REGION VI

(WESTERN VISAYAS)
REGION 6 PROFILE
Region VI or Western Visayas is
composed of the four provinces of Panay,
the Guimaras Island and the western
portion of the island of Negros and its
outlying islands. Its boundaries are
the Visayan Sea on the east,
the Cuyo East Pass on the west, the
Sibuyan Sea and Romblon on the north
and the Cagayan Islandon the
southwest.Western Visayas has a total
land area of 20,223.2 sq. kms. and covers
six provinces: Aklan,
Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, Negros
Occidentaland Guimaras. The region has
nine cities
namely: Bacolod, Bago, Cadiz, La
Carlota, Roxas, San
Carlos, Silay with IloiIo City as the
regional capital. The latest city in the
Region is the City of Passi of Iloilo.
 The region 6 is the Western Visayas. It is one of the
regions in the Philippines consisting of 6 provinces
namely:

1. Aklan –Home of Abaca and Pina Fiber

2.Antique –Were Mountains meets the sea
3.Negros Occidental –Sugar Bowl of the Philippines
4. Capiz –Seafood Capital of the Philippines
5.Guimaras –Mango Country
6.Ilo-ilo –Food basket and rice granary of Western
Visayas
LITERATURE IN REGION VI
(WESTERN VISAYAS)
Provinces and Capital

 Aklan - Kalibo  Guimaras - Jordan

 Antique - San Jose

de Buenavista  Iloilo - Iloilo City

 Negros Occidental -
 Capiz - Roxas City Bacolod City
 Hiligaynon
-is the lingua franca of the West
Visayas in Philippines. The mother language
of West Visayas is Kiniray-a or Hiraya.The
popular literary artforms in Western Visayas
are the binalaybay or poem, the paktakon or
riddle, the sugidanon orstory/folktale, the
banggianay or debate, the hurobaton
or proverbs, asoy or epic, amba or songs, and
the komposo or traditional song
MYTH:
 The myth is about the two
Gods who fall in love to each
other but ended separated
because they lose their
trustand patience to each
other.
 The tragedy in this is that there are
probably many societies throughout
the Visayas that had their own
variation of the creation story that has
simply been lost to time – or perhaps
waiting to be discovered. Many blame
the Spanish for the disappearance of
ancient beliefs, but then must also use
the Spanish documentation to
understand it
 The beauty of the Tungkung Langit and
Alunsina creation story is that it was documented
by a Filipino anthropologist wanting to better
understand his culture. More so that the story,
along with the Hinilawod Epic, survived Spanish
colonization and Catholicism, yet shows ties to
other cultural influences. This is important
because it gives us an idea of how pre-Spanish
Animism, Indianized beliefs, and Islam spread
through the relatively peaceful manner of
migration and trade. Sure there was war, but it
was never about imposing beliefs.
EPIC:
Hinilawod
-ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE

 The term "Hinilawod" means “Tales from the Mouth of

the Halawod River". Hinilawod is an epic poem written by
the early
inhabitants of a place called Sulod in central
Panay.Hinilawod is not just a literary piece but also a source
of information about culture, religion and rituals of the
ancient people
of Sulod; showing us that ancient Filipinos believed in the
“sacred,” in the importance of family honor and in personal
courage and dignity
 The epic is about the exploits
of three Sulodnon brothers,
Labaw Donggon, Humadapnon,
and Dumalapdap ofancient
Panay.
MUSIC
COMPOSITION
IN REGION VI:
The Ilonggo-Bisayans have always
been known to be musical people.
This is exemplified by the fact that
up to now they are still doing
the composo and the harana, aside
from their many folk songs. In fact,
up to about the 1970s, they were
still fond of composing songs
revolving around the goods that
they were selling in the weekly
public markets all over Panay..