Arts and crafts of Mindanao Lesson 3-5

• Early Filipinos worshipped natural and believed that plants and inanimate object are home to ancestral spirits. The indigenous belief system is called animism
• TOROGAN - The ancestral home of the upper class Maranao ; dwelling place of the batu along with his wife and children
• PANOLONG - is a wing-like ornament of a torogan spreading out from the beams ; usually features the naga or serpent and pakorabong or stylized fern as well as floral or star-and-bud motifs
• BADJAO HOUSES - The Bajau also known as "Sama-Bajau" are the "Sea Gypsies" or nomads of the Sulu Sea
• GRAND MOSQUE OF COTABATO - The largest mosque in the Philippines ; Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid means sitting near the idle banks of Tamontaka river
• FORT PILAR OF ZAMBOANGA - also called as Real Fuerza de Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Zaragoza was founded in 1635 ; engineered by Fr. Melchor de Vera
• MONASTERY OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF BUKIDNON -located atop the hill of Malaybalay, Bukidnon founded by Fr Abbot Eduardo Africa and run by the Benedictine Monks ; designed by Leandro Locsin
• SANTO ROSARIO CHURCH OF CAMUGUIN - The original church was built in 1882 using coral stones and replaced with steel bars ; unique things you can find in the church local material particularly weaven bamboo skin which highlights the local tradition of the island
• MAITUM JAR - secondary burial from Saranggani province ; first discovered in 1991
• TIBOLI WOOD CARVING AND BRASS CASTING AND POTTERY - Woodcarvers get their inspiration from the wildlife in their local area
• Artisan uses the lost wax method to produce more copies of sculpture
• RARUB-A-KLONG - metallic armor made of brass plates, carabao horn and interlocking ringlets
• KAMPILAN - single-edged steel sword in a form of the head of the naga or serpent
• BATIGE - large manually carved inlaid with mother pearl. Used by men to test their strenth
• Kendi - heirloom teapot
• GANDOR - metal tobacco container ; found in proper Maranao households
• BALANGHAY - also known as balangay or butuan boat, used by pre-colonial Filipinos
• Vinta - consists of several colors and geometric shapes representing the colorful culture and history of the Muslim people