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• Eastern Visayas consists of 6 provinces: Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, and Southern Samar
• Waray is the most widely spoken language in Eastern Visayas
• Mining, farming, and fishing are the major income-generating industries in Eastern Visayas
• The mat weaving tradition in Eastern Visayas is called banig
• Banig is made out of tikog
• Young girls in Eastern Visayas are taught to weave and grow up, a process called paraglara
• The Spanish arrived in the 16th century in Eastern Visayas
• The people of Leyte with tattoo-covered bodies are called Pintados
• Pintados Festival:

  • Revelers parade around the streets decked out with intricate body art
• Western Visayas consists of 5 provinces: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, and Iloilo
• Weaving pina cloth tradition is called pili or sinuksok
• Pina cloth is known as the queen of the Philippine fabrics
• Filipino formal wear includes the barong tagalong and barot say
• Aklan is recognized as the center of pina weaving in the country
• Antique is home to many age-old traditions
• St. John Church was built in 1845
• Tobias Fornier in Antique is known for buri handicraft
• Capiz is both the name of a province in Western Visayas and the shell
• In Iloilo, there is a little-known craft called tubuk
• Tubuk is a unique needlecraft worn over the patadyong
• Patadyong is a traditional wrap-around skirt
• Guimaras is known for being the home of the world's sweetest mangoes
• Ati Atihan is considered the mother of all Filipino festivals
• Dinagyang is held in Iloilo every fourth Sunday of January and is both a religious and cultural festival
• Sinadya sa Halaran is held every December to celebrate the founding of Roxas City, the capital city of Capiz
• Binirayan is a month-long celebration in the province of Antique, originally celebrated in April but now held every December
• Roxas City is the capital city of Capiz
• Kalibo is the capital city of Aklan
• Central Visayas consists of 3 provinces that make up the heart of the Philippine archipelago: Bohol, Cebu, and Siquijor
• Bohol:

  • Home of the tarsiers, Loboc River, and the Chocolate Hills
  • Chocolate Hills consist of 1260 cone-shaped hills spread over an area of 50 square kilometers
  • Old churches like the Immaculate Conception Parish Church in Baclayon, which was destroyed in 2013 during an earthquake
  • Our Lady of Assumption in Bohol attracts many visitors for its Byzantine Romanesque architecture
  • Loboc's children choir helped put the province on the global map
• Cebu City:

  • First Spanish settlement in the country
  • Marigbao in Lapulapu City is the guitar-making hub of Cebu, where guitar makers are considered among the finest in the world
• Siquijor is an island with a long-time reputation for its magic and mysticism
• There is a part of Siquijor that sells amulets and healing potions
• Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental make up the island group of Negros
• Negros Occidental was once the hub of the country's sugar industry
• There are 30 heritage houses declared as national treasures
• The Bahay na Bato was built in 1879
• The Masskara festival is held in Bacolod in the month of October and is one of the most colorful festivals in the country
• In Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, the Buglasan festival is held annually also in the month of October