Folk arts and crafts on the caraga and arm regions

2. VIDEO PRESENTATION:

3. CARAGA REGION
• KNOWN AS REGION XIII AND REGION OF SPIRITED MEN
• CARAGA COMES FROM THE WORD KALAG WHICH
MEANS “SPIRIT OF THE SOUL”
• ALSO COVERS THE WHOLE NORTH EASTERN SECTION OF
MINDANAO, AND I VERY FOND OF USING GOLD
• THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PLACES COVERED OF THE
REGION
AGUSAN DEL NORTE, AGUSAN DEL SUR, DINAGAT ISLANDS,
SURIGAO DEL NORTE, AND SURIGAO DEL SUR;[3] BAYUGAN,
BISLIG, BUTUAN, CABADBARAN, SURIGAO AND TANDAG; 67
MUNICIPALITIES AND 1,311 BARANGAYS. BUTUAN IS THE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER.

4. EXTRA: CARAGA RUMORS
-CARAGA IS VERY INVOLVED ON WEAVING ON FABRIC WITH
THREADS OF GOLD THAT WAS RUMORED THAT IT WAS
MASTERED BY ANCIENT PEOPLE
-IT IS SAID THAT IT WA WORN BY A POWERFUL CHIEFTAIN
DURING THE EARLY YEARS

5. REGION
TREASURES
1. SOLID GOLD SWORD HILT
- HILT= IS THE HAND GRIP OF THE SWORD, IT ALSO HOLDS
THE SWORD
- IT IS SAID THAT THE ARTIFACT SYMBOLIZES BUTUAN
KING’S POWER
- THE FLAMES ON THE HILT SYMBOLIZES POWER , AND THE
HEAT SYMBOLIZES THE SUN, THE SUN IS ALSO CALLED
KING DURING THE ANCIENT TIMES

6. 2. HEADBAND AND FACIAL COVERS
• IT SIGNIFIES THE SEA, WHICH FILIPINOS ARE SAID TO
HAVE MASTERED NAVIGATING
• IT IS SAID THAT IT IS MADE TO LOOK LIKE A SNAKE OF
A DRAGON

7. 3. GINTONG PAMANA
• IT IS RUMORED THAT THESE ABSTRACT
PATTERNS SYMBOLIZE THE WHOLE
EXISTENCE OF THIS STYLE THAT IS NOW
CALLED OKIR DESIGN
• IT IS A SYMBOLIZATION THAT SOUTHERN
PHILIPPINES STILL HAS PATTERNS
PRESENT TO THIS DAY

8. 5. RUMORED BAMBOO TOOL
•IT IS RUMORED THAT THERE WAS A CERTAIN TOOL
THAT WAS USED BY FILIPINO ARTISANS TO CARVE
PATTERNS ON HAMMERED SHEETS

9. MANOBOS
• A CULTURAL GROUP ON CARAGA
• MANOBO SIMPLY MEANS “PEOPLE” OR
“PERSON”; ALTERNATE NAMES INCLUDE
MANUVU AND MINUVU. THE TERM MAY
HAVE ORIGINATED FROM “MANSUBA,” A
COMBINATION OF MAN (PEOPLE) AND
SUBA
• USUALLY WEARS BRIGHT COLORED
CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES
• LARGEST GROUP OF INDIGENEOUS PEOPLE
GROUP, OCCUPYING SARAGANI, SURIGAO,
AND AGUSAN

10. EXTRA: BALANGHAI
OR BALANGAY OR
BUTUAN BOAT
• IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST PRE
HISPANIC WATERCRAFTS FROM
THE COUNTRY
• IT IS A PLANKED BOAT
CONNECTED TO A CARVED-OUT
PLANK EDGES AROUND PINS ANS
EDGES
• IT IS RUMORED THAT IT CAME
FROM 320 TO 1250 BCE

11. ARMM REGION (AUNTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM
MINDANAO )
• PEOPLE ON THIS REGION ARE CALLED MARANAO, AND
ARE THE ONLY MAJOR REGION THAT WAS NOT
AFFECTED BY THE PHILIPPINE’S CONVERSION TO
CHRISTIANISM
• THEIR STYLE OF ART IS STILL PRESENT AND A PART OF
THE ARCHITECTURE OF MARANAOS
• MARANOS ARE ARTISANS WHO ARE GREAT ON WOOD
CARVING, INSTRUMENT MAKING, TEXTILE WEAVING,
WEAVING, BRASS AND SILVER CASTING AND MOTHER-
OF-PEARL-INLAY WORKING

12. CRAFTS
1. TOROGAN HOUSE OR BAHAY LAKAN
• IS A MARANAO HOUSE BUILT FOR PEOPLE WITH HIGH
POSITION EX: DATU OR SULTAN
• A TOROGAN IS ELEVATED ABOVE THE GROUND BY COLUMNS
CUT FROM TREES OF HUGE GIRTH. ITS WALLS ARE COVERED
WITH PLYWOOD STICKS AND THE ROOF THATCHED WITH
DRIED COCONUT LEAVES. THERE IS NO INTERIOR PARTITION,
SO IT APPEARS AS A HUGE HALL. APART FROM THE BASIC
ELEMENTS OF THIS STRUCTURE, IT IS INTRICATELY ENGRAVED
WITH THE FLOWING GEOMETRIES OF THE MARANAW DESIGN
SYSTEM CALLED OKIR.

14. 2. SARIMANOK
• SARI MEANS CLOTH OR GARMENT WITH ASSORTED
COLORS AND MANOK MEANS CHICKEN
• A LEGENDARY BIRD WITH WINGS WITH BEAUTIFUL
COLORS WHILE HOLDING A FISH
• IT SYMBOLIZED GOOD LUCK FOR MARANAOS

15. 3. KAMPILAN
• A SINGLE EDGED SWORD THAT IS SAID TO BE THE MOST
TREASURED DANGEROUS WEAPON OF MARANAOS
• E MAGUINDANAONS AND THE MARANAOS OF MAINLAND
MINDANAO PREFERRED THIS WEAPON AS OPPOSED TO
THE TAUSŪG OF SULU WHO FAVOURED THE BARUNG. THE
KAPAMPANGAN NAME OF THE KAMPILAN WAS TALIBONG
AND
• THE HILT ON THE TALIBONG REPRESENTED THE DRAGON
NAGA, HOWEVER THE CREATURE REPRESENTED VARIES
BETWEEN DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS.
• ITS USE BY THE ILOCANOS HAVE ALSO BEEN SEEN IN
VARIOUS ANCIENT RECORDS. PIECES OF VISAYAN
KAMPILANS ARE DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR MINDANAO
COUNTERPARTS BY THE WAY HILTS ARE MADE. THE
NATIVE MËRANAW NAME OF THE KAMPILAN WAS KIFING,
WHILE IN THE IRANUN LANGUAGE, IT IS KNOWN AS
PARANG KAMPILAN.
• THE HANDLE IS MADE OF BRASS AND IVORY, ALSO HAS
STRANDS OF HAIR FOR DECORATION

16. 4. MAMDYANG
• TAPESTRY IS A FORM OF TEXTILE ART,
TRADITIONALLY WOVEN BY HAND ON A LOOM.
TAPESTRY IS WEFT-FACED WEAVING, IN WHICH
ALL THE WARP THREADS ARE HIDDEN IN THE
COMPLETED WORK, UNLIKE CLOTH WEAVING
WHERE BOTH THE WARP AND THE WEFT
THREADS MAY BE VISIBLE. IN TAPESTRY
WEAVING, WEFT YARNS ARE TYPICALLY
DISCONTINUOUS; THE ARTISAN INTERLACES
EACH COLOURED WEFT BACK AND FORTH IN ITS
OWN SMALL PATTERN AREA. IT IS A PLAIN
WEFT-FACED WEAVE HAVING WEFT THREADS OF
DIFFERENT COLORS WORKED OVER PORTIONS
OF THE WARP
• A TAPESTRY USUALLY HUNG AROUND A
MARANAO HOUSE’S LIVING OR DINING ROOM
Example of tapestry

17. 5. GADOR
• A LARGE INTERCARTACE MADE OF
SILVERDECORATED WHITE TABACCO
CONTAINER
• ALSO USED AS A WEDDING GIFT AND A
HOUSE DECORATION
• IT ALSO HAS ELEMENTS OF OKIR DESIGN

18. 4. BAUR OR MARANAO’S BAUL
• A WOODEN BOX WITH VERY DETAILED
DESIGN
• IT KEEPS THE OWNER’S PERSONAL
BELONGINGS AND TREASURES

19. 5. OKIR
• OKIR OR OKIL IS THE TERM FOR GEOMETRIC
AND FLOWING PLANT-BASED DESIGNS AND
FOLK MOTIFS THAT CAN BE USUALLY FOUND
AMONG THE MORO AND LUMAD PEOPLES OF
THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES, AS WELL AS
PARTS OF SABAH.
• IT OFTEN ELABORATES A LEAF AND VINE
PATTERN

20. 6. MALONG
• THE MALONG IS A TRADITIONAL FILIPINO "TUBE
SKIRT" MADE OF HANDWOVEN OR MACHINE-MADE
MULTI-COLORED COTTON CLOTH, BEARING A VARIETY
OF GEOMETRIC OR OKIR DESIGNS
• . THE MALONG IS DIRECTLY AKIN TO THE SARONG
WORN BY PEOPLES IN OTHER PARTS OF MARITIME
SOUTHEAST ASIA (MALAYSIA, BRUNEI, EAST TIMOR,
INDONESIA AND THE PHILIPPINES).
• THE MALONG IS TRADITIONALLY USED AS A GARMENT
BY NUMEROUS TRIBES IN THE SOUTHERN
PHILIPPINES AND THE SULU ARCHIPELAGO AND WAS
HISTORICALLY WORN THROUGHOUT THE
ARCHIPELAGO BY LOWLAND MARITIME GROUPS.
• ONE WAY OF WEARING IT FOR WOMEN IS WEARING IT
AROUND THE WAIST WHILE IT’S FOLDS ARE ON THE
LEFT ARM WHILE THE WAY OF WEARING OF IT FOR
MEN ARE WRAPPING AROUND THE WAIST LIKE
WEARING A SKIRT