day and first day of the Gregorian year, Firecracker ban |
||
| firsttime = December 31, 2013 - January 1, 2014 |
|||
| begins =December 31 |
| begins =December 31 |
||
| ends =January 1 |
| ends =January 1 |
||
| Line 17: | Line 18: | ||
| frequency=annual |
| frequency=annual |
||
| duration=1 day |
| duration=1 day |
||
| celebrations = Blowing of party horns or ''torotot'' |
|||
| celebration = |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| observances = Holiday |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
}} |
}} |
||
The '''Davao City Torotot Festival''' is |
The '''Davao City Torotot Festival''' is a festival celebrated in [[Davao City]] every [[New Year's Eve]] which involves the blowing party horns, or what are more commonly known to [[Filipinos]] as ''torotots''. It was first held during the city’s 2014 New Year’s eve celebration at the Freedom Park along Roxas Avenue from 1 pm on December 31, 2013 to 1 am on January 1, 2014. The first celebration of the annual festival was also an attempt of the city to break [[Japan]]'s world record for the most people simultaneously blowing party horns<ref name = "colina" >Colina, Antonio IV. [http://www.sunstar.com.ph/weekend-davao/2014/01/04/torotot-festival-celebrating-new-year-safest-way-321581 “Torotot Festival: Celebrating New Year the safest way”] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140323181407/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/weekend-davao/2014/01/04/torotot-festival-celebrating-new-year-safest-way-321581 |date=2014-03-23 }} ‘’[[Sun.Star Superbalita Davao|Sun Star]]’’, Davao City, 4 January 2014. Retrieved on 10 January 2014.</ref> |
||
Event organizers Local Government of Davao and Smart Communications expected an estimated number of 10,000 attendees to gather for the festival but official records tallied a total number of 7,568 people.<ref name = "tacio">Tacio, Henrylito. [http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/342004/lifestyle/peopleandevents/safe-from-firecrackers-davao-sets-torotot-record-instead |
Event organizers Local Government of Davao and Smart Communications expected an estimated number of 10,000 attendees to gather for the festival but official records tallied a total number of 7,568 people.<ref name = "tacio">Tacio, Henrylito. [http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/342004/lifestyle/peopleandevents/safe-from-firecrackers-davao-sets-torotot-record-instead "Safe from firecrackers, Davao sets torotot record instead"] ''[[GMA News Online]]'', Davao City, 1 January 2014. Retrieved on 10 January 2014.</ref> Davao City beat the world record of 6,900 people set by Japan. |
||
The Torotot Festival was organized in line with the city’s firecracker and pyrotechnic ban. |
The Torotot Festival was organized in line with the city’s firecracker and pyrotechnic ban. |
||
<!--- Write your article below this line ---> |
<!--- Write your article below this line ---> |
||
== |
==Background== |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | Telecommunications company Smart Communications partnered with the Local Government Unit of Davao in organizing the festival. To make the Torotot Festival possible, it provided free party horns to its subscribers. |
||
| ⚫ | The Davao City Council, under the leadership of then-Mayor [[Rodrigo Duterte]], passed Ordinance 060-02, more commonly known as the firecracker ban, on October 15, 2002. The ordinance prohibits the manufacture, sale, distribution, possession, or use of firecrackers or pyrotechnic devices in the city. |
||
| ⚫ | Penalties for non-compliance of the ordinance are as follows: a fine of P1,000 or a 20- to 30-day imprisonment for the first offense, a fine of P3,000 or a one- to three-month imprisonment for the second offense or both, and a fine of P5,000 or a three- to six-month imprisonment or both for third and succeeding offenses. Business establishments will also suffer business permit cancellation on their third offense.<ref>Arguillas, Carloyn. [http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2010/12/26/davao-citys-firecracker-ban-silent-night-holy-night-for-10-years-now/ “Davao City’s firecracker ban “Silent Night, Holy Night” for 10 years now.”] ‘’MindaNews”, Davao City, 26 December 2010. Retrieved on 10 January 2014.</ref> |
||
| ⚫ | Smart also gave out cash prizes to the villages with the most |
||
| ⚫ | In the ordinance’s 12 years of implementation, Davao City has recorded five straight injury-free years, starting on the New Year’s eve of 2010.<ref>Geronimo, Gian. [http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/288418/news/regions/firecracker-ban-keeps-davao-city-injury-free-for-fourth-straight-year "Firecracker ban keeps Davao City free for fourth straight year"] ''[[GMA News Online]]'', Davao City, 1 January 2013. Retrieved on 10 January 2014.</ref> |
||
| ⚫ | In the most creative party horns contest, Barangay Angliongto, Barangay 21-C, and Barangay Los Amigos won first, second, and third places, respectively. In the most |
||
==2014 festival== |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
=== Organizers === |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | Telecommunications company Smart Communications partnered with the Local Government Unit of Davao in organizing the festival. To make the Torotot Festival possible, it provided free party horns to its subscribers. The provided party horns are machine readable for registration and official record-keeping.<ref name = "tacio" /> |
||
| ⚫ | Smart also gave out cash prizes to the villages with the most contingents and to the village with the most creative party horns. The village with most registrants received P50,000 while the winners of the most creative party horns were awarded P25,000 for the first prize, P15,000 for the second prize, and P10,000 for the third prize.<ref name = "colina" /> |
||
| ⚫ | Penalties for non-compliance of the ordinance are as follows: a fine of P1,000 or a 20- to 30-day imprisonment for the first offense, a fine of P3,000 or a one- to three-month imprisonment for the second offense or both, and a fine of P5,000 or a three- to six-month imprisonment or both for third and succeeding offenses. Business establishments will also suffer business permit cancellation on their third offense.<ref>Arguillas, Carloyn. [http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2010/12/26/davao-citys-firecracker-ban-silent-night-holy-night-for-10-years-now/ “Davao City’s firecracker ban “Silent Night, Holy Night” for 10 years now.”] ‘’MindaNews”, Davao City, 26 December 2010. Retrieved on 10 January 2014.</ref> |
||
| ⚫ | In the most creative party horns contest, Barangay Angliongto, Barangay 21-C, and Barangay Los Amigos won first, second, and third places, respectively. In the most contingents category, Barangay Communal, Barangay Buhangin, and Barangay Lapu-Lapu won first, second, and third places, respectively.<ref name = "colina" /> |
||
| ⚫ | In the ordinance’s 12 years of implementation, Davao City has recorded five straight injury-free years, starting on the New Year’s eve of 2010.<ref>Geronimo, Gian. [http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/288418/news/regions/firecracker-ban-keeps-davao-city-injury-free-for-fourth-straight-year |
||
== World |
=== World record === |
||
Once officially validated and recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records, the Davao Torotot Festival will be the region’s second world record, next to the Monfort Bat Sanctuary’s record on being home to about 2.4 million Rousette fruit bats, the biggest colony of the fruit bat in the world.<ref name = "tacio" /> The Monfort Bat Sanctuary is in the Island Garden City of Samal. |
Once officially validated and recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records, the Davao Torotot Festival will be the region’s second world record, next to the Monfort Bat Sanctuary’s record on being home to about 2.4 million Rousette fruit bats, the biggest colony of the fruit bat in the world.<ref name = "tacio" /> The Monfort Bat Sanctuary is in the Island Garden City of Samal. |
||
| Line 53: | Line 55: | ||
<references /> |
<references /> |
||
{{Davao City}} |
|||
{{coord missing|Philippines}} |
|||
[[Category: |
[[Category:New Year celebrations]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Cultural festivals in the Philippines]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Davao City|Torotot Festival]] |
||
[[Category:Culture of Davao City|Torotot Festival]] |
|||
[[Category:December events]] |
|||
[[Category:January events]] |
|||
[[Category:Recurring events established in 2013]] |
|||
[[Category:2013 establishments in the Philippines]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 01:13, 26 December 2022
| Davao City Torotot Festival | |
|---|---|
 2015 festivities | |
| Official name | Torotot Festival |
| Observed by | Davao City |
| Significance | The final day and first day of the Gregorian year, Firecracker ban |
| Celebrations | Blowing of party horns or torotot |
| Begins | December 31 |
| Ends | January 1 |
| Frequency | annual |
| First time | December 31, 2013 - January 1, 2014 |
| Related to | New Year's Eve |
The Davao City Torotot Festival is a festival celebrated in Davao City every New Year's Eve which involves the blowing party horns, or what are more commonly known to Filipinos as torotots. It was first held during the city’s 2014 New Year’s eve celebration at the Freedom Park along Roxas Avenue from 1 pm on December 31, 2013 to 1 am on January 1, 2014. The first celebration of the annual festival was also an attempt of the city to break Japan's world record for the most people simultaneously blowing party horns[1]
Event organizers Local Government of Davao and Smart Communications expected an estimated number of 10,000 attendees to gather for the festival but official records tallied a total number of 7,568 people.[2] Davao City beat the world record of 6,900 people set by Japan.
The Torotot Festival was organized in line with the city’s firecracker and pyrotechnic ban.
Background
[edit]Firecracker and pyrotechnic ban
[edit]The Davao City Council, under the leadership of then-Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, passed Ordinance 060-02, more commonly known as the firecracker ban, on October 15, 2002. The ordinance prohibits the manufacture, sale, distribution, possession, or use of firecrackers or pyrotechnic devices in the city.
Penalties for non-compliance of the ordinance are as follows: a fine of P1,000 or a 20- to 30-day imprisonment for the first offense, a fine of P3,000 or a one- to three-month imprisonment for the second offense or both, and a fine of P5,000 or a three- to six-month imprisonment or both for third and succeeding offenses. Business establishments will also suffer business permit cancellation on their third offense.[3]
In the ordinance’s 12 years of implementation, Davao City has recorded five straight injury-free years, starting on the New Year’s eve of 2010.[4]
2014 festival
[edit]Organizers
[edit]Telecommunications company Smart Communications partnered with the Local Government Unit of Davao in organizing the festival. To make the Torotot Festival possible, it provided free party horns to its subscribers. The provided party horns are machine readable for registration and official record-keeping.[2]
Smart also gave out cash prizes to the villages with the most contingents and to the village with the most creative party horns. The village with most registrants received P50,000 while the winners of the most creative party horns were awarded P25,000 for the first prize, P15,000 for the second prize, and P10,000 for the third prize.[1]
In the most creative party horns contest, Barangay Angliongto, Barangay 21-C, and Barangay Los Amigos won first, second, and third places, respectively. In the most contingents category, Barangay Communal, Barangay Buhangin, and Barangay Lapu-Lapu won first, second, and third places, respectively.[1]
World record
[edit]Once officially validated and recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records, the Davao Torotot Festival will be the region’s second world record, next to the Monfort Bat Sanctuary’s record on being home to about 2.4 million Rousette fruit bats, the biggest colony of the fruit bat in the world.[2] The Monfort Bat Sanctuary is in the Island Garden City of Samal.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Colina, Antonio IV. “Torotot Festival: Celebrating New Year the safest way” Archived 2014-03-23 at archive.today ‘’Sun Star’’, Davao City, 4 January 2014. Retrieved on 10 January 2014.
- ^ a b c Tacio, Henrylito. "Safe from firecrackers, Davao sets torotot record instead" GMA News Online, Davao City, 1 January 2014. Retrieved on 10 January 2014.
- ^ Arguillas, Carloyn. “Davao City’s firecracker ban “Silent Night, Holy Night” for 10 years now.” ‘’MindaNews”, Davao City, 26 December 2010. Retrieved on 10 January 2014.
- ^ Geronimo, Gian. "Firecracker ban keeps Davao City free for fourth straight year" GMA News Online, Davao City, 1 January 2013. Retrieved on 10 January 2014.
| Geography |  | |
|---|---|---|
| History | ||
| Government | ||
| Public services and utilities | ||
| Landmarks | ||
| Education | ||
| Culture | ||
| Transportation | ||
