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    Region 6 (Western Visayas) is composed of 6 provinces: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental. The major languages spoken are Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Akeanon, Malaynon, and Cebuano. Each province is known for specific delicacies, tourist attractions, and festivals celebrating their culture and history. The provinces offer beaches, mountains, caves, churches and a variety of seafood and agricultural products.

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    Region 6 (Western Visayas) is composed of 6 provinces: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental. The major languages spoken are Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Akeanon, Malaynon, and Cebuano. Each province is known for specific delicacies, tourist attractions, and festivals celebrating their culture and history. The provinces offer beaches, mountains, caves, churches and a variety of seafood and agricultural products.

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    Region 6 (Western Visayas) is composed of 6 provinces: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental. The major languages spoken are Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Akeanon, Malaynon, and Cebuano. Each province is known for specific delicacies, tourist attractions, and festivals celebrating their culture and history. The provinces offer beaches, mountains, caves, churches and a variety of seafood and agricultural products.

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    Region 6 (Western Visayas) is composed of 6 provinces: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental. The major languages spoken are Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Akeanon, Malaynon, and Cebuano. Each province is known for specific delicacies, tourist attractions, and festivals celebrating their culture and history. The provinces offer beaches, mountains, caves, churches and a variety of seafood and agricultural products.

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    REGION 6

    WESTERN VISAYA

    REGION VI IS COMPOSED OF 6 PROVINVES

    AKLAN

    ANTIQUE

    CAPIZ

    ILOILO

    GUIMARAS

    NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

    Languages or dialects

    HILIGAYNON – Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Guimaras, Capiz

    KINIRAY-A – Antique, Some parts of Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan

    AKEANON & MALAYNON – Aklan

    CEBUANO - Spoken in the northern part of Negros Occidental

    - AKLAN -
    "Home of Abaca and Piña Fibers"

    - The capital is Kalibo It has a total land area of 1,853 sq. km. Oldest province in the
    Philippines. Jose Raz Menez was the first appointed governor. Their most prominent dialect
    are Akeanon, Malaynon, and the Buruanganon.

    LOCATION - Northeastern portion of Panay BOUNDED BY: Sulu Sea on Northwest Sibuyan Sea
    on the Northeast Antique on the west Capiz on the South It is said to be the oldest province
    of the philippines organized in 1213 by settles from Borneo. It was inagurated as an
    independent province on November 8, 1956 It was orginally known as "MINURO IT AKEAN

    DELICACIES

     CASSAVA PICHI-PICHI
     SHRIMP KINILAW
     UBOD ATCHARA

    TOURIST ATTRACTION

     Boracay Island, Malay “Paradise Island of the Philippines”


     Ignito Cave, Buruanga
     Museo It Aklan, Kalibo

    FESTIVAL - FESTIVAL ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVAL (Kalibo,Aklan) Every 3 rd Sunday of January


    Revelers in colorful costumes and bodies painted black and their faces made up of
    grotesquely. A celebration of the treaty between the Ati and Malayan tribes who settled in
    the island. When the spaniards settled in the region and converted the Malays to Christian
    religion. The festivity was celebrated in honor of the Holy.

    - ANTIQUE -
    "Gemstone Country"

    - The capital is "San Jose De Buenavista" It was one of the three districts of Panay before the
    Spanish colonizers arrived Formerly known as “Hantik” Negritos or the “Atis” were believed
    to be the earliest people who settled in the island of Panay They have developed their own
    distinct language called Kinaray-a.

    LOCATION - Elongated stretch of land It is bounded by the rugged mountains of Panay Aklan
    in the northeast Capiz on the east Iloilo in the southeast Part of China Sea on the west
    location.

    DELICACIES

     Himugo
     Binabak
     Binakol

    TOURIST ATTRACTION

     Caluya, A hidden Gem in Antique


     Bugang River, Pandan
     BUGTONG BATO WATERFALLS , Tibiao

    FESTIVAL - BINIRAYAN FESTIVAL Celebrated every December 27 to 29 It was started in San


    Jose 34 years ago by the late Gov. Evelio Javier, brother of former Congressman now Gov.
    Exequiel B. A week long festivities of colorful street parades, beach shows, plaza concerts and
    beauty concerts. “Binirayan” biray or “sailboat in Kinaray- a.

    - CAPIZ -
    “Seafood Capital of the Philippines”

    - There are two main versions of how Capiz got this name: 1. AKEAN and KAPID -meaning
    “twins” which Balingangan, Datu Bangkaya’s eldest son, names his territories in honor of his
    twin daughters. 2. When the Spaniards established a settlement, the found an abundance of
    a mollusk called pios or kapid, the old native name which has also come to known as Capiz. It
    is known for its mother-of- pearl shells that have the same The birth place of former Pres.
    Manuel L.

    LOCATION - Northeastern portion of Panay Island Bordering Aklan and Antique to the west
    Iloilo to the south It faces the Sibuyan Sea to the North

    DELICACIES

     PUTO MAYA
     SUMAN SA IBOS
     DIWAL

    TOURIST ATTRACTION

     PILAR CAVE
     STA. MONICA CHURCH
     NAPTI ISLAND

    FESTIVAL - Festivals ASWANG FESTIVAL The town people celebrate their Annual Festival or
    called it the Aswang Festival is celebrated every 29th and 30th day on the month of October.
    This includes the parade of participants donning the foremost dreadful costumes like “kapre”,
    “wak-wak”,

    - GUIMARAS -
    "The Mango Country"
    - An island province of the Philippines. The youngest and smallest of the 6 provinces on
    region 6. located in the Panay Gulf, between the islands of Panay and Negros. Northwest
    ofIloilo Southeast of Negros Occidental

    DELICACIES

     MANGO PIZZA
     MANGO JAM
     MANGO BEEF BULALO

    TOURIST ATTRACTION

     GUISI LIGHTHOUSE
     TATLONG PULO

    FESTIVAL MANGGAHAN SA GUIMARAS FESTIVAL An identity festival of the province


    Celebrated every April 16-20 for the sustained promotion of Mango Industry. Manggahan
    culminates in a grand showcase of cultural festivals to show the world that there is more in
    Guimaras than its sweet, fiber and pest-free mangos

    - ILOILO -
    “ Food Basket and Rice Granary of Western Visayas ”

    - Southern shores of Panay Island Faces Iloilo Strait and Guimaras Island It lies on a flat
    alluvial plain, reclaimed mostly from the swampy areas due to urbanization and
    industrialization in the late 19th century until the present. The Capital is "Iloilo

    DELICACIES

     BAKED TALABA
     FRIED IBOS
     LA PAZ BATCHOY

    TOURIST ATTRACTION

     AGHO ISLAND CONCEPCION


     GARIN FARM
     JARO CATHEDRAL

    FESTIVAL - DINAGYANG FESTIVAL A religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City Held on the 4 th
    weekend of January Held to honor the Santo Nino and to celebrate the arrival on Panay of
    Malay settlers and the subsequent selling of the island to them by the Alis.
    - NEGROS OCCIDENTAL –
    "Sugarbowl of the Philippines"

    - western side of Negros Island (4 th largest island in the Philippines with a total land area of
    972,607 hectares or 9,726.06 sq. km It is bounded by the Visayan Sea in the North Panay Gulf
    on the west Tanon Strait Negros Oriental province on the east Sulu Sea on the south Negros is
    basically volcanic

    DELICACIES

     Piaya
     Napoleones
     Ensaymada

    TOURIST ATTRACTION

     MT. KANLAON
     DANJUGAN ISLAND

    FESTIVAL - MASKARA FESTIVAL It gives the people of Negros, as well as local foreign visitors, a
    chance to drink and be merry for 20 days. Originally designed to show the hardships of the
    people of Negros Has become a tool of escapism and a way to generate revenues for big
    business. Celebrated during October 1-20

    THANK YOU!

    SUSULAN, ERSHAD B.

    TADO, ASHLEY MARIE D.

    TARROZA, RIA JANE J.

    TOBIAS, ANGEL FAITH N.

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