MIMAROPA

• Southern Tagalog Region of the

Philippines.
• It is designated as Region IV-B
• Combination of the names of its
constituent provinces MINDORO,
MARINDUQUE, ROMBLON, and PALAWAN.
• Arts and crafts defict the different
aspects of their culture.
MINDORO
Mangyans
• Native groups living in Mindoro.
• These groups are different from each other based
on their language, customs, and ways of living.
Hanunuo-Mangyan
• Which means “ true/ real/ genuine” Mangyan
while another group is called IRAYA-MANGYAN.
• Groups living in the southern part of Mindoro.
Ambahan
• Art form of mangyan, one of their art form a rhythmic,
poetic expression with meter of seven syllables.

Urakay
• Uses syllables instead of seven. It is frequently written
on bamboo tubes or slats.

Iraya-Mangyans
• A fond of making baskets with intricate patterns and
designs of human, animals, trees and other objects.
• Made of NITO GRASS and forest grass.
MARINDUQUE

Mariones Festival
• Much awaited Lenten tradition that is
celebrated every Holy Week in Marinduque.

Marion
• Means mask that are made from wood or
PAPIER-MACHE, adorned with colorful shells,
animal hairs, tassels, and creep papers.
Weaving
• A skill that has been passed on
through the years by the people of
Marinduque.

Buli (Buri Palm) and Raffia

• Grow in the areas of Marinduque,
leaves become staple materials in
their weaving.
ROMBLON

Romblon
• Know not only for its fine marble
products but also for the beautifully
woven mats and bags out of romblon
plants.
PALAWAN

Palawan
• Known as the country’s last frontier, rich in
the cultural and natural diversity.

Tagbanuas
• The first inhabitants of Palawan

Hanunuo and Bahid Mangyans

• Use their writing system to write their own
history.
Men of Palawan
• Skillful wood carvers

Children and Women

• Proficient weavers

Tingkop
• A cone-shaped colander harvest basket made of
blackened and natural shampoo.

Tagbanuan Cavers
• Well known for their black wood sculptures of
animals with simple etched
Manunggul Jar
• One of the most important ancient artifacts
from the Philippines
• 890-710 BCE
• Was excavated in the early 1960’s inside the
manunggul cave, lipuun point Palawan.

Vessel
• Secondary burial jar that served as a
container for the exhumed remains of the
deceased.
VISAYAS

Visayas
• One of the three principal geographical
divisions of the Philippines consisting of the
major and minor islands

Three Administrative Regions

• Central Visayas
• Western Visayas
• Eastern Visayas
Different Languages
1. Cebuano
2. Ilonggo (Hiligaynon)
3. Kinaray-a
4. Akeanon
5. Waray-waray
6. Leyte

Panay Island
• One of the largest islands of the archipelago
composed of the provinces of ILOILO, ANTIQUE,
AKLAN, CAPIZ, and the island of GUIMARAS.
• Textile Capital of the Philppines.
Weaving
• Is the primary form of arts and crafts in Panay Island
even before the Spaniards came to the Philippines.

Jusi and Piña

• Indigenous fibers
• Popular in the latter part of 19th century despite the
introduction of cheap cotton cloth from the wet
that dominated the local textile industry.

Patadyong
• A wrap-around piece of cloth worn by women as a
skirt and is usually paired with a KIMONA. Use as
TAPIS
Patadyong and Hablon
• Still practiced in Iloilo, particulary in Miag-ao.

Piña weaving
• An age-old tradition in aklan, the leading manufacturer of
piña cloth in the country.

Bastos
• Scraped with a broken china plate and pummeled by hand
to reveal the first set of fibers.

Linawan Fiber
• It is scraped with a coconut shell to get the finer.
Weaving baskets, trays and mats
• Popular craft in Aklan

Pandan and Bariw plants

• Product of Aklan

Bukog
• A simple stripping machine made of bamboo.

Kulhadan
• They will tied into bundles and pounded again
before stripping them in a machine with blades.
Kiyapis
• Made from four strips of bariw leaves

Taytay
• Framework for the mat

Kapiz (capiz) shell

• Important material in the craft of Panay Island,
particularly in Aklan and Iloilo
Negros Island

Buglas
• Name of Island of Negros during pre-Hispanic times,
after the type of grass similar to sugarcane that
grows abundantly in the island.

Weaving
• An integral part of the lives of the Negrenses.

Sinamay weaving
• World class industry of Valencia, Negros Oriental
Sinamay
• Made from abaca twine and indigenous plants
similar to banana.

Bohol
• “Basket Capital of Bohol”

Basket Weaving
• Among the earliest industries that have been
established in Bohol.
Municipality of Tubigon
• Known as the loom weaving center of the
provine.

Basey, Samar

Town of Basey
• Known for its woven products such as mats,
wall decorations and famous colorful
sleeping mat called BANIG.
Typical Banig
• Measures around 2x3m
• Thin as a sheet of clipboard
• Made of tikog

Tikog
• A reed grass that grows in swampy areas along the
rice fields.

Colorful Banig
• More expensive than simple ones.
Festivals in the Visayas

Ati-atihan
• One of the most popular, most colorful and fun-
filled festivals in the Philippines particularly in
Kalibo, Aklan.
• It is held every third Sunday of January in honor of
the arrival of the santo niño as a gift to Ferdinand
Magellan to the queen of cebu.
• Means make believe “ATI”
Masskara Festival in Bacolod
• Most of spectacular display of colors, beauty and
culture of the Negrenses.
• Masskara comes from two words “MASS” meaning
crowd and “CARA” means face.
• “City of Smiles”

Pintados-Kasadyaan Festivals in Tacloban City

• Culture-religious celebration to honor the feast day
of the Santo Niño or the Holy Child.
• A joint festival of the Pintados and Kasadyaan
festivities which feature the unique culture and
colorful history of the province of Leyte.
Pintados
• Refers to the body tattoos of the native warriors
whose bodies were abandoned with tattoos from
head to toe.

Architecture
1. Molo Church in iloilo
• Depicts the fusion of gothic and renaissance styles.
• It is built with white coral rock and considered ass
one of the most beautiful churches in the
Philippines.
• “Women Church” because of the 16 women saints
inside, its patron is St. Ann “Mother of the blessed
Virgin Mary”
2. Miag-ao Church in iloilo
• Example of Baroque-Romanesque architecture that
shows through its massive quality, thick walls,
round arches, sturdy piers, groin vaults, large
towers and decorative arcades.
• As a UNESCO World Heritage site

3. The Ruins in Talisay, Negros Occidental

• Example of Neoclassical architechture built by a
wealthy HACIENDEROS for his portuguese wife in
the early 1900's.
• Mansion burned during the World War II.