The Mantawi Festival is a significant educational learning encounter. The dancers transform native delicacies, bibingka, budbud and tagaktak into dance movements, while broom and salt making are made alive as street dances. Some top corporations in the city will represent floats as they project a vibrant interplay of Mandaue as an economic hub today.

Using the music from the brass, dance and interpretation, the Mantawi Festival traverses centuries of culture to vividly recreate the history and heritage of Mandaue City today.

Mantawi Festival is made distinct from the rest of the festivals since this festivity focuses on cultural heritage tourism. It also showcases the area's pivotal role as a trade center and a seat of civilization.

Participants from all corners of the city will join in the celebration as they showcase its unique culture and interpret the city’s trading systems that became a tool for progress and prosperity.

Various contingents will overtake the entire city in a revelry of dancing and merry-making as the opening of the classy event kicks off every year in May.