VISAYAS REGION

REGION VI (Western Visayas),

VII (Central Visayas),
VIII (Eastern Visayas)

WESTERN VISAYAS
Provinces Cities

 Iloilo Iloilo City

 Capiz Roxas City
 Aklan Kalibo
 Antique San Jose
 Guimaras Jordan
 Negros Occidental Bacolod City

CENTRAL VISAYAS

 Bohol Tagbilaran City

 Cebu Cebu City
 Negros Oriental Dumaguete
 Siquijor Siquijor City

EASTERN VISAYAS

 Bilaran Naval
 Eastern Samar Borongan
 Leyte Tacloban
 Northern Samar Catarman
 Southern Leyte Maasin City
 Samar Catbalongan

VISAYAN LITERATURE
 THE BULK of Visayan Literature comes from Region6 (Western Visayas, Region 7 (Centralk Visayas),
and Region 8 (Eastern Visayas)

REGION 6  Siday  nobela

 Paktakon  Parahaya REGION 8
 Hurubaton  awit  Ambahan
 Sugilanon  garay  Balac
 Bordon  bagay  Bical
 Luwa  inagung  Haya
 Balitao  uriyan  Awit
 Siday  cachorinon  Sidai
 Binalaybay  comintang  Ismaylingay
 Composo  guya  Canogon
 Korido  sugilanon  Titiguhon
 Sarswela  Mubong  Dayhuan
 nobela  Pinadalagan  Puplongan
REGION 7  Sonanoy  Candu
 Ambahan  Siniloy  Sareta
 Balak  Binirisbis  Susumaton
 Bikal  gumalaysay  Posong

REGION VI
 The first people of Region 6 are the aboriginal Ati or Aeta – the black, pygmy, kinky – haired nomadic
people whose civilization has remained at the hunting and fishing stage up to this time.
 Hiligaynon is the language or lingua franca of the West Visayas, and the various West Visayas
settlements in Mindanao.
REGION VII

 Each island in the region has a variety of food, fashion, furniture and fun offerings that are sure
to enthrall local and foreign tourists alike – products and services that can only be seen in the
area, those that are uniquely and distinctly Central Visayas.
 The mangoes of Cebu are also famous for its sweetness and size. Mangoes are harvested all year
round. These fruits are exported to other countries.
 The tourists flock to see the Shrine of Magellan’s Cross in Cebu..
 The center of commerce in the southern part of the Philippines is Cebu.

Cebu City

 Is known as the leading “growth center” in the southern Philippines.

 The oldest city in the Philippines.
 Often referred to as the “Queen City of the South”
 Cebu was a principal southern trading outpost and way station during the pre-colonial times
because it as located along important maritime trade route.

VISAYAN LITERATURES

 Binalaybay – poem  Asoy – epic

 Paktakon – riddle  Amba – songs
 Sugidanon – story/folktale  Komposo – traditional songs
 Banggianay – debate  Korido, sarswela at nobela
 Hurubaton – proverbs

Tigmo (Riddles)
 Balay ni Maria, gipalibutan ug espada.
 Sa ibabaw kararuhan, sa ilalom kabatuhan

Proverbs
 Mahugno ang usa ka nasod kon walay maggiya niini; makayo sa siyudad ang daghang magtatambag
 A nation is destroyed when no one is guiding it; it is good for a city to have many advisers.
 Ang batang matinumanon; dili magpalampuson.
 A disobedient child will not succeed

VISAYAN ORAL LITERATURE

 The Visayan people are credited with so many oral literary forms such as:

 Riddles  Fables
 Proverbs  Legends
 Songs  Myths
 Tales  Epics

EPICS
 Regarded as the most important and the longest form of pre-colonial poetry.
 These are narratives of sustained length based on oral tradition, revolving around supernatural
events or heroic deeds, in the form of verse which is either chanted or sung.
 it embodies or validates beliefs, customs, ideals or life values of people.

Why study epics?

 They are the highest form of oral literature.
 it is said that the only Visayan oral literature that can qualify as epic in the strict sense of the
term is the HINILAWOD OF PANAY

VISAYAN POETRY

 Sugbuanong Balak (Cebuano poetry)

 came to be printed as early as the eighteenth century.
 in the pages of local papers appeared examples of the balitao, duplo, garay or komposo on
contemporary topics.
 Kataposang Hapon (Gremer Chan Reyes)
 Batasan sang taga – uma (Richard Alayon)
 Lab-as nga Salapi (anonymous)