REGION 10

NOPRTHERN MINDANAO
Is a region in the philippines
designated as region 10. it is
composed of 5 provinces
CAMIGUIN, MISAMIS ORIENTAL,
LANAO DEL NORTE, BUKIDNON
AND MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL. The
regional center is Cagayan de Oro City.
Northern mindanao has 9 cities, 84
municiplaities , barangays 2,022,
14 districts.

4. Remember Me or Soup No. 5 ~ its

composed of internal & reproductive
organs of animals, specifically the
testicles of cows & horses.
5. Turones de Mani ~ made of
caramelized sugar, crushed peanuts
that are coated w/ honey & wrapped
in wafer.
TRADITIONS

Marriage practices among these

groups also have similarities in the
past. Generally the marriage pattern
was by arrangement (buya) between
two families even when the
prospective groom and bride were still
children.

The groom's family is expected to

prepare the bride-price/wealth to be
given to the bride's family during the
betrothal. Among some of these
communities such as the Higaonon
and Talaandig, before the wedding
takes place,there was haggling or
bargaining of bridewealth (carabao,
money, sacks of rice, etc) between the
relatives of the couple until such
agreement was reached.The ceremony
was always officiated by the chieftain
(datu) or shaman (baylan), which was
done by the couple feeding each other
with a ball of rice, signifying union

Polygyny (having more than one wife)

or duay used to be practiced by those
who could afford to support more
than wife. Sometimes wife may
encourage a husband to get another
wife to help her with the house and
farm chores.The wife selects the
woman for the husband and would
help her husband in obtaining
brideprice to be given to the family of

GEOGRAPHY
Northern Mindanao has a total land
area of 2,049,602 hectares
(5,064,680 acres). More than 60% of
Northern Mindanao's total land area
are classified as forest land. Its seas
abound with fish and other marine
products.
LANGUAGE
Cebuano, Tagalog,Hiligaynon, Man
obo and marano
DELICACIES
1. Jamon de Cagayan ~ also known as
the leg ham. This product
undergoes the long process of salt
curing & natural smoking.
2. Chicharon ~ their chicharon in
particular are huge! Mainly made of
pork skin, salt & spices.
3. Roasted cashew nuts ~ Delicately
sweet yet crunchy and delicious
cashew nut is packed with energy,
antioxidants, minerals and vitamins
that are essential for robust health.

the woman.The second wife lives in

the same household with the first wife
as the manager.

In the past these indigenous groups

were animists who believed in nature
spirits called diwata. They were
perceived to dwell in different places
such as the forest, mountains, rivers,
trees, soil, and the sky. Their supreme
deity was Magbabaya (Higaonon and
Talaandig) and Manama (Matigsalug
and Tigwa) and the diwatas were his
aides and guardians of the
environment.These diwatas were
believed to impose taboos on the
people and should be careful not to
breach them.They had to perform a
ritual by offering a sacrifice (chicken
or pig) to appease a diwata whose
taboos were violated lest he would
become sick.

trap. The brothers were very

much pleased when they went to
look at their trap, for they had
caught not only many wild pigs
and deer but also many people.
Now Lumawig looked down from
his place in the sky and saw that
his sons had flooded the earth
and that in all the world there
was just one spot which was not
covered. And he saw that all the
people in the world had been
drowned except one brother and
sister who lived in Pokis.
Then Lumawig descended, and he
called to the boy and girl, saying:
"Oh, you are still alive."
"Yes," answered the boy, "we are
still alive, but we are very cold."
So Lumawig commanded his dog
and deer to get fire for the boy
and girl.
The flood story (bukidnon)

LITERATURE
The flood story by The Igorots
Once upon a time,
when the world was flat and there
were no mountains, there lived
two brothers, sons of Lumawig,
the Great Spirit. The brothers
were fond of hunting, and since
no mountains had formed there
was no good place to catch wild
pig and deer, and the older
brother said:
"Let us cause water to flow over
all the world and cover it, and
then mountains will rise up."
So they caused water to flow over
all the earth, and when it was
covered they took the headbasket of the town and set it for a

A long time ago there

was a very big crab which crawled
into the sea. And when he went in
he crowded the water out so that
it ran all over the earth and
covered all the land. Now about
one moon before this happened, a
wise man had told the people that
they must build a large raft. They
did as he commanded and cut
many large trees, until they had
enough to make three layers.
These they bound tightly
together, and when it was done
they fastened the raft with a long
rattan cord to a big pole in the
earth. Soon after this the floods
came. White water poured out of
the hills, and the sea rose and

covered even the highest

mountains. The people and
animals on the raft were safe, but
all the others drowned. When the
waters went down and the raft
was again on the ground, it was
near their old home, for the rattan
cord had held. But these were the
only people left on the whole
earth.

Battle of tagaloan

The first war and origin of

TagoloanA great war occurred in
central mindanoMalengomang the
famous datu and direct decendants of
saulana. Datu Malengomeng went up
to Mt. Kitanglad and gathered rattan
which he called Balagon la lintukan
and sent this to the chieftain
of maranao, maguindnao, and Manobo
through datu pigtailan, to settle peace
the 3 datus came with theirspouse on
the appointed dated of peace treaty.
The occasion was marked by the
celebration of the Tampulla the
balagun ritualwhich means the rattan
which is the way to peace.