Arts-and-Crafts-of-Mindanao-SCULPTURE.pptx

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1. Arts and Crafts of Mindanao SCULPTURES

2. TOROGAN The torogan is the ancestral house of the upper-class Maranao. It is the dwelling place of the datu along with his wives and children.

3. TOROGAN There could not be any house larger than torogan of the datu within the sultanate, for this signifies rank, prestige and wealth.

4. KAWAYAN TOROGAN The National Museum has declared the Maranao torogan , specifically the kawayan torogan as one of the National Cultural Treasures through Museum Declaration No. 4-2008 .

5. PANALONG The Panalong is a wing-like ornament of a torogan flaring out from the beams. This okir carving usually features the naga or serpent , pakorabong or stylized fern , as well as floral and star-and-bud motifs .

6. BADJAO HOUSES The Badjau , also known as Sama-Bajau , are the “ Sea Gypsies ” or nomads of the Sulu Sea. Their main source of livelihood is fishing and hunting , thus, most of them live in boat houses or houses on stilts around the Sulu archipelago.

7. THE GRAND MOSQUE OF COTABATO The largest mosque in the Philippines, the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid or also known as the Grand Mosque sitting near the idle banks of Tamontaka River is founded by Philippine Government and the Sultan of Brunei, for whom the masjid was named.

8. THE GRAND MOSQUE OF COTABATO The mosque occupies 5000 square meters of a five-hectare land. The four minarets stand at a towering 43 meters high (more or less fifteen-story building).

9. FORT PILAR OF ZAMBOANGA The historical Fort Pilar, also called Real Fuerza de Nuestra Senora Del Pilar de Zaragoza , was founded in 1635 and still stands strong until today.

10. FORT PILAR OF ZAMBOANGA It was engineered by Fr. Melchor de Vera , a Jesuit Priest. It was built to protect the people from pirates of the Sulu Sea.

11. Monastery of the Transfiguration of Bukidnon The Monastery is located atop of the hill of Malaybalay, Bukidnon , founded by Fr. Abbot Eduardo Africa and run by the Benedictine Monks .

12. The pyramid-like structure was designed by the National Artist for Architecture , Leandro Locsin . It is one of his last designs and considered as one of his best, aside from the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Davao International Airport . Monastery of the Transfiguration of Bukidnon