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PRESENTATION
PRESENTED BY:

MARKLI PARDO
&
MELODIE OYO-A
REGION-7
(CENTRAL
VISAYAS)
 HISTORY OF THE PROVINCES
CEBU BOHOL
IN 1667, FATHER FRANCISCO
COMBES, IN HIS HISTORIA DE
THE RAJAHNATE OF CEBU MINDANAO, MENTIONED THAT AT
WAS A NATIVE KINGDOM ONE TIME IN THEIR HISTORY, THE
PEOPLE OF THE PANGLAO INVADED
THAT EXISTED IN CEBU BOHOL AND SUBSEQUENTLY
PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL IMPOSED THEIR ECONOMIC AND
OF THE SPANIARDS. IT POLITICAL DOMINANCE IN THE
WAS FOUNDED BY SRI AREA. THEY CONSIDERED THE
PREVIOUS INHABITANTS OF THE
LUMAY OTHERWISE ISLANDS AS THEIR SLAVES BY
KNOWN AS RAJAMUDA REASON OF WAR, AS WITNESSED
LUMAYA, A HALF-MALAY, FOR EXAMPLE BY HOW DATU
HALF-TAMIL PRINCE OF PAGBUAYA, ONE OF THE RULERS OF
PANGLAO, CONSIDERED DATU
THE CHOLA DYNASTY
WHO INVADED SUMATRA
SIKATUNA AS HIS VASSAL AND
RELATIVE.[16] THE INVASION OF
IN INDONESIA. BOHOL BY THE PEOPLE OF PANGLAO
USHERED THE KEDATUAN OF
BOHOL.
NEG OR.
NEGROS, THE LARGEST ISLAND IN
THE VISAYAS, IS BELIEVED TO
HAVE ONCE BEEN PART OF A
LARGER LANDMASS THAT WAS
CUT OFF BY RISING WATERS AT
THE END OF THE LAST ICE AGE.
AMONG THE EARLY INHABITANTS
OF THE ISLAND WERE THE
NEGRITOS AND THE
AUSTRONESIANS, AND LATER THE
HAN CHINESE, WHO ARE MAINLY
MERCHANTS.THEY CALLED THE
ISLAND "BUGLAS", A NATIVE
WORD WHICH IS BELIEVED TO
MEAN "CUT OFF".
SIQUIJOR
ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
SIQUIJOR WAS FORMED
FROM THE SEA BY A
STORM AND AN
EARTHQUAKE IN THE
VISAYAN REGION. IN
MODERN TIMES,
HIGHLAND FARMERS
HAVE FOUND GIANT
SEASHELLS UNDERNEATH
THEIR FARM PLOTS TO
SUPPORT THIS LEGEND.
MYTHS

IN THE BEGINNING, THE WORLD WAS ONLY A GREAT SEA OF

WATER UNDER THE SKY. THE SEA WAS THE DOMAIN OF THE
GODDESS MAGWAYEN, WHILE THE GOD KAPTAN RULED THE
SKY. THE TWO GODS WERE CONSTANTLY AT WAR UNTIL THEY
DECIDED TO UNITE THROUGH THE MARRIAGE OF THEIR
CHILDREN, LIDAGAT AND LIHANGIN.
 BELIEFS

THE VISAYANS, LIKE THE LUZON LOWLANDERS (TAGALOGS,

BICOLANOS, ILOCANOS, ETC.) WERE ORIGINALLY
PREDOMINANTLY ANIMIST-POLYTHEISTS AND BROADLY
SHARE A MARITIME CULTURE UNTIL THEY WERE COLONIZED
IN THE 16TH CENTURY AND A CHRISTIAN BELIEF SYSTEM
WAS IMPOSED ON THEM UNDER CENTURIES OF COLONIAL
RULE BY WESTERN IMPERIALISTS.
 RELIGION

MOST VISAYANS ARE ROMAN

CATHOLICS, AND THEY MAKE UP A
LARGE PART OF THE CHRISTIAN
POPULATION THAT IS LOOSELY LABELED
FILIPINO. ON FIRST BEING DISCOVERED
BY THE SPANIARDS THEY WERE NAMED
"PINTADOS" BECAUSE THEY USED TO
PAINT THEIR BODIES.
POPULATION
ACCORDING TO THE 2020 CENSUS, IT HAS A
POPULATION OF 8,081,988. THE POPULATION
DENSITY WAS 510/KM2 (1,300/SQ MI). THE
2015 CENSUS SHOWED AN AVERAGE ANNUAL
POPULATION GROWTH RATE OF 1.76% FROM
2010 TO 2015, SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 1.72%.
 CAPITAL AND LAND AREAS

CEBU SIQUIJOR
CAPITAL: CEBU CITY CAPITAL: SIQUIJOR MUNICIPALITY
LAND AREA: 4,944 SQUARE KILOMETERS LAND AREA: 343.5 SQUARE KILOMETRES

BOHOL
CAPITAL: TAGBILARAN CITY
LAND AREA: 4772.52 SQUARE KILOMETERS
NEGROS ORIENTAL
CAPITAL: DUMAGUETE CITY
LAND AREA: 13,309.6 SQUARE KILOMETRES
 PORT OF ACCESS

THE PORT OF CEBU IS THE REGION'S MAIN GATEWAY.

THERE ARE ALSO PORTS IN DUMAGUETE IN NEGROS
ORIENTAL, LARENA IN SIQUIJOR, AND TAGBILARAN,
GETAFE AND JAGNA IN BOHOL. INTER-ISLAND SHIPPING
IS SERVED BY NUMEROUS SHIPPING LINES, TWO OF
THEM FASTCRAFT COMPANIES WHICH SERVE ALL THE
PROVINCES IN THE REGION
 FAMOUS ATTRACTIONS
CEBU
TUMALOG FALLS MASTER'S DRAGON PEAK

LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF OSLOB, JUST A FEW KILOMETERS LOCATED AT SITIO MANGA, BRGY. BILI, BORBON, CEBU, AROUND 77
DISTANT FROM THE WHALE SHARK ATTRACTION, LOCALLY KNOWN AS KILOMETERS FROM MAINLAND CEBU RISES A LARGE PIRATE SHIP, THAT
"TOSLOB FALLS” OR "MAG-AMBAK FALLS”, IT IS TUMALOG FALLS. IS AFFIXED AND PERMANENTLY ANCHORED ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS
OF BORBON.
 FAMOUS ATTRACTIONS
LOBOC RIVER CRUISE
BOHOL HINAGDANAN CAVE

THE LOBOC BOHOL RIVERWATCH FLOATING RESTO
STARTS BY THE LOAY BRIDGE WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE
NEIGHBORING TOWN OF LOAY OR AT THE LOBOC BOHOL
TOWN PROPER.
THE HINAGDANAN CAVE, MEANING
“LADDERED” IN CEBUANO, IS ONE OF THE
MANY WONDROUS CAVES IN THE ISLAND
PROVINCE OF BOHOL.
 FAMOUS ATTRACTION
NEGROS ORIENTAL
CASARORO FALLS
CASARORO FALLS IS AN INCREDIBLE SINGLE-DROP WATERFALL IN
THE MOUNTAIN REGION OF VALENCIA. JUST A 20-MINUTE DRIVE
FROM THE TOWN OF DUMAGUETE ON NEGROS ISLAND, THIS GEM IS
ONE OF MANY AMAZING WATERFALLS IN THE REGION. TO REACH THE
FALLS, THERE IS A SHORT HIKE DOWN A FEW HUNDRED STAIRS
BEFORE A SHORT RIVER TREK.
PULANGBATO FALLS
KNOWN FOR ITS ENCHANTING SIGHT AND REFRESHING
WATERS, THE PULANGBATO FALLS IN VALENCIA IS INDEED
A MUST-SEE ATTRACTION. LOCATED AT THE RED RIVER
VALLEY, THE PULANGBATO IS JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY
FROM THE TOWN PROPER OF VALENCIA
 FAMOUS ATTRACTION
SIQUIJOR
CANTABON CAVE
ONE OF SIQUIJOR’S BEST THINGS TO DO AND
INTERESTING TOURIST SPOTS IS CANTABON CAVE.
LOCATED IN CENTRAL SIQUIJOR THE PHILIPPINES,
CANTABON CAVE IS AN ADVENTUROUS TRAIL INSIDE A
PITCH-BLACK CAVE BENEATH THE EARTH.
PALITON BEACH
PALITON BEACH IS RATED AS ONE OF THE BEST
BEACHES IN SIQUIJOR FOR ITS GLISTENING WHITE
SANDS AND PALM TREE FRINGED SHORELINE. THIS
IS ONE SIQUIJOR TOURIST SPOT YOU DO NOT WANT
TO MISS!
 FAMOUS ACCOMODATION
SHANGRI-LA MACTAN
AS YOU STEP ONTO YOUR PRIVATE BALCONY, ENJOY THE
TROPICAL SUNLIGHT THAT WASHES OVER YOU AND THE
SOOTHING BREEZE THAT KISSES YOUR CHEEKS. YOUR HOLIDAY
HAS JUST BEGUN AT SHANGRI-LA MACTAN. RELUCTANTLY, YOU
LEAVE THE LUXURY OF YOUR ROOM, BUT ONLY TO EXPLORE THE
PLEASURES WITHIN THE RESORT.
CEBU KANDAYA RESORT
NESTLED ON A WHITE SANDY BEACH AMIDST THE NORTHERN TROPICAL
LANDSCAPE IN THE ISLAND OF CEBU IS A HAVEN, WHERE LAND, SEA AND SKY
MEET AND BLEND SEAMLESSLY TO FORM THE POSTCARD-PERFECT BACKDROP
OF KANDAYA RESORT, AN IDYLLIC, LUXURY DESTINATION LOCATED IN THE
COASTAL HEART OF HISTORIC DAANBANTAYAN.
 FAMOUS ACCOMODATION
BOHOL
AMORITA RESORT
SECLUDED ATOP A LIMESTONE CLIFF ON THE
SOUTHERN EDGE OF BOHOL’S PANGLAO ISLAND,
AMORITA IS A TRANQUIL SEASIDE RETREAT THAT
MARRIES WORLD-CLASS SERVICE WITH SIGNATURE
FILIPINO HOSPITALITY.
BOHOL BEACH CLUB
FEATURING POOL OR BEACH VIEWS, THE WARMLY
DECORATED, MODERN ROOMS COME WITH DARK WOOD
FURNISHINGS AND VERANDAS. ALL HAVE FREE WI-FI,
FLAT-SCREEN TVS AND MINIFRIDGES. SEA-VIEW SUITES
ADD SEPARATE LIVING ROOMS
 FAMOUS ACCOMODATION
NEGROS ORIENTAL
SIERRA HOTEL HOTEL ESSENCIA

SET ON A LEAFY STREET AMONG LOW-RISE HOUSES
AND RESTAURANTS, THIS SIMPLE HOTEL IS WITHIN 2
KM OF SIBULAN AIRPORT, SILLIMAN BEACH AND THE
FERRY TERMINAL.
THIS INFORMAL HOTEL OVERLOOKING DUMAGUETE CITY BAY
IS A 6-MINUTE WALK FROM DUMAGUETE CATHEDRAL AND 8
MINUTES FROM QUEZON PARK. IT'S 1 KM FROM FERRIES AT
DUMAGUETE SEA PORT.
 FAMOUS ACCOMODATION
SIQUIJOR
COCO GROVE BEACH RESORT
COCO GROVE BEACH RESORT IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN
THE POPULAR SAN JUAN AREA. THE HOTEL OFFERS GUESTS
A RANGE OF SERVICES AND AMENITIES DESIGNED TO
PROVIDE COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE.
WHITE VILLAS RESORT
WE ARE A SMALL, COZY, AND QUIET BEACH RESORT CLOSE TO CAFES,
RESTAURANTS, ATMS, DIVE SHOPS. OUR RESTAURANT BY THE SEA IS
OPEN 7AM-10PM. WE HAVE FREE WI-FI (STARLINK), A SMALL
SWIMMING POOL, SUNSET BEACH BAR, FREE KAYAKS, AND ARRANGE
MOTORBIKE RENTALS AND ISLAND TOURS. WE ARE A NON-SMOKING
PROPERTY.
 FOOD & DELICACIES
CEBU
CEBU LECHON
IT IS ONE OF THE WELL-KNOWN FOOD OF CEBUANO. UNLIKE
ANY OTHER LECHON THAT YOU CAN PURCHASE IN ANY
RESTAURANT AROUND THE PHILIPPINES, CEBU LECHON HAS
ITS OWN TASTE THAT YOU WILL NEVER FIND IN ANY PLACE
OTHER THAN CEBU.
PINTOS
PINTOS IS CEBU’S SWEET TAMALES THAT CAN BE
FOUND IN BOGO CITY. IT IS MADE OF GROUND CORN
MIXED WITH MILK, AND BUTTER OR MARGARINE
THAT ARE WRAPPED IN CORN HUSKS AND THEN
BOILED FOR HOURS.
 FOOD & DELICACIES
BOHOL
BROAS
MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS LADYFINGERS, BROAS ARE
SWEET TREATS THAT ORIGINATE FROM THE TOWN OF
BACLAYON, THE PASTRY CAPITAL OF BOHOL. THIS BAKED
SNACK USES ALL-NATURAL INGREDIENTS SUCH AS FLOUR,
EGGS, AND SUGAR, AND IS FREE FROM TRANS-FAT AND
OTHER PRESERVATIVES.
CALAMAY
THIS IS ONE OF THE MUST-TRY TREATS WHEN VISITING BOHOL.
THOUGH CALAMAY IS KNOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY (WITH
OTHER NAMES), NOTHING BEATS THE CALAMAY FROM JAGNA,
ENCLOSED IN A COCONUT SHELL AND SEALED WITH A RED BAND.
IT IS A CONCOCTION OF GLUTINOUS RICE, SUGAR, COCONUT MILK
AND SOME PEANUTS.
 FOOD & DELICACIES
NEGROS ORIENTAL
CHICKEN INASAL PIAYA

CHICKEN INASAL, COMMONLY KNOWN AS INASAL, IS A LOCAL VARIANT
ROAST CHICKEN MARINATED IN A MIXTURE OF LIME, PEPPER, VINEGAR
AND ANNATO THEN GRILLED OVER HOT COALS WHILE BASTED WITH THE
MARINADE. IT IS SERVED WITH RICE, VINEGAR (SINAMAK* OR WHITE
VINEGAR) AND SOY SAUCE.
PIAYA SOMETIMES SPELLED PIYAYA, IS A MUSCOVADO-FILLED
UNLEAVENED FLATBREAD FROM THE PHILIPPINES ESPECIALLY COMMON
IN NEGROS OCCIDENTAL WHERE IT IS A POPULAR DELICACY. IT IS MADE
BY FILLING DOUGH WITH A MIXTURE OF MUSCOVADO AND GLUCOSE
SYRUP.
 FOOD & DELICACIES

SAANG SA ALAT SIQUIJOR BINAS-OY

SPIDER CONCH SHELLS OR SAANG IS A POPULAR BINAS-OY IS A PORK STEW WITH SLICES OF
SEAFOOD ITEM IN SIQUIJOR. THE POPULAR WAY OF CHAYOTE AND SEASONED WITH GINGER AND
GARLIC. SOME VERSIONS INCLUDE PORK LIVER
COOKING IT IS TO BOIL IT IN SEAWATER, A RECIPE AS INGREDIENT.
THEY CALL SAANG SA ALAT.
 FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS
CEBU
SINULOG FESTIVAL BUDBUD KABOG FESTIVAL

ONCE THE MONTH OF JANUARY BEGINS, YOU’LL START TO HEAR THE
LOCALS CHANTING “PRITITIT!” AND “PIT SENYOR!” THE STREETS WILL BE
FILLED WITH MUSIC AND COLORFUL DISPLAYS IN PREPARATION FOR THE
FAMOUS SINULOG FESTIVAL.
BUDBOD KABOG FESTIVAL CELEBRATES THE CULTURE AND FOOD IN THE
NORTHERN TOWN OF CATMON, CEBU, PHILIPPINES EVERY FEBRUARY 10.
IT IS THE TOWN’S FEST THAT PUTS A SPOTLIGHT TO ITS PROUD PRODUCT,
THE NAMESAKE CAKE MADE OF MILLET CALLED BUDBOD KABOG. AT THE
SAME TIME, IT IS ALSO A RELIGIOUS FIESTA AS IT IS HELD DURING THE
FEAST OF THE SAN GUILLERMO, THE PATRON OF THE TOWN.
 FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS
BOHOL
SANDUGO FESTIVAL
THE SANDUGO FESTIVAL IS A MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION HELD IN TAGBILARAN CITY EVERY JULY. THIS
FESTIVAL COMMEMORATES THE TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN BOHOL CHIEFTAIN DATU SIKATUMA
AND SPANISH CONQUISTADOR MIGUEL LÓPEZ DE LEGAZPI WHICH WAS SEALED WITH A SANDUGO RITUAL
OR BLOOD COMPACT, HENCE THE NAME. THIS EXCITING FESTIVAL FEATURES TRADE AND AGRICULTURAL
FAIRS, A FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW, SONG FESTIVALS, BEAUTY PAGEANTS AND A STREET
PERFORMANCE OF KURADANG, A TRADITIONAL BOHOLANO DANCE.
SAULOG FESTIVAL
ONE OF THE MOST AWAITED OCCASIONS IN BOHOL, THE TAGBILARAN CITY FIESTA
FEATURES A LOT OF EXCITING HAPPENINGS. DURING THE NINE DAYS BEFORE THE FEAST,
FUN-FILLED EVENTS SUCH AS PAGEANTS, CONCERTS, AND OTHER LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
ARE ALREADY BEING HELD EVERY NIGHT. DURING THE ACTUAL FEAST DAY, LOCALS AND
TOURISTS ALIKE ARE WELCOMED WITH EXCITING ACTIVITIES AND A GENEROUS SPREAD
OF LOCAL SPECIALTIES.
 FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS
NEGROS ORIENTAL

BUGLASAN FESTIVAL SANDUROT FESTIVAL

BUGLASAN FESTIVAL, ALSO KNOWN AS “THE FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS”, IS THE SANDUROT FESTIVAL, WHICH IS ANNUALLY CELEBRATED IN THE 3RD
PROBABLY THE MOST ANTICIPATED FESTIVALS IN NEGROS ORIENTAL. WEEK OF NOVEMBER IN HONOR OF THE PATRONESS OF DUMAGUETE, STA.
BUGLASAN IS CELEBRATED IN DUMAGUETE CITY, THE CAPITOL OF THE CATALINA DE ALEJANDRIA, AND IN CELEBRATION OF THE HOSPITALITY AND
PROVINCE IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER. HARMONY OF THE CITY.
 FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS
SIQUIJOR
BUGWAS FESTIVAL SAGING FESTIVAL

THE SAGING FESTIVAL IS ALSO DONE TO SHOWCASE THE VARIETY OF

THE FESTIVAL IS SAN JUAN'S WAY OF CELEBRATING A
BOUNTIFUL AND ABUNDANT HARVEST IN HONOR OF THEIR
PATRON SAINT, ST. AUGUSTINE. BUGWAS MEANS A SPURT
OF WATER COMING FROM AN UNDERGROUND SOURCE,
WHICH FLOWS FREELY IN THE OPEN GROUND.
BANANAS AND A WAY OF PRAISING FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF THE
HARVEST. ON OUR ISLAND TOUR, YOU WILL VISIT LAZI CHURCH AND
CONVENT. DURING FIESTA, BOTH THESE HISTORICAL PLACES PLAY A
MAJOR PART OF THE FIESTA.
 MAJOR CULTURAL GROUPS

VISAYANS USUALLY REFER TO THEMSELVES BY

THEIR ETHNIC GROUPS, LIKE SUGBUANON,
HILIGAYNON, KARAY-A, WARAY, BOL-ANON, AND
SO ON.
 MAJOR INDUSTRIES

THE FOURTH LARGEST REGIONAL ECONOMY IN THE

COUNTRY. CENTRAL VISAYAS HOSTS MANY
INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING FOOTWEAR, ICT & IT ENABLED
SERVICES, ELECTRONICS, WEARABLES, FOOD
PROCESSING, MARINE, HOUSEWARE AND FURNITURE,
AMONG OTHERS.
 LANGUAGES

*BANTAYANON
*BOHOLANO
*CEBUANO
*HILIGAYNON
*POROHANON
THANK YOU
SO MUCH