Arts and

Crafts of
Mindanao
Cagayan de
Oro City
Folk Arts
Cagayan de Oro
City
• It is a first class highly urbanized
city in the region Northern
Mindanao, Philippines.

• it is the capital of the province of

Misamis Oriental where it is
geographically situated but
governed administratively
independent from the provincial
government.
Cagayan de Oro
City
• It also serve as the regional center
and business hub of Northern
Mindanao.

• Cagayan de oro (river of gold) or is

known as the “city of golden
friendship” and famous for
whitewater rafting.
FOLK
ARTS
 LUMAD

• The Lumad are a group

of Austronesian indigenous
peoples in the
southern Philippines. It is
a Cebuano term meaning
"native" or "indigenous".
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 LUMAD

• Lumad
and their
intricate
dance step

• Lumad Basketry

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Cotabato
Folk Arts
 Cotabato
• Is a landlocked province in the
Philippines located in the
Soccksargen region in
Mindanao.

• some of its baranggays are

under the jurisdiction of the
nearby Bangsamoro
Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (BARMM).
 Cotabato
• Its captial is the city of
kidapawan.

• Considered as the major food

basket in Mindanao. it is a top
producer of cereal tropical
fruits, vegetables, sugarcane,
coconut, coffee, freshwater fish,
and livestock.
 Cotabato
• one of the countrys leading
producers of raw and semi-
processed rubber and industrial
trees in asia and europe.

• cotabato city is home for the muslim

carftsmen and artist whose skills are
intertwined with muslim culture and
tradition handed down from
generations.
FOLK
ARTS
 Cotabato

• They produce gongs and meta crafts

using manual or traditional methods of
molding metal.
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 COTABATO

• Inaul is fabric woven from a backstrap loom with the

two sides sewn together to form tubular piece of cloth.
This is commonly known as malong.

• However, not all malongs are inaul but all inauls are
malong. The inaul material is handoven with either
cotton or silk threads.

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 MALONG

• The malong is a traditional “tube skirt”

made of hand woven or machine or
machine-made, multi colored cotton
cloth bearing a variety of geometric or
okir designs.

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 MALONG

• the pattern or style of the malong may

indicate the weavers tribal origin such a
the maranao malong landap made only
by a handful of maranao weavers in
lanao del sur .

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 T’NALAK

• Handwoven from abaca

fibers with the traditional
primary colors- red,
black, and the original
color of the abaca leaves.

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 LANAO

• Maranao, is the term used for the

people of lanao “people of the
lake”.

• They are known for their art

work, weaving, woods and
metalcrafts, and epic literature,
the Darangen.
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 LANAO

SARIMANOK

• also known as papanok in its feminine form, it is a

legendary bird of the Maranao people, who originate
from Mindanao.

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 LANAO

• It comes from the words sari and manok. Sari

means "assorted" or "various", while manok
originally meant "bird" as evidenced by early
Spanish colonial sources, but came to mean only
"chicken", which is how it is understood today.

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 LANAO

• the head is profusely

• depicted as a fowl of
decorated with scroll,
colorful wings and
leaf ,and spiral motifs. it
feathered tail, holding a is said to be the symbol
fish on its beak or talons. of good fortune.

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 LANAO

• The Maranaos creativity is exhibited

in their numereous ceremonial
artifacts and everyday tools trimmed
with the okir (carving) and colorful
nagas (serpent fisures)

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 LANAO

okir design

• often renderd or carved in hardwood, brass, and

silver. It can also be utilized in wall painting in
curvilinear lines and arabic geometric figures.

• Torogan

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 LANAO

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 BUKIDNON

• officially the Province of Bukidnon

• is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in

the Northern Mindanao region.

• The name "Bukidnon" means "highlander" or "mountain

dweller." Occupying a wide plateau in the north central
part of the island of Mindanao.

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 BUKIDNON

• Bukidnon mats are made by women weavers from the

tribe of Tagolwanen in Malaybalay City.

• The women weavers are called manglalala.

• the materials used fro mat weaving is called the

sodsod which kind a grasa endemic to Bukidnon.

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 BUKIDNON

• Bukinon • Men costume

Embroi- with
dery beautiful
native
beadwork

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ACTIVITY
draw a sarimanok on a
blank sheet of paper, then
color the sarimanok
accordng to your desired
color

material needed:
coloring materials
bond paper
pencil