Davao City Torotot Festival
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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]
Davao City Torotot Festival | |
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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 |
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.