ABOUT

• IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REGION IN THE PHILIPPINES, DESIGNATED AS REGION VIII. IT CONSISTS

OF THREE MAIN ISLANDS, SAMAR, LEYTE AND BILIRAN. THE REGION HAS SIX PROVINCES,
ONE INDEPENDENT CITY AND ONE HIGHLY URBANIZED
CITY NAMELY, BILIRAN, LEYTE, NORTHERN SAMAR, SAMAR, EASTERN SAMAR, SOUTHERN
LEYTE, ORMOC AND TACLOBAN. THE HIGHLY URBANIZED CITY OF TACLOBAN IS THE SOLE
REGIONAL CENTER. THESE PROVINCES AND CITIES OCCUPY THE EASTERNMOST ISLANDS OF
THE VISAYAS GROUP OF ISLANDS.

• THE REGION IS KNOWN FOR ITS FAMOUS LANDMARK, THE SAN JUANICO BRIDGE, DUBBED AS
THE "MOST BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND LONGEST BRIDGE IN THE PHILIPPINES". AS OF 2015,
THE EASTERN VISAYAS REGION HAS A POPULATION OF 4,440,150 INHABITANTS, MAKING IT
THE THIRD MOST POPULOUS REGION IN THE VISAYAS.

• EASTERN VISAYAS IS PRIMARILY AN AGRICULTURAL REGION WITH RICE, ABACA, CORN,

COCONUT, SUGARCANE AND BANANA AS MAJOR CROPS. ALSO, IT IS ONE OF THE FISH
EXPORTING REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY.
CULTURE
DANCES
• TINIKLING, THE PHILIPPINES' NATIONAL DANCE IS FOLKDANCE THAT
ORIGINATED FROM THE REGION. BUT THE MOST POPULAR CULTURAL DANCE
AMONG WARAYS IS THE KURATSA, DANCED DURING FEAST CELEBRATIONS
AND SPECIAL GATHERINGS. THE LEYTE KALIPAYAN DANCE COMPANY, A LOCAL
CULTURAL GROUP, HELD HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCES AROUND THE
WORLD.
MUSIC

• WARAY PEOPLE ARE MUSIC LOVERS WHOSE FOLKLORIC MUSIC ARE MOSTLY BALLADS IN FORM, FAMOUS OF WHICH
IS DANDANSOY WHILE IROY NGA TUNA (MOTHERLAND) IS A PATRIOTIC SONG.

DIALECTS / LANGUAGE

• THE MAIN LANGUAGES SPOKEN ARE CEBUANO AND WARAY-WARAY (SPEAKERS OF THESE LANGUAGES ALSO CALL
THEIR LANGUAGES "VISAYAN"). A THIRD LANGUAGE KNOWN AS INABAKNON IS SPOKEN IN THE ISLAND OF CAPUL IN
NORTHERN SAMAR. SOME CLAIM THE EXISTENCE OF ANOTHER SPEECH VARIETY KNOWN AS SAGUL SPOKEN ON THE
ISLAND OF BILIRAN AND IS IN ACTUALITY A MIX OF BOTH CEBUANO AND WARAY. HOWEVER, OTHERS CLAIM THAT
'SAGUL' IS JUST CODESWITCHING RATHER THAN A SEPARATE LANGUAGE. THE WORD 'SAGUL' MEANS MIXED IN THE
WARAY-WARAY LANGUAGE AND MAY SIMPLY REFER TO THE PRACTICE OF MIXING UP BOTH WARAY-WARAY AND
CEBUANO WHICH ARE SPOKEN IN BILIRAN.
DELICACIES Moron
Suman Moron, or Mor-on, or Muron is a
type of Suman, a Filipino sweet rice
dessert wrapped in aromatic
leaves. Suman Moron is made of two
sweet layers -vanilla and chocolate. The
vanilla layer has sweetened glutinous rice
flour while the chocolate layer has the
same thing but with chocolate and brown
sugar. Both layers are twisted together
then wrapped in banana leaves and
steamed for flavor infusion. The result is a
heavenly combination of sweet flavor and
chewy texture.
Atsara
Achara, or atsara, is a condiment made
from pickled unripe papaya. This dish is
often served as a side dish for fried or
grilled fish or meat. There are many
versions of achara. Aside from green
papaya, other vegetables like white
radish (labanos), onion, cucumber and
bamboo shoots are also made as achara.
Binagol
Binagol came from the root word
“bagol”, a Visayan term that means
coconut shell.
Inspired by the abundance of coconut
trees in our beautiful country, many
native delicacies use coconut shells as
packaging. Binagol is one of these, a
taro root mixture with glutinous rice
and nuts that is contained in polished
coconut shells called locally as bagol.
Binut-ong
Binutong is a delicacy made up of
glutinous rice with coconut cream,
wrapped in banana leaves. The
banana leaves gives a wonderful
flavor to the rice. This is often served
as breakfast or merienda, and best
paired with hot chocolate or coffee.
Kinunut
Flavourful spicy recipe, like the
famous laing and bicol
express. A spicy dish recipe
wherein stingray, Sharks or
crabs cook in coconut cream,
malunggay leaves and spicy
chilli.
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