WESTERN VISAYAS VISAYAS Guimarasnons express their colorful way of life through a festial calle! "anggahan #estial #estial sg Guimaras$ The islan! is not only %nown locally an! nationally for its fresh an! &ountiful harest of mangoes' &ut also for the artistry of its people$ The famous tri&es of Guimaras are Tri&u (alsahan of (rgy$ Ri)al' Tri&u (ulaang "oros of (uenaista' Tri&u (ulantihan of *or!an an! Asinan #estial Tri&e of San +oren)o$ The +in,ay sg Guimaras is also one of the eents that !raw attention annually$ annually$ The "anggahan #estial &rings out the creatiity of Guimarasnons$ -an!ma!e an! in!igenous pro!ucts .ll the exhi&it area at the pla)a$ Shown &elow is the creatie "r$ "r$ /eogracias Estologa with his nota&le creation0 a gown ma!e of +otto Tic%ets$
To!ay' they wear those colorful costumes only if they hae some special occasions an! para!es$ They ma%e costumes loo%ing li%e a !i1erent animals li%e #ish an! (ir!s$
Its theyre source of income to ma%e an! !esign !i1erent types of 2ar as a !ecoration an! (3+3 that is commonly %nown as 4ita%5$
6ENTRA+ VISAYAS #our proinces home to many natural won!ers' colorful cultural tra!itions' an! a mix of the ol! an! the new artwor%s an! han!ma!e sculptures$ The Region is compose! of four "ountainous islan! 7roinces$ The citi)ens in the #our !i1erent islan!s are ethnics an! the others are alrea!y 8r&ani)e!$ The cultures an! tra!itions in central Visayas are mostly from Spaniar!s$ An! Some of the 9nown Artwor%s there are Solemn an! ery Religious$ The others are -istorical$
SAN/8G3 STAT8E The San!ugo was a &loo! compact' performe! in the islan! of (ohol in the 7hilippines' &etween the Spanish explorer "iguel +:pe) !e +ega)pi an! /atu Si%atuna the chieftain of (ohol on "arch ;<' ;=<=' to seal their frien!ship as part of the tri&al tra!ition$ This is consi!ere! as the .rst treaty of frien!ship &etween the Spaniar!s an! #ilipinos$ >San!ugo> is a Visayan wor! which means >one &loo!>$ ?;@The San!ugo is !epicte! in &oth the proincial ag an! the oBcial seal of the goernment in (ohol$?C@ It also features the image of the &loo! compact$ The top of the seal explains the history &ehin! the San!ugo eent that occurre! in (ohol' the eet an! the location where the Spaniar!s anchore! an! the place where the treaty was con!ucte! which was !ate! on "arch ;<' ;=<=$?D@
DANCES IN CENTRAL VISAYAS to!ay'
the Tra!itional /ances of the 6entral VisayanFs can only &e seen in /i1erent Special 3ccasions an! #iestaFs 2ust to remem&er the 6ultures an! Tra!itions of the 3l! Age VisayanFs >%umay,%umay> !escri&es the graceful circular moements of the wrists an! >%iay, %iay> is the swaying of the hips' the two moements &eing !istinct features of the tra!itional !ances of the 6e&uano,spea%ing part of the 7hilippines$ 9umay %umayFs !ancers shoul! wear (arong Tagalog an! Saya which is the National /ress for #ilipinoFs $
Sinulog' the ritual !ance of eneration to the -oly 6hrist 6hil! Santo Nino !e 6e&u$ They are 6ele&rating it wearing 6olor Re!' Yellow an! Green Newly /esigne! /ress$ While the Sinulog #estial Hueen -an!s the Santo Nino !e 6e&u $ Sinulog #estial is the (est Example of &eing Religious in this region Which was the result of &eing 6oloni)e! &y the Spaniar!s in the -istorical Times$
EASTERN VISAYAS Easater Visayas is %now in terms of their #ormal Art forms 2ust li%e writing 7oetry$ Earliest accounts of East Visayan literature !ate &ac% to ;<< when a Spanish *esuit &y the name of #r$ Ignatio #rancisco Al)ina !ocumente! the poetic forms such as the can!u' haya' am&ahan' canogon' &ical' &alac' si!ay an! awit$ -e also !escri&e! the susumaton an! posong' early forms of narraties$ Theater tra!ition was ery much in place J in the performance of poetry' rituals' an! mimetic !ances$ /ances mime! the 2oys an! actiities of the ancient Waray$
Satu Sisi /i satu sisi a%u ingin menga&ur%an &atas raga antara %ita "enggagal%an o&2e%tiitas yang tersurat Sehingga &er!ua a!alah entitas 2iwa yang i!eal !an &erma%na
/i satu sisi a%u ingin menghu%ummu "ero&e%mu hingga &er%eping,%eping "enghilang%an e%sistensimu agar %au ta% memenuhi &ena%%u
/i satu sisi a%u ingin mem&im&ingmu
"eniti sehelai ram&ut menu2u altar suci (erman!i%an mentari' %ita a!alah ma%hlu% yang paling !inanti
/i satu sisi a%u ingin menca&i%mu "eni%am segala urat na!i yang &er!eta% (eriringan !engan !e&ar 2antung%u %ala isimu ter&ayang oleh%u
/i satu sisi a%u ingin &icara' !i satu sisi a%u ingin mener%am "enertawa%an humor renyah gestur yang %i%u% !alam &ertin!a% -anya !engan menya%itilah a%u !apat mengung%ap%an 7erihal a%u can!u a%an !irimu
The Waray people are one of the most religious people in the 7hilippines$ "ost of them &elong to Roman 6atholicism' while others hae &een conerte! to arious 6hristian !enominationsKgroups' an! still a sm all percentage of the population practice other religion sometimes alongsi!e 6atholicism such as (u!!hism for a few 6hinese !escen!ants in the area$ Their religious !eotion is ery ei!ent in their cele&rations li%e feasts honoring their patron saints' the >Santa 6ru)an> that shoul! &e 6ele&rate! eery Year as a -onor an! Respect to the Roman 6atholic 6ross$ The Reyna Elena shoul! wear a !ress ma!e &y !i1erent +eaes of 7lants that is 6ommonly 9nown as 4Gala5$
Waray Waray /ance
Santa 6ru)an To!ay' Eastern Visayans were the only 7art of Visayas that Shows the #resh Roman 6atholicism 7ractices until now'$ (ut of course' "ost of them To!ay alrea!y a!opte! the arts an! !esigns of the Western an! other Asian 6ountries' while the others still protects the cultures an! tra!itions of the ol! Eatern Visayans$
LA"(3ANGA 7ENINS8+A /uring the late ;=th century an! early ;
The region has ast forest resources an! preiously use! to export !i1erent 6rafts' logs' lum&er' eneer' plywoo!' gol!' chromite' coal' iron' lea!' manganese' coal' silica' salt' mar&le' silica san!' an! grael$
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Gol! Islamic *ewelry Islamic 7ainting'M for us' its 2ust an Artwor% (ut for Them' it has A !eep "eaning