BRASSWARES

ORIGIN:
Metal works in the
sultanate is one of the
oldest craft in
Cotabato City and
Maguindanao which
is believed to have
started centuries
ago.  This can be
attested by private collections, shops and
museums aside from the exquisite works of
brasswares found in the city.

Function
The brassware role was important in the people
lives that a man who wished to tie the marriage-
knot had to give his dowry in the form
of brass gongs and cannons. Fines
and debts were also paid in brass articles,
particularly gongs and cannons.
OKIR (MOTIF)
ORIGIN:
The Okir (motif) is an
exclusive artistic cultural
heritage of the Maranaos
of Lanao, Philippines. It
is as an artistic design of
the Maranao native
inhabitants of southern
Philippines beginning
from the early 6th
Century C.E. before the Islamization of the area.
Okir is a design or pattern often rendered or curved
in hardwood, brass, silver and wall painting in
curvilinear lines and Arabic geometric figures.

FUNCTION
The Okir Motif is an art depicting the
indigenious originality and skill of the
Maranaos. It is a fine art of figuring,
painting, curving and sculpturing depicting
the social and psychological identity of
Maranao.
TOROGAN
ORIGIN:

A TOROGAN is a
traditional ancestral
house built by the
Maranao people of
Lanao, Mindanao,
Philippines for the
nobility. A torogan was
a symbol of high social status. Such a residence
was once a home to a sultan or datu in the Maranao
community.

FUNCTION:
Apart from housing the sultan and his family
members, the torogan also functions as venue
for community affairs, planning, and decision-
making thus making it a symbol of rank, status
and influence of its owner 
ARALING PANLIPUNAN

RENZ ALVIN P. BILBAO

GRADE- VII PETERPAN