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Panay Is composed of the provinces of Iloilo,
Antique, Aklan, Capiz, and the islandof Guimaras.
Ten Bornean datus who fled from thedespotic rule of Sultan Makatunaw.
-That the first inhabitants are the Atiheaded by Chief Marikudo.
In the barrier of Aninipay, Marikudosold the island of Panay to the tenBornean datus for a piece of goldensalakot.
The barrier is celebrated in theFestival of Ati-atihan in Kalibo, Aklan ;Dinagyang in Iloilo, and Binarayan in
Antique. Showcase: products, artistry,
creativity and craftsmanship.
Panay was named by Miguel LopezDe Legazpi, after experiencing foodscarcity in Cebu. Panay: there isfood in Spanish.
The code of Kalantiaw , the epic ofHinilawod , the legend of ten Bornean
datus in the epic of Maragtas.
Cloth weaving in Aklan and Oton, Iloilo
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Arts and Crafts Weaving is the primary form of arts and
crafts. Iloilo- weaving Patadyong; is a wrap
around piece of cloth worn by women.Colorful and features linear andgeometric designs.
Hand weaving ofpatadyong and hablonis in Miag-ao, Iloilo. It is used w/handlooms.
Paghahabol (weaving in Badiangan)
Jusi and Pinya (from indigenous
textile) popular at the 19th century.Introduce by the cheap cotton cloth from thewest, dominated by the local textile.Combined w/ farming by weeding the fieldsand feeding animals.
Iloilo w/ weaving communities. (Arevalo,Jaro, Molo)
Aklan weaving, extraction of fibers frompineapple leaves. (2 months to prepare)
Process: snap the short leavesremovethe thoruy sides and scraped w/ a
broken china plate and pummeled byhand to reveal the 1stset offibers(bastos). Scraped w/ coconut shellto get the finer linawan fibers. Whenabout thousand leaves is scrapedwashedpartially sundriedwrungbeaten by a bamboo stick to separate
the fibersfine fibers are line-driedusing a hair-combtied on both endscut by a bamboo stickcoiled in a claypot w/ sands.
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Negros Island
Buglas, old name of Negros Highest peak is Mt. Kanlaon.
Island of so many Festivals;Maskara Festival.
Arts and Crafts Weaving; roofing materials, walls,
hats and baskets using pandan andburi leaves.
Pinya weaving in Bacolod,materials are imported to Aklan.
Sinamay weaving in Valencia,Negros Occidental. Sinamay ismade from abaca (Musa textiles)
twine indigenous plant similar tobanana.
Sinamay
Bamboo wali materialPinyaBarong
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In Aklan weaving; Baskets, trays,mats is popular. They used pandanand bariw to make their products.
Pagrarara (banig or mat weaving.) Preparation to make a mat;
gathering of bariw leaves usingsangget - remove the thorny sidesof leaves by bukog - tie the leavestogether - sundry for two to threedays. When the bariware alreadydeep brown - pound in a process of
palpag
until the leaves becomesofttie into bundlespoundedagain before stripping them into asimple machine w/ blades calledbalbalan. The strips are thenarranged to make a kiyapisthat willserve as a framework for a mat
called taytaybeforepagpapara willtake place. Then the weaver canstart the process ofpagrarara.
Kapis shell, craft in Panayparticularly in Aklan and Iloilo. Usedfor; lamps, decors, trays, souvenir
items.
Patadyongcloth
Capiz shell
Lotus candle holder made from Capiz shell
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Cebu Oldest settlement established by
Spaniards, and second mostimportant metropolitan center of thePhilippines.
A.K.A. Queen City of the South,City of Fashion and Designs,ASEAN City of Culture/ASEANCultural City.
Popular in many crafts leadingexporter of world-class furniture inSoutheast Asia.
Dubbed as Milan of Asia.
ARTS and CRAFTS Vito Selma, Debbic Palao, Kenneth
Cobonpue, popular in the field of artsand crafts.
Coconut shells, shells, bariw, rattan,capiz and wood, materials used byCebu artists.
Fashion jewelries made of woods,stones, and metals are among thehighly priced products.
Guitars from Cebu are also popular.
Furniture design by Vito Selma made from rattan andother materials
Guitars in Cebu
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Samar, Leyte and Biliran The of Samar and Leyte speak
Cebuano, Waray-waray and otherlanguages; English and Filipino arewidely understood.
Kasadyaan Festival City; colors,beauty and artistry.
Arts and Crafts Samar is known for its hand woven
banig that are made from tikog leaves. Tikog; waray term for bariw or
romblon. There are two process in making
banig; lara and burda. They also make baskets, bags, and
other containers.
A delicacy known aspu-so or bodbodtheir weaving in Culinary arts.
Pu-so, made from glutinous ricewrapped in a carefully woven youngcoconut leaves or talbos. This
weaving practice is also in;plain rice,puto, bibingka, and molido.
Pu-so
An old man weaving a basket
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Bohol and Siquijor Is known for its beautiful sceneries,
exotic foods, rare animals; malmag ortarsier considered to be the smallestprimate, old churches, and basketry.
Chocolate hills, Legend tells that thishills are from the tears of grief giantwhen his love has been turned down byan ordinary women in the area. Green
during spring but chocolate mounds bysummer. Siquijor; famous for its beaches and
diving spots.
Arts and Crafts Basketry is in Antequera, most of the
weavers are women. They sold thisbaskets in Cebu, Manila and TagbilaranCity.
The municipality of Tubigon is knownto be the loom weaving center of theprovince.
Old Spanish Church in Bohol
Tarsier Chocolate Hills
Weaving pattern; basket (diamond and flower motif)
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Mindoro Principal language of Mindoro is
Tagalog, it has been alsoinfluenced by the native Visayanand Mangyan languages.
It has been called Mai or Mait byChinese traders, by Spaniards as
Mina De Oro (Mine of gold). Hanuno. language spoken by
Mangyans.
Also home to the Tamaraw orMindoro dwarf buffalo(Bubalusmindorensis).
Division: The island was once asingle province from 19201950. On June 13,1950, by virtueof Republic Act no. 505, Mindoro
was divided into:
Oriental Mindoro Calapan Citythe only City in
the island; provincial capital. Rice Granary and Fruit Basket of
Southern Tagalog.
Banana King and Calamansi Kingof the region.
Home of Indigenous MangyansIts capital is Mamburao andOccupies the western half of theisland of Mindoro.
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Mangyan Culture Mangyan cultural practices are in
danger of vanishing because of theinfluence of modern lowland
culture. The literature of thedifferent Mangyan groups are sortdocumentation; thus, mainstreamsociety lacks awareness of thebeauty of Mangyan culture and itsrelevance to Filipino culture as a
whole.
Terminologies Damuongthe non-Mangyan
groups.
Hanunuothey consideredthemselves as real, true or genuineMangyan.
Urukoywords of wisdom chantedon festive occasion by elders of thetribe.
Lukabamboo tube wherein theambahan is carved out.
Tau-buidMangyan
traditional house
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The MangyanPeople
Mangyan Groups
There are around 300 millionindigenous peoples in the world. In
the Philippines, of the projectedpopulation of 94 million in 2010, about15% belong to indigenous groups.
Mangyan is the collective name for
the eight indigenous groups livingon Mindoro, each with its ownname, language, and set ofcustoms:
Iraya
Alangan
Tadyawan
Tau-buid
Bangon Buhid
Hanunuo
Ratagnon
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The Mangyan of SouthernMindoro, Philippines, arestill practicing a pre-Spanish
syllabic writing system that was ingeneral use all over the Philippines
at the arrival of the Spaniards in the16thcentury.
The Mangyan script, together withthe Northern-Buhid in Mindoro and
the Palawan scripts have beendeclared by the National Museumas National Cultural Treasure on
December 9, 1997.
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The ambahanis thetraditional poetry ofthe HanunuoMangyansof OrientalMindoro. It is usually
written on bamboo inthe Surat Mangyan,a centuries-old pre-Spanish script. Thesyllabic script andthe ambahan poetryhave complementedeach other,contributing to theircontinued existencetoday.
Characteristics ofAmbahan
It is a rhythmic poetic
expression with a meter ofseven syllabic lines.
Each line rhymed at the end. It is most often presented as
a chant without a determinedmusical pitch or
accompaniment by musicalinstruments. An expression in a riddle-like
form or in allegorical manner. Varied in length and
complexity; for children it is
short and simple, for adult itis lengthier and complicated. Preserved by way of
inscribing them on bambootubes.
Song contented were wide
range based on daily lifeevents.
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Amang bansayfather
Inang suyong mother
Danom kagnan water
Balay labag house
Niyog bu-anay coconut
Bagaw duyantalk
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Iyayalullaby
Ayung or Ngayungritual chant
IgwayMangyan province music
Marayawspirit song
Pamuybuyen(legend)it means fear of water
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Bangsiis an external duct flute,which has chip glued on to tube ofthe flute.
Gitgita three-stringed indigenousviolin with human hair for strings.
Lantoyis a nose flute.
Batiwtiwa bamboo instrumentfrom Mindoro about 40 cm long,played by striking the split end of abamboo against the left palm.
Kinaban or Subinga bamboojaws harp. The jaw harp is a slim
bamboo instrument approximately ofball-pen size, of different shapesand lengths varying from 10 cm to40 cm.
Kudlong or Kutiyapiis a two-stringed lute shaped like a boat. It
has wooden tightening rods andfrets made of beeswax.
Kudlunga parallel of two-stringedbamboo tube zither where thebamboo strings were stretched outof the tube itself.
Kalutangconsists of two pieces ofwood graduated in sizes to produce
different notes ranges. Buray-Dipaya bean-pod rattle
used with the kalutang instrument. Agungensemble consisting of two
light gongs played by two mensquatting on the floor. One plays the
gongs rim with padded sticks.
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Marayaw as a genre of Iraya-Mangyan songs used to
communicate with spirits inrituals for healing the sick orprotecting the community.
The Maranaw was once seen
by the Iraya as a symbol ofpower or ones ability to cope
with the hazards of everyday lifeas well as a way where one
gains control over events for his
own advantage.
Music for the Hanunuo is a partof celebrating ordinary and
festive occasions;
Accompanying themselves withtheir instruments as they recitetheir love poems. During the
wedding rituals, song are sung,musical instruments are played,
food is eaten and wine is drunk.The songs of Mangyan arelullabies, recollection of war
exploits in distant past,lamentations, love lyrics and
stones based on persona.
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Palawan The Calamianes Group of Islands to
the Northeast consists of; DuranganIslandalmost touches the westernmost part of Palawan, Balabac Island
located off the southern tip,separated from Borneo by the BalabacStrait.
Palawan covers the Cuyo Island in theSulu Sea, Spratly Islands. Considered
as part of Palawan by the Philippinesand locally called the Kalayaan Groupof Islands.
The largest province in thePhilippines, is home to severalindigenous ethno linguistic groups.
Peoples of Palawan1. Batakmeans Mountain people in
Cuyonon is a group of indigenouspeople that resides in the Northeastportion of Palawan. They live in a ruginteriors of Northeastern Palawan.
Living close to nature, they are apeaceful and shy people. This peoplebelieve in nature spirits, with whomthey communicate through a babaylanor medium.
2. PalaweosNative-born lowlanddwellers. They are religious,
disciplined and have a highlydeveloped community spirit.Language: Cuyonon & Agutaynen.
3. PalawanoA.K.A. Pala wan. Part ofthe large Manobo-based linguisticgroups of Southern Philippines. Huntusing soars and bamboo blowguns.
4. TagbanwaPeople of the worldfound in Central and NorthernPalawan. Central tagbanwa; they areconcentrated in the municipalities of
Aborlan, Quezon and PuertoPrincesa. Shifting cultivation of uplandrice, which is considered as divinegift, and are known for their wine ritual
calledpagdiwata.
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IssuesThe struggles to save Palawan (known as the
Philippines Last Frontier) is not only about saving trees
and rare species. It is also about nourishing the Filipinocultural heritage, so powerfully represented by those
indigenous communities thatafter escaping Spanish andAmerican colonization (while resisting the new miningimperialism now) continue to represent the living rootsfrom which all Filipinos originate. Therefore, environmentalplundering by mining companies is not only a crimeagainst culture, a sort of genocide that annihilates the mostprofound roots of the Filipinos history and ultimately
plunders the cultural heritage of the whole nation!!!
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Vocal Music1. Bagit
2. Kulial (Songs)
3. Tultul (Epic chant)
4. Ulit (Shamanic chant)
Instrumental Music1. Suling (banded flute)
2. Basal (gong)3. Kusyapiq (lute)
4. Pagang (bamboo zither)
5. Aruding (Jews harp)
6.Babarak (ring flute)
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
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The subtitle threads between Mankind andNature involve all our senses and moreparticularly our auditive sensitivity. Capturing
tonalities, rhythms, and melodies, we can like abird fly down from the celestial vault to the Earth,dwelling-place of highlander-islanders known asthe Palawan who live in the Southern part of the
island by the same name. this aural voyage willtake us to the realm of words, poetry, and musicas human creations which the Palawan uses tocommunicate in order to live harmoniously in thisworld.
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Ulit (Shamanic chant)The shaman sings thedifficult experience of the voyage ofhis double, kuruduwa, by a specificchant, the lumbaga,whose melody
is in all points assimil able to anyepic melodic line . And it isprecisely the ordeals that the soulof the shaman overcomes in thecourse of his voyagethe
encounters with the Evil Doers,Lnggamor Sqitan, thediscussions, the bargainingengaged in with the invisibleBeingsthat constitute theshamanic chant.
Tultul (Epic chant) To singtultul is to bepossessed by a Tw Tultultuln.These Epic Heroes are a type of
humanity who live in the medianspace and intercede between
people on this Earth and mpugq.They are a Benevolent Humanityprotecting the Real Man. The act
of chanting thus doubles with theembodiment, in the very person ofthe bard, of these heroic and semi-
divine Beings. One can interpretthis relationship as an act ofpossession in which the bardbecomes a medium.
Epics are always chanted at night,ending and daybreak; it is forbidden to
sing when the sun shines and during theday.
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In the Central West highlands, is the Palawan Island.One of the tribes in Palawan are the TAAGBANUAS. TheTagbanuas has retained their ancient culture. The
Calamianes Group of Islands who elaborate funeralcelebrations. Five days after interment, the relatives goesto the homes of the deceased to perform funeral rites.
Then the participants chant the Batac, a lengthysong recounting the significant adventures of a mythicalperson named DUMARACOL. The singing goes on forthree successive nights for evening till dawn.
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