2nd grading of arts.(Tagalog)

• The Visayan Peninsula was first visited by the Europeans in 1521 when Ferdinand Magelan landed in the Philippines.
• Their finished products are sold in the town square where traders sell these products in Cebu, Manila and Tagbiliran City.
• Ferdinand Magelan befriended the Raja of Cebu Humabon.
• Ferdinand Magelan then went to the nearby island of Mactan but failed to win an allegiance with its chieftain Datu Lapu-Lapu.
• In a bloody skirmish, Ferdinand Magelan was defeated by Datu Lapu-Lapu, signaling the first armed resistance of the Filipinos against foreign rule.
• Miguel Lopez De Legaspi went to Panay and established settlements on the eastern coast of the island.
• The major Visayan ethnic languages include Cabuano, Ilongo, Kinaray-a, Akaenon, Waray-Waray, and Leyte.
• The island of Panay is rich in its legends and accounts, including the epic of Hinilawod, the legend of the ten Bornean datus, the epic of Maragtas, and the code of Kalantiaw.
• Panay island is one of the largest islands in the Visayan region, composed of four provinces: Iloilo, Antique, Aklan, and Capiz.
• In the story of the ten Bornean Datus, the island of Panay is said to be inhabited by the Ati headed by their Chief Marikudo.
• In the barter of Aninipay, Marikudo sold the island of Panay (lowland) to the ten Bornean Datus for a piece of a Golden Salakot.
• The barter since then was celebrated in numerous festivals in the area like the Atiatihan in Kalibo, Aklan, Dinagyang in Iloilo, Binirayan in Antique, and the island of Panay was called Simsiman which means to lick or to eat since the area has a creek wherein the people as well as the animals used to lick.
• The name Panay was crafted by the Spaniards, in their language Panay means 'there is food'.
• Weaving is the primary form of arts and crafts in the island of Panay, with Patadyong being an important industry in Iloilo.
• In the island of Panay, weaving is a laborious process from the leaves of Pinya, involving removing thorns, scraping with a broken china plate, washing and drying, wringing and beating with a bamboo stick, separating fibers, and tying, cutting, and coiling the fibers.
• In Aklan, weaving baskets, trays, and mats is popular, with the akaenon tribe using Pandan and its variant called the bariw.
• The process of weaving in Aklan begins by gathering bariw leaves using Sangget, a cutting instrument.
• Basey in Samar is known for its beauty and colorful hand-woven banig made up of Tikog leaves.
• The provinces of Samar, Leyte, and Biliran are part of the Visayan region.
• The people of Samar, Leyte, and Biliran have a rich cultural heritage, a tradition that they have learned from their ancestors.
• Bohol and Siquijor are known for their beautiful sceneries, exotic foods, rare animals, old churches, and basketry.
• Mat weaving is both a passion and occupation in many warays, involving a long and painful process from gathering of tikog up to weaving the tiny strips into elegant mats into intersecting lines of different colors to form diagonal motifs.
• Bohol is home to the MALMAG or tarsier, considered to be the smallest living primate in the world.
• Siquijor is a small island province southwest of Bohol, first sighted by the Spaniard, known for its beaches and diving spots.
• There are two processes in making banig – Lara (weaving) and Burda (embroidery).
• Pu so or Bod bod is a delicacy made from glutinous rice wrapped in a carefully woven young coconut leaves, similar to the Patupat of the Cabalens.
• The Chocolate Hills in Bohol are the result of the tears of grief of a giant when his love has been turned down by an ordinary woman in the area.
• Weaving is an integral part in the Warays and the Cebuanos living in Samar, Leyte, and Biliran, they also make baskets, bags, and other containers that are both useful and functional in the daily lives of the community.
• The people of Samar and Leyte speak Cebuano, Waray Waray, English, and Filipino.
• In the process of Paglalara, the Naglalara buys the raw materials from Tacloban City, Weave Materials into Banig and sell the finished base layer to the tagaburda who make design for the mats to be sold in the market and souvenir shops in the locality and the nearby province.
• Guitars from Cebu are popular in many parts of the country due to their unique blend of sounds, craftsmanship, and durability.
• Basketry is among the earliest industries established in Bohol, particularly in the town of antequera where most of the weavers are women.
• The Kasadyaan Festival, also known as the Pintados Festival, is a celebration from the province of Leyte that honors Senior Santo Nino and the Pintados, the tattooed warriors who had their own culture honoring their gods for a bountiful harvest.
• The merged festivals of Kasadyaan Festival and Pintados Festival are observed annually every 29th day of June.
• Capiz Shell (Windowpane oyster) is a type of shell collected by the sea.
• The leaves are tied to bundles, pounded again before stripping them into simple machines with blades called KULHADAN.
• When the leaves turn brown, they are pounded in a process called Palpag until the leaves became soft.
• MASKARA Festival is a festival held in Bacolod on the third weekend of October.
• Capiz Shell is harvested from the seas of Aklan and Iloilo.
• Capiz Shell is then ready to be made.