HAMAKA Festival is a weeklong celebration of thanksgiving. The festivities showcase the talents of Taytayeῆos in terms of wood works, sewing machines and garment/couturier’s design. The name of the festival came from the Filipino words ‘hamba’,’makina’ and ‘kasuotan’ in which Taytayeῆos are so adept. Activities during the festivals include trade exhibit, street dancing, fashion in the street, sports fest and Mr.&Ms. HAMAKA.
The festival aims to promote tourism in Taytay and revitalize the woodworks and garments of the municipality.
Folks from the other municipality visit Taytay just to witness the HAMAKA Festival. Taytayeῆos first celebrated the HAMAKA on February 22 and annually celebrated by the third week of February.
CONCLUSION
After
teleporting (by using the modern way…), from the present, way back to the past
to catch up the history of HAMAKA Festival, the team’s quest had finally find
their way to better understand and unravel the hidden story behind the said
festival’s success.
On our quest,
we had found out that ‘hamaka’ was
originally known as duyan in tagalog
which was certainly the very first means of transportation of the villagers
around the area.
It was also
found out, that our country’s model of bravery, Dr. jose Rizal had also rode
the hamaka, together with his mother
to reach their way to the Antipolo Church.
In other
circumstances, the industry regarding the woodworks and garments here in Taytay
was already going strong that time…
On the other
hand, the very reason why Taytayenos celebrated HAMAKA Festival in the 3rd
week of February was originally because it was done as a thanksgiving for the
good harvest every year. Then, as time goes by, the said celebration became a
tradition here in Taytay.
Later on, the
words hamba for HA (as a symbol for great woodworks), makina
for MA (as a symbol for machineries),
and kasuotan for KA (as a symbol for the rich industry of
remnants here in Taytay) was incorporated to the tagalog word HAMAKA as its
meaning. It is to further promote and show off not only the progressing
industry with the products involve, but also, to nurture and to cherish the
rich culture of Taytayenos.
Surprisingly,
few years later, Taytay was now nationwide-recognized and became the “Woodworks
and Garments Capital of the Philippines”.
RECOMMENDATIONS
As the
researchers conducts interviews with entrepreneurs engaged with business
related to garments and woodworks we could initialize building blocks of
suggestions which could tell the missing things that Taytay might need in order to sustain its
name as the “Woodworks and Garments Capital of the Philippines”.
The produced and sold products will be the
catalyst for the improvement of the society, as we all know. Taytay is known to
produce beautiful and well-designed fabrics and woodworks that could compete
with any other companies and facilities which produce same quality as tTaytay
but still, Taytay reigns as the best here in the Philippines because of the
great demand and quality that it has entitled in its name.
The researchers
could interview local folks and commoners who had experienced the thrill and
festivity of the HAMAKA Festival that could produce useful and essential
comments of people regarding the celebration. Because of the increasing demand
of needed cloth and wood in other places as a tool of fashion, construction,
and its industry, it is needed as the cause of the improvisation and
consistency of our title and our
municipality. As our municipality motto implies, “now a municipality, soon a
city”.
EXPERIENCE HAMAKA IN THESE VIDEOS
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