Marawi Debate Union - MDU

07/10/2026

Until we meet under the desert sun again ☀️🌵

07/10/2026

🏜️ 𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝙀𝙎𝙀𝙍𝙏, 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀. 🎤

RNDCHELLA 2026 was a little bit of everything.

Arguments were made.
Points were defended.
POIs were raised.
Performances were performed.
Pictures were, apparently, taken in bulk. 😭

Somewhere between the prep time, the rounds, the breaks, and the stage, two days went by way too fast.

So before we officially close the RNDCHELLA chapter, here’s a look at the people, places, and random little snapshots that filled the weekend. 📸

𝙎𝙒𝙄𝙋𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙂𝙃.
𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙈𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘿 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍𝙎𝙀𝙇𝙁. 👀

🌵 RNDCHELLA 2026 — that’s a wrap.

07/10/2026

🎞️ 𝙍𝙉𝘿𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙇𝘼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝙊𝙉 𝙁𝙄𝙇𝙈. 🌵

A little bit of debate.
A little bit of chaos.
A lot of people.
And somehow… a LOT of pictures. 😭📸

From the first call time to the last round, the two days came with everything, intense rooms, spontaneous performances, outfit checks, hallway catch-ups, post-round chika, and the occasional “wait, let’s take a picture.”

𝓢𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮’𝓼 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓹𝓲𝓮𝓬𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓡𝓝𝓓𝓒𝓗𝓔𝓛𝓛𝓐 𝓪𝓼 𝔀𝓮 𝓼𝓪𝔀 𝓲𝓽. 🎞️

The debates were competitive, the stage had its own lineup, and the people definitely made the whole thing more interesting. 🌵🎤

Scroll through, spot your friends, find yourself, and maybe save the ones where everyone actually looked ready. 👀

𝙍𝙉𝘿𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙇𝘼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏’𝙎 𝘼 𝙒𝙍𝘼𝙋. 🏜️

07/10/2026

🎞️ 𝙍𝙉𝘿𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙇𝘼: 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙋𝙃𝙊𝙏𝙊 𝘼𝙇𝘽𝙐𝙈 🌵🎤

No motions. No prep time. No POIs.

Just 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨. 📸

Two days of debates, performances, questionable sleep schedules, outfit checks, hallway conversations, post-round debriefs, and approximately a million photos later…

𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮’𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓮𝓲𝓹𝓽𝓼. 😭

From the people who came ready to argue to the people who somehow looked camera-ready after three rounds, you all understood the assignment. 💅

Swipe through for the moments that definitely did NOT make it into the official tournament schedule. 👀

🏜️ 𝙍𝙉𝘿𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙇𝘼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
where the motions were challenging, the rooms were loud, and the camera roll was LOADED.

𝙎𝙀𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙉𝙀𝙓𝙏 𝙎𝙀𝙏. 🎤

07/10/2026

☀️ 𝙍𝙉𝘿𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙇𝘼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝙒𝙀’𝙍𝙀 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙆𝙎. 🏜️🎤

Two days. Countless debates. New faces. Loud rooms. Random laughs. A few moments of panic. And, of course, a whole lot of 𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜. 😭

From the first call time to the final round, RNDCHELLA was more than what happened inside the debate rooms. We got to see institutions bring their own personalities, talents, and energy into the festival, from arguments at the table to performances on stage. 🎶

𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓫𝓲𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓲𝓽. 🫶

To every debater, adjudicator, coach, volunteer, performer, institution, and friend who showed up and made RNDCHELLA what it was: thank you for being part of this chapter.

Whether you walked away with a trophy, a new friend, a lesson, or simply a collection of chaotic photos, you were part of the lineup. 🌵

📸 Here’s a little look back at the moments that made RNDCHELLA 2026 what it was.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙂𝙀 𝙄𝙎 𝙌𝙐𝙄𝙀𝙏 𝙉𝙊𝙒.
𝘽𝙐𝙏 𝙒𝙀’𝙇𝙇 𝙎𝙀𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙄𝙉. 🏜️🎤

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