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AUTONOMOUS REGION
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tiara sanchez and josh mendoza

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AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO

located in the Mindanao island group of the Philippines, that consisted of five predominantly 

Muslim provinces: 
Basilan (except Isabela City)
Lanao del Sur
Maguindanao
 Sulu
Tawi-Tawi
basilan
Uwang Ahadas
• a musician
• went near blind when he was five years old
• By age 20, Ahadas had already mastered
the kwintangan which is considered as the most
important Yakan musical instrument despite the
instrument traditionally reserved for women.

• He can also play the tuntungan.

• Received the National Living Treasure for

Performance in 2000

BASILAN
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CAPITAL: LAMITAN
lanao del sur
kariyala
festival
A dance festival of
ceremonial gatherings
and merry making for
a bountiful harvest,
being a municipality of
cast agricultural lands
suitable for all kinds of
agricultural crops, it is
also a thanksgiving for
peace, prosperity and
progress to the
Almighty.

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LANAO DEL SUR CAPITAL: MARAWI
 Aga Khan Museum of
Islamic arts
• hosts the biggest Filipino
Muslim collection in the
Philippines
• preserves folk art of
the Moro and Lumad 
people of Mindanao, Sulu
archipelago and Palawan

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LANAO DEL SUR CAPITAL: MARAWI
maguindanao
aliwan festival
an annual event that gathers
different cultural festivals of the
Philippines in Star City Complex
in Pasay City wherein contingents
compete in dance parade and
float competitions.

celebrated in april or may

MAGUINDANAO ARMM
CAPITAL: BULUAN
 Samaon Sulaiman
• a Filipino musician who is a recipient of
the National Living Treasure award for
Performance.

• He was already recognized in Maganoy

for his skills in playing the instrument as
well as being a teacher to aspiring
kudyapi practitioners.

MAGUINDANAO ARMM
CAPITAL: BULUAN
kudyapi
It is four to six feet long with nine frets made of hardened beeswax. The instrument is carved
out of solid soft wood such as that from the jackfruit tree.

MAGUINDANAO ARMM
CAPITAL: BULUAN
 Ray Mudjahid
Ponce Millan
- He is better known as Kublai
Millan or Kublai is a prolific
artist from Mindanao.

- Known for his giant

sculptures. Aside from being a
sculptor he is also an art
photographer, painter, digital
artist and performance artist.

MAGUINDANAO ARMM
CAPITAL: BULUAN
Kampilan Risen Christ
sulu
 mangosteen
festival
where each town features
its own food products
derived from the purple
fruit.

SULU
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CAPITAL: JOLO
 yakan
• fond of weapons
 punnyal is a small knife, which can
be hidden within one's clothing
(sawal).

 taming is the traditional shield

used along with two types of
spears, the budjak and the sankil,
now used only in war dances.

 pira is a traditional weapon used by

little boys when going on a long
journey.

• Wear polished crocodile tooth

necklaces for luck and good fortune

SULU
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CAPITAL: JOLO
 pira

taming

punnyal barong
 tausug
• “people of the current”
• "tau" meaning "man" and "sug"
meaning current.
• They are known to be fierce warriors
and sailors
• They are known for carvings,
metalworks, woodworks, tapestry and
embroidery, mat making and
basketry, textile and fashion, and
pottery

SULU
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CAPITAL: JOLO
tausug
arts and
crafts

SULU
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CAPITAL: JOLO
 Darhata Sawabi
is a textile weaver of pis syabit ,
the traditional cloth tapestry worn
as a head covering by the Tausug
of Jolo, from Barangay Parang, in
the island of Jolo, Sulu province.

She has received a National

Living Treasures Award for Crafts.

SULU
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CAPITAL: JOLO
pis yabit SULU
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CAPITAL: JOLO
Rameer Tawasil
a Tausug painter who won the 2003 Zamboanga
Hermosa Recognition Award for Culture and the Arts
and 2003 National Traveling Exhibition Grant from
the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

SULU
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CAPITAL: JOLO
 The Poetry of
Cyclone (2014) Sea Butterflies (2015)
mixed media on canvas
mixed media on canvas
112x83 cm
SULU
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CAPITAL: JOLO
Abdulmari Imao
• first muslim to be known as a National artist.
• a known painter, ceramist, photographer,
filmmaker and writer.
• Titled National Artist for Sculpture because
his larger-than-life monuments of Muslim
and regional heroes from Batanes to Tawi-
tawi.

SULU
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CAPITAL: JOLO
industry brass mural water buffalo sarimanok

SULU
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CAPITAL: JOLO
tawi-tawi
pangalay
A Pangalay dance is inspired
by Tawi-Tawian women
carrying water. It requires
grace and flexibility in the
elbows, shoulders and
wrists. Pangalay is the
traditional fingernail dance
of the Tausug people of the
Sulu Archipelago.

TAWI-TAWI
ARMM
CAPITAL: BONGAO
 Burak
is a natural sunblock
made by the Sama-
Bajau, it is also
beneficial as it
nourishes the skin.

TAWI-TAWI
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CAPITAL: BONGAO
shipbuilding
TAWI-TAWI
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CAPITAL: BONGAO
weaving

TAWI-TAWI
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CAPITAL: BONGAO
Haja Amina Appi
recognized as the master mat weaver
among the Sama indigenous community
of Ungos Matata. Her colorful mats with
their complex geometric patterns exhibit
her precise sense of design, proportion
and symmetry and sensitivity to color.

She has received a National Living

Treasures Award for Crafts.

TAWI-TAWI
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CAPITAL: BONGAO
thank you!
AUTONOMOUS REGION
I N M U tiara
S sanchez
L I M and joshM I N D A N A O
mendoza