CARAGA

A PRESENTATION BY : MINOZA, WEN RONIEL B.

DICO, KIERSTINEVHET S.
VIDEO PRESENTATION
CARAGA: DEMOGRAPHICS AND POPULATION
 DEMOGRAPHICS

• Caraga, officially designated as Region XIII, is an

administrative region in the Philippines
occupying the northeastern section
of Mindanao. It covers 5 provinces,
namely, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del
Sur, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte,
and Surigao del Sur, as well as 1 highly
urbanized city. The regional center is the City
of Butuan.Its population as determined by the
2015 Census was 2,596,709. This represented
10.76% of the overall population of the
Mindanao island group, or 2.57% of the entire
population of the Philippines.
 CULTURAL FACTORS WITH TOURIST APPEAL

1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND ROOTS

• In the 15th century, when Caraga was

discovered, the word Caraga originated from the
Visayan word “Kalagan”: “Kalag” meaning soul
or people and “An” meaning land.
• The “Kalagans has a long history of being brave
and fearless. Thus, the region was called by early
chroniclers as the “Land of the Brave and Fierce
People”.
• The “Kalagans”, called “Caragans” by the
Spaniards occupied the district composed of the
two provinces of Surigao, the northern part of
Davao Oriental and Eastern Misamis Oriental.
2. PERFORMING ARTS ( DANCE AND • Instruments

MUSIC) •  In the first group are instrument

• 1. Jaw harp (kubing)
• 2. Ring flute (saguysuy)
• The Famous Manobo Music
• 3. Bowed one-stringed lute
• Agusan Manobo instrumental
• 4. (Kogot)--that can simulate speech
musics imitate sounds of nature,
propel dance movements, and
act as surrogate speech.
Unaccompanied solo song tud-
NOTE: The Manobos have also
om performs the central cultural
value of personhood that spirit- assimilated many other Visayan
possession rituals dramatize as a -Cebuano song genres, such as the
form of healing. Imagined to be
balitao (antiphonal, jousting sung
located at the border of
nature/spirit and human worlds, duet); harana (courting song); and
Manobo voice in song points to a church songs, such as gozos (hymn)
local knowledge of what it means and pasyon.
to be a person in society.
• Itik-itik is a mimetic folk dance in the Philippines. It
originated in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur. Itik-itik was
discovered in this town by National Artist for
Dance Francisca Reyes-Aquino.
•  Mingangadjew or war dance (saut). As mentioned
above, these are associated with the fierce, but now
gone, warriors (baganis) from the headwaters of
Umayan (Bukidnon mountain) and Davao
• Dugso, the dance must have originated from
Bukidnon, northeastern Mindanao since they are
performed as an entertainment for the deities in
fiestas organized for them.It was originally thought
that this dance was performed only during harvest
time or upon the birth of a male heir. Women would
wear colorful feathered head dresses, plaid costumes
and anklets. They would step rhythmically around a
bamboo arch decorated with newly-gathered palay
(rice stalks) and corn, and their movements are
emphasized by the tinkling sounds from the anklets.
• Weavers, embroiderers,
beaders; embroidery
• beading, and weaving
• mat weaving
• basketry and candle-making
• pottery
• grass papermaking and
woodworking
• traditional house-building
•  
 CARAGA’S FAMOUS ARTISTS

• Jeanne-Marie, Ronnie Rudinas, Goy Candelario

and Resty Sala, featuring an inter-mixture of
works that comprised each artist's distinct
approach in art, unraveling deep emotions
that came with it.
• The dominant religion in the region
is Roman Catholic, with 74% of the total
household population in Caraga. Other
significant religious minorities includes
Protestants that constitute 20% of the total
household population and Aglipayan that
constitute 6% of the total
household population.
• Animism has been a prevalent way of believing
one's existence. The lumads from the various
groups of Mindanao strongly believes that the
idea of souls, demons, deities, and any other
classes of spiritual beings, are conceptions of
similar nature throughout, the conceptions of
souls being the original ones of the series.

• Believes on the existence of the presence of one

deity name Tahawan (anito). The Mamanwa's
honor him acknowledging that in return, the
Mamanwa's will be receiving blissful harvests
and guide them away from any bad phenomena.
LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS
• Higaonon
• Cebuano is widely spoken by 33.79% of the Cultural
• The Higaonon is one Groups
of the least known ethnolinguistic
households in the region.
groups that inhabit North-Central Mindanao. They occupy
• Surigaonon is spoken by 33.21% of the the mountainous regions of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon
households.
plateau, the mountain borders of the provinces of Agusan
• Butuanon by 15% and Lanao in the east and west, respectively.
• Kamayo, by 7.06% • Banwaon
• Manobo, by 4.73%.
• The Banwaon people are an ethnic groups in Mindanao, also
• The rest speak Boholanon, by 5.87% known as the Adgawanon, Banuaonon, Banwanon,
• Hiligaynon, by 2.87% Higaonon-Banwaon and Manobo.
• other dialects by 7.20%. • There are concentrations of Banwaons found in the island of
Mindanao in the Filipino province of Agusan del Sur. The
largest concentrations are in and around San Luis, Maasam
and the Libang river valley.
•  Mamanwa
• The Mamanwa people group live in the Philippines in several places such
as Agusan del Norte. They speak an Austronesian language and are also
known as Mamanwa Negritos. The oldest males who are most well
thought of are their leaders and they judge in community matters.
• The most famous Festival in the region. An annual
event held in Surigao City to honor Señor San Nicholas
de Tolentino, the city's patron saint. It is a day-long
event marked by street dancing festivities. It's a
Surigaonon's way of thanksgiving for the bountiful
blessings.
•  Naliyagan Festival is Agusan del Sur’s province-wide festivity
which coincidentally starts on June 12 which is the Philippine
Independence Day and culminates on the Foundation
Anniversary on June 17 . A day of thanksgiving among the
natives for the bounties received for the year. Thus, they
bring in during the festival their agri-industrial products for
the people in the valley to buy and savor.
•  Situated in Cagwait, Surigao del Sur. It is held every last week
of June, a yearly merriments to pay tribute to St. John the
Baptist featured via Search for Perlas ng Kaliguan excellence
exhibition, shoreline moving and other shoreline fun
exercises. Celebrations in the Philippines are among of
tourism's sanctuary and part of developing in national
financial improvement.
• Major agricultural products of
the region include palay, corn,
coconut, gold, banana, rubber,
oil palm, calamansi, prawns,
milkfish, crabs, seaweeds and
mango. Caraga's proximity to
Cebu and Manila makes it a
favorable shipping point for
products to and from these
markets. Nasipit Port can serve
as a secondary shipping hub to
Cagayan de Oro when traffic
volume from other points in
Mindanao increases. With a
roll-on, roll-off (RORO) ferry
service now in place, Surigao
City serves as a vital
transportation link for trucks
and buses bound for Luzon.
VIDEO PRESENTATION
Government
and present
administration
EDUCATION FOR ALL?
• The region's literacy rate of 93% in 1990
was marginally higher than the National
Average of 92.57%.
• Supporting the education of the region in
1997 were the 1,478 public and 49 private
elementary schools, 110 public and 71
private secondary schools, 26 secondary
school annexes, and 7 vocational schools.
• The region has a total of 49 higher
education institutions comprising 45 private
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and 4
State Universities and Colleges (SUCs).

Lumads,appeals
to save their
schools
SCIENCE AND DISCOVERIES